Brandenburg Caitlin, Worrall Linda, Copland David, Rodriguez Amy
a School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences , the University of Queensland , Brisbane , QLD , Australia.
b NHMRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Aphasia Rehabilitation , St Lucia , QLD , Australia , and.
Int J Speech Lang Pathol. 2017 Aug;19(4):418-429. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2016.1209558. Epub 2016 Jul 28.
This paper presents an exploratory investigation of the talk time of people with non-fluent aphasia, as measured by the CommFit™ app. Aims were to compare the talk time of people with aphasia with non-aphasic peers and measures of impairment, activity and participation. The variability of talk time over weeks and days of the week was also investigated.
Twelve people with post-stroke, non-fluent aphasia and seven non-aphasic controls measured their talk time using the CommFit™ app for 6 h/day for 14 days.
People with aphasia talked for a mean of 4.5 min/h and non-aphasic controls 7.2 min/h, which was not a significant difference (p = 0.056). Talk time of people with aphasia was not significantly correlated with WAB-R AQ or CADL-2 scores, but a moderate-high positive relationship between talk time and SIPSO scores was found (r = 0.648, p = 0.015). Talk time was not significantly different between the first and second weeks of recording for either group, and days of the week were not significantly different except for Saturdays, in which talk time was higher.
This study provides some preliminary data on talk time in people with aphasia, suggesting that talk time is an indicator of participation.
本文介绍了一项通过CommFit™应用程序测量非流畅性失语症患者谈话时间的探索性研究。目的是比较失语症患者与非失语症同龄人之间的谈话时间，以及损伤、活动和参与度的测量指标。还研究了谈话时间在数周和一周内各天的变化情况。
12名中风后非流畅性失语症患者和7名非失语症对照者使用CommFit™应用程序，每天测量6小时，持续14天。
失语症患者的平均谈话时间为每小时4.5分钟，非失语症对照者为每小时7.2分钟，差异不显著（p = 0.056）。失语症患者的谈话时间与西方失语症成套测验修订版（WAB-R）失语商数（AQ）或日常生活活动能力量表第二版（CADL-2）得分无显著相关性，但发现谈话时间与社会参与和沟通量表（SIPSO）得分之间存在中度至高度正相关（r = 0.648，p = 0.015）。两组在记录的第一周和第二周之间，谈话时间无显著差异，除周六外，一周内各天的谈话时间无显著差异，周六的谈话时间更高。
本研究提供了一些关于失语症患者谈话时间的初步数据，表明谈话时间是参与度的一个指标。
