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Intensivrehabilitering av afasi och talapraxi efter stroke: Erfarenheter och upplevelser inhämtade via enkäter från personer med afasi och/eller talapraxi och logopeder
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Speech-Language Pathology.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

In Sweden, approximately 8500 people per year suffer from aphasia. It is common for aphasia to co-occur with apraxia of speech and both conditions are often caused by stroke. People with aphasia and apraxia of speech have difficulties with language and speech, which in turn affects communicative activity and participation. MIRAA (Multimodal Intensive Rehabilitation of Aphasia and Apraxia of speech) is an intensive treatment program for aphasia and apraxia of speech that is studied in a research project conducted at Uppsala University. There were 21 speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who performed the intervention and 25 patients with aphasia and/or apraxia of speech were recruited by the SLPs to MIRAA. The participants were after the intervention asked to fill in a questionnaire about their experiences of the intensive rehabilitation and about factors that facilitate and hinder the implementation. The purpose of this degree project was to investigate this and responses from the questionnaire in the MIRAA-project were analyzed. There was a high level of agreement in responses between patients and SLPs. They generally seemed to have good experiences of the intensive rehabilitation. Suggestions for facilitating factors according to the SLPs were to have strategies to deal with brain fatigue and to increase motivation. In terms of hindering factors, the patients above all mentioned fatigue and long travel route to the clinic. Obstacles according to the SLPs were mainly lack of time and low staffing in relation to the number of patients. The need for continued intensive treatment for a longer period of time was considered very great. The results contribute valuable information for designing better treatments for people with aphasia and/or apraxia of speech. Further research is indicated.

Abstract [sv]

I Sverige får cirka 8500 personer per år afasi. Det är vanligt att afasi samförekommer med talapraxi och tillstånden orsakas oftast av stroke. Personer med afasi och talapraxi har svårigheter med språk respektive tal, vilket i sin tur påverkar kommunikativ aktivitet och delaktighet. MIRAA (Multimodal Intensiv Rehabilitering av Afasi och talApraxi) är ett intensivt behandlingsprogram för afasi och talapraxi som studeras i ett forskningsprojekt som bedrivs vid Uppsala universitet. Det var 21 logopeder som genomförde rehabiliteringen och 25 patienter med afasi och/eller talapraxi som rekryterades av logopederna till MIRAA. Deltagarna ombads efter interventionen att fylla i en enkät om deras upplevelser av intensivrehabiliteringen samt om faktorer som underlättat respektive försvårat genomförandet. Syftet med föreliggande examensarbete var att undersöka detta och analysera enkätsvar från MIRAA-studien. Patienterna och logopederna var samstämmiga i sina synpunkter. De hade generellt goda erfarenheter av den intensiva rehabiliteringen. Förslag på underlättande faktorer enligt logopederna var att ha strategier för att hantera hjärntrötthet och öka motivation. Gällande faktorer som försvårar nämnde patienterna framför allt trötthet och lång resväg. Försvårande faktorer enligt logopederna var främst tidsbrist och låg bemanning i förhållande till patientmängd. Behov av fortsatt intensivbehandling under längre tid ansågs mycket stort. Resultaten bidrar med värdefull information för att utforma bättre behandlingar för personer med afasi och/eller talapraxi. Vidare forskning förespråkas.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 60
Series
Magisterarbete i logopedi ; 210
Keywords [sv]
Afasi, talapraxi, stroke, logopeder, intensivrehabilitering, språk, tal, kommunikation
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Medical and Health Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-493084OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-493084DiVA, id: diva2:1725796
Subject / course
Speech and Language Pathology
Educational program
Degree of Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology
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Available from: 2023-01-12 Created: 2023-01-11 Last updated: 2023-01-12Bibliographically approved

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