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Treatment fidelity monitoring, reporting and findings in a complex aphasia intervention trial: a substudy of the Very Early Rehabilitation in SpEech (VERSE) trial

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العنوان: Treatment fidelity monitoring, reporting and findings in a complex aphasia intervention trial: a substudy of the Very Early Rehabilitation in SpEech (VERSE) trial
المؤلفون: Erin Godecke, Emily Brogan, Natalie Ciccone, Miranda L. Rose, Elizabeth Armstrong, Anne Whitworth, Fiona Ellery, Audrey Holland, Sandy Middleton, Tapan Rai, Graeme J. Hankey, Dominique Cadilhac, Julie Bernhardt
المصدر: Trials, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)
بيانات النشر: BMC
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
مصطلحات موضوعية: Treatment fidelity, Behavioural therapy, Stroke, Aphasia, Rehabilitation, Randomised control trial, Medicine (General), R5-920
الوصف: Background Treatment fidelity is inconsistently reported in aphasia research, contributing to uncertainty about the effectiveness of types of aphasia therapy following stroke. We outline the processes and outcomes of treatment fidelity monitoring in a pre-specified secondary analysis of the VERSE trial. Methods VERSE was a 3-arm, single-blinded RCT with a 12-week primary endpoint comparing Usual Care (UC) to two higher intensity treatments: Usual Care-Plus (UC-Plus) and VERSE, a prescribed intervention. Primary outcome results were previously reported. This secondary analysis focused on treatment fidelity. Video-recorded treatment sessions in the higher intensity study arms were evaluated for treatment adherence and treatment differentiation. Treatment components were evaluated using a pre-determined fidelity checklist. Primary outcome: prescribed amount of therapy time (minutes); secondary outcomes: (i) adherence to therapy protocol (%) and (ii) treatment differentiation between control and high intensity groups. Results Two hundred forty-six participants were randomised to Usual Care (n=81), Usual Care-Plus (n=82), and VERSE (n=83). One hundred thirty-five (82%) participants in higher intensity intervention arms received the minimum prescribed therapy minutes. From 10,805 (UC 7787; UC-Plus 1450; VERSE 1568) service events, 431 treatment protocol deviations were noted in 114 participants. Four hundred thirty-seven videos were evaluated. The VERSE therapists achieved over 84% adherence to key protocol elements. Higher stroke and aphasia severity, older age, and being in the UC-Plus group predicted more treatment deviations. Conclusions We found high levels of treatment adherence and differentiation between the intervention arms, providing greater confidence interpreting our results. The comprehensive systems for intervention fidelity monitoring and reporting in this trial make an important contribution to aphasia research and, we argue, should set a new standard for future aphasia studies. Trial ...
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1745-6215
العلاقة: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06433-3Test; https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215Test; https://doaj.org/article/80fb137940914ac185d494f54be397edTest
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06433-3
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06433-3Test
https://doaj.org/article/80fb137940914ac185d494f54be397edTest
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.2ABF375
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:17456215
DOI:10.1186/s13063-022-06433-3