A cluster randomised control trial of the ASK Action Success Knowledge program

Project Member(s): Kneebone, I.

Funding or Partner Organisation: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC Project Grants)

Start year: 2015

Summary: Loss of language after stroke (aphasia) leads to problems with understanding, talking, reading and writing. Aphasia often leads to depression and poorer wellbeing for the person with aphasia and the caregiver. Our research has a) identified what it takes to live successfully with aphasia, b) translated the results to a program called ASK, and c) piloted ASK with promising outcomes in reducing symptoms of depression. We will measure the impact of ASK at 12 month post stroke.

Publications:

Ryan, B, Worrall, L, Sekhon, J, Baker, C, Carragher, M, Bohan, J, Power, E, Rose, M, Simmons-Mackie, N, Togher, L & Kneebone, I 2019, 'Time to step up' in Psychotherapy and Aphasia, Routledge, pp. 1-16.
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Carragher, M, Ryan, B, Worrall, L, Thomas, S, Rose, M, Simmons-Mackie, N, Khan, A, Hoffmann, TC, Power, E, Togher, L & Kneebone, I 2019, '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', BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. e023560-e023560.
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Carragher, M, Ryan, B, Worrall, L, Thomas, S, Rose, M, Simmons-Mackie, N, Togher, L, Power, E, Khan, A, Hoffman, T & Kneebone, I 1970, 'ASK (Action Success Knowledge), a psychosocial intervention to prevent depression in people with post stroke aphasia - treatment fidelity', CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES, KARGER, pp. 34-34.

Girgis, M, Paparo, J, Roberts, L & Kneebone, I, 'How Do Children with Intellectual Disabilities Regulate Their Emotions? The Views of Teachers', Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, pp. 1-22.
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Keywords: Stroke, Aphasia, Depression, Prevention

FOR Codes: Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension), Psychology, Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) not elsewhere classified, Clinical psychology, Psycholinguistics (incl. speech production and comprehension), Clinical health not elsewhere classified

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.