Assessment of treatment outcomes
stroke, hemiplegia, aphasia
STROKE, SECONDARY
The Aphasia Battery of Chinese (ABC) scale is the main efficacy index to evaluate the language ability of participants. The ABC scale is compiled by combining the internationally recognized Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE) and Western Aphasia Battery (WAB). It has good reliability and validity [The Comprehensive Activities of Daily Living (CADL) scale was used as the secondary index to evaluate the language ability of participants. The examination mainly includes 22 items, in addition to 34 sub-items, of daily life communication activities. It aims to obtain objective results by assessing the daily life communication ability of patients with aphasia and guide language training. The total score of the scale is 136. The higher the score, the better the communication ability [Baseline characteristics were collected for each patient, including age, sex, education, stroke type, aphasia type, and hemiplegia side. Prior to intervention, the therapists assessed participants using the ABC Scale and CADL questionnaires and continued follow-up at the end of the treatment period. Data were analyzed by a intent-to-treat analysis and the missing data were filled out using the last-observation-carried-forward.