Psychosocial aspects of aphasia: speech and language therapists' views on professional practice

Disability and Rehabilitation
Shelagh Brumfitt

Abstract

Although the psychosocial dimensions of aphasia are relatively well understood, there may be variations in how these effects are managed in routine intervention. Speech and language therapists may hold a variety of views about this dimension of the aphasic experience, and these views may play a role in how intervention is managed.Aims. To survey practitioner views on the pertinence of psychosocial dimensions in the management of the aphasia speaker. Five hundred and twenty-one speech and language therapists who were members of the British Aphasiology Society were surveyed by questionnaire about their views on the importance and role of psychosocial effects (response rate to questionnaire, 33%). The questionnaire was composed of (i) background details of the participants' work context; (ii) attitude towards preparation for working in this area; (iii) attitude towards the importance of psychosocial effects in the management of aphasia; (iv) perceptions of clinical time devoted to this aspect of management; (v) attitude towards the rated importance of specific dimensions of psychosocial effects; (vi) details of methods used; (vii) an open question asking for further comments. Overall, strong agreement was shown about the importanc...Continue Reading

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