Construction of Structured Arabic Aphasia Caregiver Guide and Studying its Effectiveness in Improving Caregivers’ Awareness and Communication with their Aphasic Patients | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences | ||||
| Article 48, Volume 24, Issue 24, January 2023, Page 1-10 PDF (395.59 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejentas.2023.231619.1670 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Eman Mohammed Ouf   1; Nirvana Gamal El-Dine Hafez 2; Mona Sameeh Khodeir 3; Iman Mohamed Elrouby 4; Ahmed Nabil Khattab 5
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| 1Phoniatrics unit at Hearing and Speech institute | ||||
| 2Phoniatrics unit, otorhinlaryngology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University | ||||
| 3Otorhinolaryngology department, Phoniatrics units, faculty of medicine, Ain Shams University | ||||
| 4Phoniatric depatment at Hearing and Speech Institute | ||||
| 5Otorhinolaryngology department, Phoniatrics unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: The aim of this study is the development of a structured Arabic Aphasia Caregiver Guide to investigate how this guide would be effective in improving caregivers' communication with their aphasic patients. Patients and Methods: Arabic Aphasia Caregiver Guide booklet was constructed and 10- expert phoniatricains evaluated it. Sixty patients with aphasia were enrolled in this study, they were divided into two groups, group I (cases group) and group II (control group), with 30 patients in each. Both groups were evaluated by the Arabic version of the Comprehensive Aphasia test twice, pre-therapy and three months after with the application of the conventional language therapy sessions in between (2 sessions/week/3m). Caregivers of patients in group I received sessions to educate them on the Arabic aphasic caregiver's guide booklet. Caregivers of group I were asked to answer the aphasia caregiver questionnaire before and after the family education sessions (1 session/week for about six weeks). Results: The aphasia caregiver questionnaire reported improvement in the caregiver's awareness regards aphasia and communication with their aphasic patients. The Arabic version of the Comprehensive Aphasia test reported improvement in language modalities among the participating patients, with statistical significance improvement results of subtests of repetition, naming, and reading in group I compared to group II. Conclusion: Targeting caregivers of aphasic patients with the Arabic Aphasia Caregiver Guide booklet helps in improving caregivers' communication with their aphasic patients. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Aphasia; caregiver awareness; caregiver education; caregiver guide | ||||
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