Regulating emotional responses to aphasia to re-engage in life: a qualitative interview study.

Background: People with post-stroke aphasia (PWA) are more likely to experience serious mood disorders compared with those without. Emotional regulation may be important for influencing life participation after stroke. Understanding emotional regulation in the context of aphasia is important for promoting personally defined recovery, psychological well-being and life participation.

'I hated being ghosted' - The relevance of social participation for living well with post-stroke aphasia: Qualitative interviews with working aged adults.

Background: In the context of increasing incidence of stroke in working aged adults, there is a specific need to explore the views of working aged adults with post-stroke aphasia, whose communication difficulties may result in restricted social participation, loss of employment and changed relationship and parenting roles. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of working aged adults with post-stroke aphasia in relation to social participation and living well with aphasia (LWA).

Design And Participants: We conducted qualitative interviews with 14 people with post-stroke aphasia (PWA).

The relevance of stroke care for living well with post-stroke aphasia: a qualitative interview study with working-aged adults.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the perspectives of working-aged adults with post-stroke aphasia (PWA) towards what has or would help them in living well with aphasia (LWA). This paper reports the findings in relation to stroke care and its relevance for LWA.

Materials And Methods: This qualitative study was designed with input from a Public and Patient Involvement advisory group.

Supporting people with post-stroke aphasia to live well: A cross-sectional survey of Speech & Language Therapists in Ireland.

Living well with post-stroke aphasia is supported by responsive, collaborative heath and related services, aphasia information and training for people with aphasia (PWA) and their social networks, and opportunities to contribute and participate autonomously in their communities. Several international surveys indicate shortcomings in the provision of long-term support and, in Ireland, while there is a lack of data around service provision for PWA, there is evidence that post-acute stroke services are fragmented and under-resourced. The aim of this study was to survey Speech & Language Therapists (SLTs), due to their unique role in aphasia management, to understand what SLT and related support services and aphasia information and training are currently available to support living well with aphasia in Ireland.

Perspectives of people with aphasia post-stroke towards personal recovery and living successfully: A systematic review and thematic synthesis.

Background: There is increased focus on supporting people with chronic conditions to live well via person-centred, integrated care. There is a growing body of qualitative literature examining the insider perspectives of people with post-stroke aphasia (PWA) on topics relating to personal recovery and living successfully (PR-LS). To date no synthesis has been conducted examining both internal and external, structural influences on living well.

Service user reflections on the impact of involvement in research.

Plain English Summary: Public involvement can impact on research, on the public who give advice, on the researchers and the research participants. Evaluating impact is an important part of the research process. Two members of a hospital-based patient research panel and our coordinator have written this paper.

Usefulness of investigating error profiles in diagnosis of naming impairments.

Background: Word-retrieval difficulties are commonly experienced by people with aphasia (PwA) and also by typically ageing persons. Differentiation between true naming impairments and naming difficulties found in healthy persons may, therefore, be challenging.

Aims: To investigate the extent to which the Maltese adaptation of the Boston Naming Test (BNT) can identify people with lexical retrieval difficulties and to differentiate them from people with unimpaired word finding.

A Maltese adaptation of the Boston Naming Test: A shortened version.

The Boston Naming Test (BNT) is the most widely used naming test worldwide in research and clinical settings. This study aimed to develop a method for adapting the BNT to suit different linguistic and cultural characteristics using the example of Maltese in a bilingual context. In addition, it investigated the effects in Malta of age and level of education on naming performance.

Cognitive grammar and aphasic discourse.

In cognitive grammar (CG), there is no clear division between language and other cognitive processes; all linguistic form is conceptually meaningful. In this pilot study, a CG approach was applied to investigate whether people with aphasia (PWA) have cognitive linguistic difficulty not predicted from traditional, componential models of aphasia. Narrative samples from 22 PWA (6 fluent, 16 non-fluent) were compared with samples from 10 participants without aphasia.

Falls in people with multiple sclerosis who use a walking aid: prevalence, factors, and effect of strength and balance interventions.

Objectives: To investigate falls prevalence, factors associated with falling, and the effects of balance and strengthening interventions on falls in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Design: Baseline and posttreatment data from a randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Community.

Passive imaging technology in aphasia therapy.

We describe a brief pilot study undertaken to investigate the potential benefit(s) of using a SenseCam in aphasia therapy. Five post-stroke persons with aphasia and their caregivers agreed to participate. Each person with aphasia wore the SenseCam for 1 day during the daytime.