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Which treatment outcomes are most important to aphasia clinicians and managers? An international e-Delphi consensus study
- Source :
- Aphasiology. 31:643-673
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background: Clinicians have expressed frustration at the lack of strong evidence for aphasia treatments. Inconsistent outcome measurement practices across treatment trials have negatively impacted the quality and strength of evidence for aphasia interventions. Core outcome sets (COSs; minimum sets of outcomes/outcome measures) are increasingly being used to maximise the quality, relevancy, transparency, and efficiency of health treatment research. The current study is the third in a trilogy of stakeholder perspectives to inform the development of a COS for aphasia treatment research.Aim: To identify essential aphasia treatment outcomes from the perspective of an international sample of clinicians and managers working in aphasia rehabilitation.Methods & Procedures: A three-round e-Delphi exercise was conducted with aphasia clinicians and managers. In total, 265 clinicians and 53 managers (n = 318) from 25 countries participated in round 1. In round 1, participants responded to the open-ended questi...
- Subjects :
- Linguistics and Language
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
Treatment outcome
Psychological intervention
Treatment research
behavioral disciplines and activities
Outcome (game theory)
Language and Linguistics
030507 speech-language pathology & audiology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Aphasia
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Quality (business)
media_common
computer.programming_language
Stakeholder
LPN and LVN
Neurology
Otorhinolaryngology
Family medicine
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
0305 other medical science
Psychology
computer
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Delphi
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14645041 and 02687038
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Aphasiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6a1bf2d9ee39fd4fc44574660403667d