Development and Feasibility Analysis of Verbal Expressive Skills Management Programme (VESMP) for Patients With Broca Aphasia — VESMP  

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title: Development and Feasibility Analysis of Verbal Expressive Skills Management Programme (VESMP) for Patients With Broca Aphasia

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The present study was conducted to develop the verbal expressive skills management programme (VESMP) to enhance verbal expressive skills of patients with severe Broca aphasia. To determine the efficacy of VESMP in improving the quality of life and level of satisfaction of aphasic stroke patients.Control group received traditional therapy and experimental group received therapy through VESMP programme on their smart phones.

Clinical Trial Description

Speech therapy makes an integral part of the non-pharmacological, conservative management of Post stroke aphasia. Routine speech therapy aims to improve comprehension and verbal skills and also develop functional communication skills through augmentative Alternative communication devices. Disorders of communication, including aphasia (mainly post stroke) caused by the left hemisphere brain damage, is a major community health issue. Aphasia is a language disorder occurring mainly as a result of stroke. It is an acquired impairment of language that weakens people's ability of comprehension and expression, it does not show any affect to intellect ability. The verbal expressive skills management programme (VESMP) is the software which developed augmented management for patients to enhance verbal expressive skills for patients with severe Broca's aphasia from different geographic areas. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aphasia
• Aphasia, Broca
• Stroke

• NCT number: NCT03699605
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Isra University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2, 2018
• Completion date: June 30, 2019