Table 1 In- and exclusion criteria for participants in RATS-3 and in the SPEAK cohort
From: Validation of a prediction model for long-term outcome of aphasia after stroke
| Â | RATS-3 | SPEAK |
|---|---|---|
Inclusion: | First-ever aphasia due to stroke | First-ever aphasia due to stroke |
Aphasia ascertained by a speech and language therapist using the 36-item Token Testa and/or a score < 5 on the ASRS | Aphasia ascertained by a neurologist and a speech and language therapist | |
Testable with the ScreeLing | A score below the cut-off point of the Token Test and/or the ScreeLing | |
Within two weeks of stroke onset | Within two to six days of stroke onset | |
Age between 18 and 85 | Adult | |
Language near-native Dutch | Language near-native Dutch | |
A life expectancy of >six months | Â | |
Able to tolerate intensive treatment | Â | |
Exclusion: | A subarachnoid or subdural hemorrhage | Â |
Success or feasibility of intensive language treatment was severely threatened by: | Presence of one of the following criteria: | |
- severe dysarthria | - severe dysarthria | |
- premorbid dementia | - pre-stroke dementia (suspected or confirmed) | |
- illiteracy | - illiteracy | |
- severe developmental dyslexia | - developmental dyslexia | |
- severe visual perceptual disorders | - severe perceptual disorders of vision or hearing | |
- recent psychiatric history | - psychiatric history |