Journal article
Examining Dose Frameworks to Improve Aphasia Rehabilitation Research
S Harvey, ML Rose, E Brogan, JE Pierce, E Godecke, SLE Brownsett, L Churilov, D Copland, MW Dickey, J Dignam, NA Lannin, L Nickels, J Bernhardt, KS Hayward
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Published : 2023
Abstract
The effect of treatment dose on recovery of post-stroke aphasia is not well understood. Inconsistent conceptualization, measurement, and reporting of the multiple dimensions of dose hinders efforts to evaluate dose-response relations in aphasia rehabilitation research. We review the state of dose conceptualization in aphasia rehabilitation and compare the applicability of 3 existing dose frameworks to aphasia rehabilitation research—the Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type (FITT) principle, the Cumulative Intervention Intensity (CII) framework, and the Multidimensional Dose Articulation Framework (MDAF). The MDAF specifies dose in greater detail than the CII framework and the FITT principle...
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation (#1153236) . N.A.L. supported by Heart Foundation (Australia) fellowship (GNT102055) . K.S.H. supported by a NHMRC fellowship (#1088449) . S.H. received an Australian Government Research Training Program scholarship.