“I’ve Got No Skills to Maintain – to Keep That Going”: A Qualitative Study of People with Chronic Aphasia and Their Partners About Factors Contributing to the Maintenance of Aphasia Therapy Gains

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Table 1. Participant characteristics

Characteristic	Range: people with chronic aphasia	Range: Partners
Gender	2 male, 2 female	2 male, 2 female
Age	51 – 79	52 – 80
Time post stroke	25 – 151 months
Aphasia type	Broca’s – 1, Mixed – 2, Wernicke’s – 1
Aphasia severity	Mild – 1, Moderate – 2, Severe – 1
Current therapy/support	Aphasia support group – 2, aphasia choir – 1, SLP community therapy – 1
Employment	2 – retired post-stroke, 2 – changed jobs post-stroke
Australian state	Victoria – 2, Queensland – 2
Interview held with	PWA & Partner – 3, PWA – 1, Partner – 1

Aphasia severity evaluated with the Australian Therapy Outcome Measures (AusTOMs) (Perry, 2004)

PWA – people with aphasia, SLP – Speech-language pathology

Figure 1. Enablers and barriers for maintaining therapy gains in people with chronic aphasia.

Perry,A.(2004). Therapy outcome measures for allied health practitioners in Australia: the AusTOMs. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 16(4), 285–291. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzh059

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