Trial reportBMJ open2021
Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Post-Stroke Aphasia (SOFIA): feasibility and acceptability results of a feasibility randomised wait-list controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03245060 (Adapted Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Post-stroke Aphasia), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Adapted Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Post-stroke Aphasia (SOFIA Trial): a Feasibility Study
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- What Works to Improve Wellbeing? A Rapid Systematic Review of 223 Interventions Evaluated with the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scales.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Advancing aphasia psychological care in Ireland: A participatory study with people with aphasia and clinicians.PloS one · 2026Article
- Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes of Speech-Language Pathologist-Administered Behavioral Activation: A Psychosocial Intervention for People With Aphasia.American journal of speech-language pathology · 2025Article
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- Improving How Healthcare Staff Support the Psychological Well-Being of People Living With Post-Stroke Aphasia: A Co-Created Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- A Systematic Scoping Review of Measures Used to Evaluate Treatment-Induced Changes in Depression, Anxiety, and Chronic Stress in People with Post-Stroke Aphasia.Aphasiology · 2025Article
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- Engaging with discursive complexities in mental health accessibility: Implications for acquired brain injury.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Review
- Speech, language and communication needs and mental health: the experiences of speech and language therapists and mental health professionals.International journal of language & communication disorders · 2023Article
- Spectrum of neuropsychiatric symptoms in chronic post-stroke aphasia.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- "Now I Am Myself": Exploring How People With Poststroke Aphasia Experienced Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Within the SOFIA Trial.Qualitative health research · 2021Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesThe Solution Focused Brief Therapy in Post-Stroke Aphasia feasibility trial had four primary aims: to assess (1) acceptability of the intervention to people with aphasia, including severe aphasia, (2) feasibility of recruitment and retention, (3) acceptability of research procedures and outcome measures, and (4) feasibility of delivering the intervention by speech and language therapists.
designTwo-group randomised controlled feasibility trial with wait-list design, blinded outcome assessors and nested qualitative research.
settingParticipants identified via two community NHS Speech and Language Therapy London services and through community routes (eg, voluntary-sector stroke groups).
participantsPeople with aphasia at least 6 months post stroke.
interventionSolution-focused brief therapy, a psychological intervention, adapted to be linguistically accessible. Participants offered up to six sessions over 3 months, either immediately postrandomisation or after a delay of 6 months. OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary endpoints related to feasibility and acceptability. Clinical outcomes were collected at baseline, 3 and 6 months postrandomisation, and at 9 months (wait-list group only). The candidate primary outcome measure was the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Participants and therapists also took part in in-depth interviews.
resultsThirty-two participants were recruited, including 43.8% with severe aphasia. Acceptability endpoints: therapy was perceived as valuable and acceptable by both participants (n=30 interviews) and therapists (n=3 interviews); 93.8% of participants had ≥2 therapy sessions (90.6% had 6/6 sessions). Feasibility endpoints: recruitment target was reached within the prespecified 13-month recruitment window; 82.1% of eligible participants consented; 96.9% were followed up at 6 months; missing data <0.01%. All five prespecified feasibility progression criteria were met.
conclusionThe high retention and adherence rates, alongside the qualitative data, suggest the study design was feasible and therapy approach acceptable even to people with severe aphasia. These results indicate a definitive randomised controlled trial of the intervention would be feasible. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT03245060.
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