A Combined Speech-Language and Counseling Intervention for Primary Progressive Aphasia: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Outcomes.
Purpose: Individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) face negative psychosocial repercussions, yet few studies have investigated counseling for this population. In a prior study, a novel intervention encompassing script training and aphasia-modified cognitive behavioral therapy was piloted wi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 69; no. 6; pp. 2548 - 2567 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=194600811&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 194600811 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2026 vid: 69 iid: 6 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 194600811 10.1044/2026_JSLHR-25-00390 ppf: 2548 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 927KB tig: atl: A Combined Speech-Language and Counseling Intervention for Primary Progressive Aphasia: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Outcomes. aug: au: Mendez, Kristin Schaffer Evans, William S. Wauters, Lisa D. Dutcher, Christina D. Philburn, Christina Henrya, Maya L. affil: Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, PA Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin Coco Psychotherapy and Education, Austin, TX Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin su: Canada United States Psychotherapy Reading Goal (Psychology) Behavior Emotions Communication Quality of life Counseling Cognitive therapy Psychological tests Interpersonal relations Research funding Data analysis Stress management Pilot projects Questionnaires Phonological awareness Aphasia Treatment effectiveness Telerehabilitation Psychoeducation Descriptive statistics Combined modality therapy Statistics Data analysis software Speech therapy Psychosocial functioning sug: subj: Psychotherapy Reading Goal (Psychology) Behavior Emotions Communication Quality of life Counseling Cognitive therapy Psychological tests Interpersonal relations Canada United States Other Individual and Family Services Research funding Data analysis Stress management Pilot projects Questionnaires Phonological awareness Aphasia Treatment effectiveness Telerehabilitation Psychoeducation Descriptive statistics Combined modality therapy Statistics Data analysis software Speech therapy Psychosocial functioning ab: Purpose: Individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) face negative psychosocial repercussions, yet few studies have investigated counseling for this population. In a prior study, a novel intervention encompassing script training and aphasia-modified cognitive behavioral therapy was piloted with an individual with PPA, yielding promising results. The purpose of this study is to determine the acceptability and feasibility of this intervention for individuals with different PPA subtypes, with secondary aims of understanding preliminary treatment outcomes and evaluating the sensitivity of selected psychosocial measures. Method: Nine participants with PPA were recruited (three with nonfluent/agrammatic variant, three with logopenic variant, and three with semantic variant). Acceptability was measured using a posttreatment questionnaire. Feasibility was examined via intervention adherence, independent practice engagement, retention, assessment completion, interrater reliability, and fidelity ratings. Speech-language outcomes were evaluated via hypothesis testing using simulation analysis from pre- to posttreatment for all participants and from pretreatment to follow-up time points for six participants. Counseling outcomes at posttreatment were measured via psychosocial scales and analyzed using Wilcoxon signed-ranks tests. Results: Findings indicate that this treatment is acceptable and feasible. All participants demonstrated significant improvement in speech-language performance following treatment, with five participants demonstrating significant improvement up to 1 year posttreatment. Despite promising qualitative evidence regarding counseling outcomes, a sensitive quantitative measure of psychosocial functioning was not identified. Conclusions: Pairing tailored speech-language interventions with counseling for individuals with heterogeneous PPA phenotypes is acceptable and feasible. Preliminary outcomes indicate positive communication findings and that alternative psychosocial measures may be beneficial in a future efficacy trial. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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