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Trial registered on ANZCTR

Registration number

ACTRN12605000499684

Ethics application status

Approved

Date submitted

19/09/2005

Date registered

23/09/2005

Date last updated

4/02/2020

Date data sharing statement initially provided

4/02/2020

Type of registration

Prospectively registered

Titles & IDs

Public title

Telephone versus Face to Face communication in dysphasic stroke patients

Scientific title

A comparison of face to face versus telephone communication ability in individuals with a stroke related communication disorder

Universal Trial Number (UTN)

Trial acronym

Linked study record

Health condition

Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:

Stroke

Communication disorders

Condition category

Condition code

Stroke

Ischaemic

Intervention/exposure

Study type

Observational

Patient registry

Target follow-up duration

Target follow-up type

Description of intervention(s) / exposure

Observational study to address whether there are differences in communication style/techniques between face-face conversation vs telephone conversations with the same communication partner.

Intervention code [1]

Rehabilitation

Comparator / control treatment

Patients provide own control as study compared telephone vs face-face communication

Control group

Active

Outcomes

Primary outcome [1]

Scoring of the 2 different conversations (telephone vs Face-face) using the 1.Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination scales (Profile of Speech Characteristics and Severity Rating Scale) and
2. Conversational Analysis

Timepoint [1]

Secondary outcome [1]

The family perspective (ie communication partner) of the level of difficulty in each conversation using a visual analogue scale.

Timepoint [1]

Eligibility

Key inclusion criteria

All consecutive stroke patients admitted to Stroke rehabilitation ward at The Princess margaret Hospital, Christchurch NZ are currently screened for communication disorder. From October 3 2005 every second patient will be requested to participate. The screening tool includes a benign question to introduce the topic of telephone communication. Patients (or their families) who provide positive responses to these telephone questions, or who report at any time in therapy, that communication over the phone is superior, will also be referred to the research project.

Minimum age

Not stated

Maximum age

Not stated

Sex

Both males and females

Can healthy volunteers participate?

Key exclusion criteria

Those unwilling to participate or who do not have a familiar communication partner available for the study.

Study design

Purpose

Natural history

Duration

Cross-sectional

Selection

Convenience sample

Timing

Prospective

Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment

Recruitment status

Stopped early

Data analysis

No data analysis planned

Reason for early stopping/withdrawal

Lack of funding/staff/facilities
Participant recruitment difficulties
Other reasons/comments

Other reasons

recruited only 4 patients due to a variety of factors with parental leave, lack of funding to do transcript analysis and change in employment of researcher

Date of first participant enrolment

Anticipated

3/10/2005

Actual

1/11/2005

Date of last participant enrolment

Anticipated

Actual

18/12/2006

Date of last data collection

Anticipated

18/12/2006

Actual

18/12/2006

Sample size

Target

Accrual to date

Final

Recruitment outside Australia

Country [1]

New Zealand

State/province [1]

Funding & Sponsors

Funding source category [1]

Self funded/Unfunded

Name [1]

Address [1]

Country [1]

Primary sponsor type

Individual

Name

Dr Carl Hanger

Address

Geriatrician, Burwood Hospital, 300 Burwood Road, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand

Country

New Zealand

Secondary sponsor category [1]

Individual

Name [1]

Ms Margaret Sargent

Address [1]

Community Service team manager
Princess Margaret Hospital
Cashmere Road,
Christchurch 8024

Country [1]

New Zealand

Ethics approval

Ethics application status

Approved

Ethics committee name [1]

Upper South B regional Ethics Committee

Ethics committee address [1]

uppersouthb_ethicscommittee@moh.govt.nz

Ethics committee country [1]

New Zealand

Date submitted for ethics approval [1]

Approval date [1]

01/11/2004

Ethics approval number [1]

CTR/04/11/227

Summary

Brief summary

Aphasia is a communication disorder that occurs following a stroke. Some families or friends of aphasic stroke patients at TPMH have spontaneously reported that their relatives communication during telephone conversations (TC) appears superior to their face to face conversations (FFC).  This study seeks to determine whether this impression can be confirmed by comparing the patients communicative ability in these two settings.   The study is also interested in establishing;  (1) whether the familiarity (of the aphasic speaker) with their conversation partner influences the individuals communication in these settings and, (2) whether different types of aphasia alter the individuals communicative ability in these settings.There will be a minimum of one and a maximum of 10 participants.  The method will be a series of single subject designs.  
Each patient will represent a single case study, which can stand alone, but when sufficient cases are collected, group results will be analysed. 
This is a single subject, quasi experimental ABAB paired design with each patient acting as his or her own control. The following will be analysed and compared for each patient - language impairment, communication functioning, relationship of conversation partner to participant.  For each conversation, the conversation partner will be requested to indicate the level of difficulty \ ease (using a visual analogue scale) that they experienced whilst communicating with the patient. Each conversation will be for maximum of 10 minutes, but due to severity of the aphasia, it is anticipated that many conversation sets may be shorter than this.
Each study may stand alone but if/when sufficient cases are collected, group results may be analysed. The total time period for any one patient to complete all conversations is within 14 days.

Trial website

Trial related presentations / publications

Honours Thesis for Speech Language Therapist completed 31/02/2014.
No other publications have been made

Public notes

Contacts

Principal investigator

Name

Dr H Carl Hanger

Address

Burwood Hospital
300 Burwood Road
Christchurch 8083

Country

New Zealand

Phone

+64 3 3377701

Fax

carl.hanger@cdhb.health.nz

Contact person for public queries

Name

Dr Carl Hanger

Address

Princess Margaret Hospital
PO Box 800
Christchurch

Country

New Zealand

Phone

+64 3 3377933

Fax

carl.hanger@cdhb.govt.nz

Contact person for scientific queries

Name

Ms Margaret Sargent

Address

Princess Margaret Hospital
PO Box 800
Christchurch

Country

New Zealand

Phone

+64 3 3377899

Fax

margaret.sargent@cdhb.govt.nz

Data sharing statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?

No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment

What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided

Results publications and other study-related documents

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