A systematic review of interventions for adults with social communication impairments due to an acquired brain injury: Significant other reports.

International Journal of Speech-language Pathology
Leah PaiceMartin Checklin

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the most effective intervention for adults with social communication impairments due to an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), using standardised outcome measures completed by significant others.Method: A systematic literature review was conducted. Four electronic databases relevant to the field of speech-language pathology or brain injury were searched: Medline, CINAHL, AMED and Embase. Grey literature, reference lists and citation indexes were also hand searched for additional research. Studies that met the broad inclusion and exclusion criteria were initially screened to determine articles for full text reviews by two independent reviewers. Reviewers independently extracted data from full-text reviews using a data extraction form and performed bias analysis using the Downs and Black quality checklist (Downs, S.H., & Black, N. (1998). The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised and non-randomised studies of health care interventions. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 52, 377-384.). Studies were categorised using a five-phase model of evidence (Robey, R.R., & Schultz, M.C. (1998). A model for conducting clinical-outcome research: An adapta...Continue Reading

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