Caute, Anna;
Cruice, Madeline;
Devane, Niamh;
Patel, Anita;
Roper, Abi;
Talbot, Richard;
Wilson, Stephanie;
(2022)
Delivering group support for people with aphasia in a virtual world: experiences of service providers.
Disability and Rehabilitation
, 44
(26)
pp. 8264-8282.
10.1080/09638288.2021.2011436.
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Abstract
Purpose: This study explored the acceptability to service providers of delivering a novel group support intervention for people with aphasia (PWA) in a virtual world.// Materials and methods: The service providers were six group coordinators and 10 volunteers. Fourteen of the service providers participated in a semi-structured qualitative interview and 15 took part in a consensus group discussion. Qualitative interviews were analysed using framework analysis. For consensus group discussions, nominal group rankings were analysed and semantically similar responses were identified.// Results: Service providers described the virtual world as a safe space in which to communicate, connect, and experiment. The key barriers were technical, particularly relating to sound and connectivity issues. Service providers suggested a range of improvements to the virtual world and intervention programme. They reported that PWA benefitted from accessing a support group in a virtual world, with opportunities to connect socially and to develop their communication skills.// Conclusions: Service providers found delivery of group support intervention in a virtual world to be acceptable. The use of a bespoke virtual world to deliver group support intervention may enhance the experience and increase its accessibility, enabling more PWA to benefit from this type of intervention.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Delivering group support for people with aphasia in a virtual world: experiences of service providers |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09638288.2021.2011436 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.2011436 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Aphasia, group support, intervention, service provider, tele rehabilitation, virtual world. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10178045 |
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