eprintid: 10063827 rev_number: 22 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/06/38/27 datestamp: 2018-12-12 13:37:24 lastmod: 2021-09-25 23:06:09 status_changed: 2018-12-12 13:37:24 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Bruce, C creators_name: Newton, C title: 'What's cooking?' A comparison of an activity-oriented and a table-top programme of therapy on the language performance of people with aphasia ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F71 keywords: aphasia, intervention, activity oriented, naming note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: BACKGROUND: Many people with aphasia have word‐finding difficulties, with some showing particular difficulties with verbs. Picture‐naming therapy is often used to improve naming, but gains are usually limited to therapy items and do not transfer to conversation. Therapy where words are produced in sentences and in real‐life activities may be more effective. AIMS: The current pilot study investigated whether an activity‐oriented therapy approach would be accepted and viable if implemented in a community setting, and whether communicating whilst cooking was more beneficial than using paper‐based activities. If successful, it would be expected that verb production would improve in structured and unstructured tasks in both naming and narrative tasks. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: The study employed a case‐series repeated‐measures design, with testing of treated and control items. Seven adults with anomia participated, although only five completed the full programme. Participants were divided into two groups and each group completed both treatments, but in different orders. Each treatment was employed for six 2‐h sessions over a 3‐week period. OUTCOME AND RESULTS: Naming of both treated and untreated verbs showed a statistically significant improvement following both treatments and this continued into the maintenance phase. There was a numerical but not statistically significant gain in the variety of verbs used in spoken narratives. Participants predominantly chose positive terms to describe their experience of the programme, but did not prefer one therapy over the other. CONCLSUIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Preliminary findings suggest that an activity‐oriented therapy approach, whether it involves carrying out tasks or paper‐based activities, can result in clinically meaningful improvements for people with chronic aphasia. Further research using a randomized control trial is required to determine whether cooking therapy alone is effective. date: 2019-05 date_type: published publisher: Wiley-Blackwell official_url: https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12447 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1607752 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12447 lyricists_name: Bruce, Carolyn lyricists_name: Newton, Caroline lyricists_id: CJBRU72 lyricists_id: CNEWT04 actors_name: Newton, Caroline actors_id: CNEWT04 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders volume: 54 number: 3 pagerange: 430-443 issn: 1368-2822 citation: Bruce, C; Newton, C; (2019) 'What's cooking?' A comparison of an activity-oriented and a table-top programme of therapy on the language performance of people with aphasia. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders , 54 (3) pp. 430-443. 10.1111/1460-6984.12447 <https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12447>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10063827/1/What%27s%20cooking%20ms_accepted.pdf