Dysarthria (reduced speech intelligibility) is a common consequence of stroke leading to social isolation and low self-confidence. This speech difficulty after stroke has been neglected with few research studies.
Dysarthria can occur after any type of stroke and varies in severity of impairment.
There are different types of dysarthria (e.g. spastic, hypokinetic), which can also co-occur with and without aphasia (language difficulties). Our Cochrane review of dysarthria intervention found a lack of consensus around outcome measures and the need for a core outcome set for speech recovery was highlighted. A core outcome set would be of use in both clinical practice and research studies to compare the findings from different therapy trials of dysarthria.
Lead applicant: Claire Mitchell, University of Manchester
Joint lead applicant: Professor Jamie Kirkham, University of Manchester
Co-applicant: Professor Audrey Bowen, University of Manchester
Co-applicant: Research advisor with lived experience
Disease Category: Rehabilitation
Disease Name: Stroke
Age Range: 18 - 120
Sex: Either
Nature of Intervention: Rehabilitation
- Clinical experts
- Consumers (patients)
- Researchers
- COS for clinical trials or clinical research
- COS for practice
- Recommendations for outcome measures (measurement/how)
- Delphi process
- Systematic review
What to measure?
• To identify a list of potentially important outcome domains for people with dysarthria
• To prioritise and reach consensus regarding these domains from the perspective of patients, clinicians and researchers
How to measure?
• To determine what measures could be used for each domain
• To evaluate and appraise all the measures available using a systematic review process
• Reach consensus on the most appropriate measure for each domain of the core outcome set