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ArticleBMJ open2019

Fidelity protocol for the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) trial: a psychosocial intervention administered by speech and language therapists to prevent depression in people with post-stroke aphasia.

Marcella Carragher, Brooke Ryan, Linda Worrall, Shirley Thomas, Miranda Rose, Nina Simmons-Mackie, Asad Khan, Tammy C Hoffmann, Emma Power, Leanne Togher and 1 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Preventing depression in aphasia: A cluster randomized control trial of the Aphasia Action Success Knowledge (ASK) program.International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Marcella CarragherSchool of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University-Melbourne Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7200-6968
Brooke RyanSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Linda WorrallSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Shirley ThomasDivision of Rehabilitation and Ageing, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Miranda RoseSchool of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University-Melbourne Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Nina Simmons-MackieDepartment of Health and Human Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, USA.
Asad KhanSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Tammy C HoffmannCentre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Emma PowerGraduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Leanne TogherFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ian KneeboneGraduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The University of Queensland · AULa Trobe University · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AUBond University · AUSoutheastern Louisiana University · USThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTreatment fidelity is a complex, multifaceted evaluative process which refers to whether a studied intervention was delivered as intended. Monitoring and enhancing fidelity is one recommendation of the TiDIER (Template for Intervention Description and Replication) checklist, as fidelity can inform interpretation and conclusions drawn about treatment effects. Despite the methodological and translational benefits, fidelity strategies have been used inconsistently within health behaviour intervention studies; in particular, within aphasia intervention studies, reporting of fidelity remains relatively rare. This paper describes the development of a fidelity protocol for the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) study, a current cluster randomised trial investigating an early mood intervention for people with aphasia (a language disability caused by stroke). METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A novel fidelity protocol and tool was developed to monitor and enhance fidelity within the two arms (experimental treatment and attention control) of the ASK study. The ASK fidelity protocol was developed based on the National Institutes of Health Behaviour Change Consortium fidelity framework. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study protocol was approved by the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee in Queensland, Australia under the National Mutual Acceptance scheme of multicentre human research projects. Specific ethics approval was obtained for those participating sites who were not under the National Mutual Agreement at the time of application. The monitoring and ongoing conduct of the research project is in line with requirements under the National Mutual Acceptance. On completion of the trial, findings from the fidelity reviews will be disseminated via publications and conference presentations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12614000979651.

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Allied Health PersonnelAphasiaDepressionHumansProfessional-Patient RelationsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSpeechSpeech-Language PathologyStrokeStroke Rehabilitationaphasiaclinical trialfidelityinterventionprotocol

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PMID31061014
PMCPMC6502036
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