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Table 3. Results of multilevel regression modelinga examining the effect of the experimental (ASK) versus attention control (SSPIP)
interventions on outcomes.
Outcomes
SADQ-21 Total
Attention Control (ref: ASK group)
ALA Total
Attention Control (ref: ASK group)
SRRB Total
Attention Control (ref: ASK group)
GHQ-28 Total
Attention Control (ref: ASK group)
BCOS Total
Attention Control (ref: ASK group)
Intention-to-treat analysis
β (95% CI), p value
−2.74 (−4.76 to −0.73), 0.008**
n = 122, 17 clusters
−0.39 (−5.0 to 4.19), 0.87
n = 140, 18 clusters
−0.09 (−0.41 to 0.23), 0.58
n = 141, 18 clusters
−3.19 (−6.45 to 0.08), 0.06
n = 82, 16 clusters
2.60 (−1.66 to 6.84), 0.23
n = 76, 16 clusters
Per-protocol analysis
β (95% CI), p value
−2.38 (−4.71 to −0.07), 0.04*
n = 52, 13 clusters
−4.2 (−.1.95 to 10.43), 0.18
n = 59, 13 clusters
−0.18 (−0.27 to 0.64), 0.43
n = 58, 13 clusters
−1.01 (−5.90 to −3.87), 0.68
n = 33, 10 clusters
−0.19 (−7.23 to 6.85), 0.96
n = 31, 11 clusters
Per-protocol analysis for participants who had pre- and post-outcome measures, who completed 3 or more face-to-face sessions and where
intervention was delivered by a therapist who passed the treatment fidelity check.
β: adjusted regression coefficient; CI: confidence interval; SADQ-21: Stroke and Aphasia Depression Questionnaire-21; ASK: Action Success
Knowledge; ALA: Assessment for living with Aphasia; GHQ-28: General Health Questionnaire-28; BCOS: Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale-
Revised; WAB-AQ: Western Aphasia Battery-Aphasia Quotient.
aAdjusted for age, gender, educational level, living situation, walking status, and WAB-AQ baseline measure at time 1.
*Significant at α < 0.05.
**Significant at α < 0.01.
and could include co-designing interventions, providing
secondary stroke prevention information and discussion,
and training speech pathologists in psychosocial education
techniques and counseling.
Declaration of conflicting interests
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect
to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support
for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article:
National Health and Medical Research grant APP1060673.
Trial registration
Australian Clinical Trials ACTRN12614000979651
ORCID iDs
Brooke Ryan
Ian Kneebone
Miranda L. Rose
Leanne Togher
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6053-7614
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-7264
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8892-0965
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4518-6748
Data availability
Ethical clearance for sharing data was not obtained.
Supplemental material
Supplemental material for this article is available online.
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