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ERIC Number: EJ1463760
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1368-2822
EISSN: EISSN-1460-6984
Available Date: 2025-02-20
Aphasia Partnership Training: What Outcomes Do People with Aphasia, Family Members and Speech and Language Therapists Expect?
Rebecca Palmer1; Katerina Hilari2; Carla Magdalani2; Joanne Coster1; Suzanne Beeke3; Emma Gibbs4; Helen Witts5; Kate Sudworth6; Caroline Jagoe7; Madeline Cruice2
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, v60 n2 e70015 2025
Introduction: Life with aphasia affects the whole family with shorter, less frequent conversations, frustration, reduced social networks, isolation and tension in relationships. Evidence suggests communication partner training (CPT) benefits families. However, expected improvements are poorly articulated. The Aphasia Partnership Training (APT) project aimed to identify target outcomes of a new family dyad CPT programme through persons with aphasia (PWA), family member and speech and language therapist (SLT) consensus. Method: Consensus on desired outcomes was achieved through nominal groups with 20 people with mild to severe aphasia across five groups and 10 family members of people with mild to severe aphasia across three groups, each facilitated by--two to three SLTs. Twelve CPT researchers 16 clinical SLTs with experience of CPT participated in a three-round eDelphi to gain consensus on outcomes they perceived most likely to change. Results were triangulated using a convergence coding scheme to demonstrate agreement, partial agreement, dissonance or silence amongst the three stakeholder groups. Results: All stakeholders agreed 'conversation' and 'thoughts and feelings' were very important outcomes of APT/very likely to change (agreement). Change in 'relationships' was very important to family members, important to PWA and considered very likely to change by SLTs (partial agreement). Change in 'language' (specifically talking) was very important to PWA, but not important to family members, and SLTs were uncertain about language improvement from APT (dissonance). Each outcome construct is illustrated by specific examples generated and agreed by all stakeholder groups. Conclusions: We should aim to achieve improvements in conversation and thoughts and feelings with CPT, consider the impact on relationships and investigate the potential for language improvement (talking) as an outcome of APT. Outcome measures can be selected based on good coverage of examples generated within these constructs, ensuring they are meaningful to PWA and family members.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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Author Affiliations: 1School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; 2City St Georges, University of London, London, UK; 3University College London, London, UK; 4Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation trust, Sheffield, UK; 5Derbyshire Community Healthcare NHS trust, Bakewell, UK; 6The Aphasia Partnership Training project, Patient and Public Involvement; 7Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland