SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Research for speech-language pathology

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• PTOTSLPRNSystematic Review2016Enhanced Physical Activity Improves Selected Outcomes in Children With ADHD: Systematic Review.Western journal of nursing researchPhysical activity is linked to better attention and behavior in children with ADHD, but effects on physical health measures are inconsistent. The evidence is weak due to small, varied studies, so it supports adding activity to care rather than replacing treatment.
• PTOTSLPQualitative2017Collective Care: Multiple Caregivers and Multiple Care Recipients in Mexican American Families.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyMexican American families often provide collective care, with one person caring for several relatives or multiple people sharing one patient's care. Daughters were usually the primary caregivers, and families viewed this duty as an honor rather than a burden, even when their own health suffered.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2017Preferences and concerns for care needs in advanced Parkinson's disease: a qualitative study of couples.Journal of clinical nursingCouples with advanced Parkinson's disease described frequent falls, speech and swallowing problems, financial strain and lack of prognostic information as major concerns. They wanted to stay home but often had no plans because they did not know what to expect.
• PTOTSLPRNCase Report2017Living in Limbo: Latinas' Assessment of Lower Rio Grande Valley Colonias Communities.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Latinas in Texas colonias described a theme of "living in limbo" where fear of immigration enforcement, poverty, and unsafe environments severely limited their willingness to engage in physical activity. Existing community assets like parks and schools were often viewed as inaccessible or exclusive.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2017Cardiovascular risk and communication among early stage breast cancer survivors.Patient education and counselingMost breast cancer survivors had cardiovascular risks but felt healthy. Half of overweight survivors never discussed weight with their team. Those who did often found it dismissive. Survivors wanted specific, actionable lifestyle guidance rather than general advice.
• OTSLPRNCohort2017Identification of Risk Factors for Poor Feeding in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease and a Novel Approach to Improve Oral Feeding.Journal of pediatric nursingOral motor exercises did not improve full oral feeding at discharge beyond chance: 57% versus 45%. Longer intubation, withheld feeds, reflux, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome were linked to poor feeding.
• SLPRCT2017The Acceptability and Potential Utility of Cognitive Training to Improve Working Memory in Persons Living With HIV: A Preliminary Randomized Trial.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACAdults with HIV and working memory impairment improved on a working memory test after computerized training, while control scores stayed nearly the same, but this was a small preliminary trial.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2017Changes in Daily Life of Iranian Patients with implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: A Qualitative Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyIranian patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators described losing work and social roles, facing marriage rejection, and experiencing family conflict from excessive care. They shifted to light activities and self-care to manage fear of shocks, highlighting the psychosocial burden beyond the device's technical function.
• PTOTSLPRNCohort2017Quality of life of patients using intermittent urinary catheterization.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemQuality of life scores were similar in Brazil and Portugal, but Brazilian patients rated their general health higher. Patients who self-catheterized reported better physical and psychological well-being than those needing caregiver help.
• PTOTSLPRNSurvey2017Self-Reported Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease by Sex and Disease Duration.Western journal of nursing researchMen reported more non-motor symptoms than women. Motor symptoms increased with disease duration, but non-motor symptoms did not. Speech problems peaked in the 6-to-10-year group, while hallucinations appeared most often after 10 years.
• SLPQualitative2017Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of person-centred care in different healthcare contexts.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesResearchers implementing person-centred care described time, usual care habits, sceptical attitudes and fragmented documentation as barriers, and leadership, training, seeing patients as capable partners and involving relatives or peers as facilitators.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2017Nursing home care trajectories for older adults following in-hospital palliative care consultation.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Ten of twelve patients discharged to a nursing home after palliative care received aggressive rehabilitation despite poor prognoses, often contradicting their own goals. Only two followed a comfort-focused path. Most patients experienced high symptom burden and rehospitalization, with no documented spiritual support or goal renegotiation in the nursing home.
• SLPRNPilot2017Hearing loss education for older adults in primary care clinics: Benefits of a concise educational brochure.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)70% of 67 older adults made at least one communication change after a brief brochure and hearing-loss education over 3 months. Referral uptake varied, and no control group means this cannot prove the brochure caused the changes.
• SLPCohort2017One-Carbon Metabolism Biomarkers and Cognitive Decline in the Very Old: The Newcastle 85+ Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn people aged 85, higher red blood cell folate and lower homocysteine at baseline were linked to better global cognitive screening scores, but neither predicted global decline over 3 to 5 years. Vitamin B12 showed no association.
• PTOTSLPRNRCT2018Physical Activity and Survival in Women With Advanced Breast Cancer.Cancer nursingWomen with advanced breast cancer who did one hour of moderate activity daily had a 23% lower risk of death. This held after adjusting for age, treatment, and depression. Nurses can encourage simple daily movement like walking or housework.
• PTOTSLPRNSurvey2017Beliefs About Use of Complementary Health Approaches for Parkinson's Disease.Holistic nursing practicePeople with Parkinson's disease using complementary health approaches believed these methods were effective for symptom control and necessary for general health. They reported low concern about side effects or drug interactions but expressed willingness to disclose their use to healthcare professionals.
• SLPRCT2017Evaluation of Intervention Fidelity in a Multisite Clinical Trial in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis.The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience NursesFacilitators delivered the MS cognitive rehabilitation program as planned. Participants attended 6.4 sessions on average and completed 288.9 exercises, but several participants repeated exercises instead of progressing.
• PTOTSLPRNCohort2018The Relationship Between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Incident Frailty: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationOlder adults with the most pro-inflammatory diets had a higher risk of becoming frail over eight years. This link was strong in men, where the highest diet score group had four times the risk, but no association was found in women.
• PTOTSLPRNOther2018Beck Depression Inventory-II: Factor Analyses with Three Groups of Midlife Women of African Descent in the Midwest, the South, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.Issues in mental health nursingThe BDI-II depression screen works as a two-part measure for midlife women of African descent, separating cognitive symptoms like guilt from physical ones like fatigue. Somatic complaints should prompt further exploration for depression in this population.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2017Patients' Outcomes After Acute Respiratory Failure: A Qualitative Study With the PROMIS Framework.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care NursesAfter acute respiratory failure, survivors described fatigue, breathlessness, fear of illness, memory and word-finding difficulty, and changed work and relationships. Some reported gratitude and closer relationships, while others felt isolated or wished they had died.
• SLPQualitative2018Informing physician strategies to overcome language barriers in encounters with pediatric patients.Patient education and counselingPhysicians said limited-English pediatric visits lost nuance and trust, so they used nonverbal warmth, repetition, slower speech, and interpreter time, but sometimes skipped rapport talk, literacy checks, and prevention issues.
• PTOTSLPRNCohort2018Functional Status Is Associated With 30-Day Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge Among Medicare Beneficiaries.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationPatients discharged from skilled nursing facilities with greater dependence in self-care, mobility, or cognition had higher odds of 30-day potentially preventable readmissions. Mobility and self-care dependence showed stronger associations than severe cognitive impairment alone.
• OTSLPSurvey2018Taste, choice and timing: Investigating resident and carer preferences for meals in aged care homes.Nursing & health sciencesResidents and family members said they preferred excellent-tasting food, choice over what to eat, and set mealtimes. They said they would pay $24 a week for excellent taste. Flexible mealtimes were not preferred.
• OTSLPQualitative2018"It's a Long-Term Process": Description of Daily Family Life When a Child Has a Feeding Disorder.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersParents of children with feeding disorders described daily life as dictated by the need to feed. They reported extreme time demands, anxiety, and social isolation because their children could not eat outside the home or be fed by others. Care was experienced as reactive and uncoordinated.
• PTOTSLPMeta-Analysis2018Cognitive-Based Interventions to Improve Mobility: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationCognitive training improved walking speed when participants performed a second task, such as talking or counting. The effect was small and did not reach significance for normal walking. Shorter training sessions may produce better results than longer ones.
• PTOTSLPRNSurvey2018Burden, resilience and coping in caregivers of patients with interstitial lung disease.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careCaregivers of patients with interstitial lung disease report significantly lower mental quality of life than the general population, driven by emotional strain. Those caring for patients on oxygen report higher burden and worse physical health. Caregivers need inclusion in visits, practical home advice, and specific support groups.
• SLPRNCohort2018Multiple chronic conditions: Implications for cognition - Findings from the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention (WRAP).Applied nursing research : ANRHaving multiple chronic conditions was not linked to memory impairment overall. However, participants with sleep disturbances and apnea had significantly higher rates of memory impairment than those with cardiovascular conditions or those who were healthy.
• PTOTSLPRNCohort2018The Initiation of Rehabilitation Therapies and Observed Outcomes in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury.Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation NursesChildren with traumatic brain injury received rehabilitation services at different times by injury severity, and most had no delay on a speech pathology evaluation at follow-up. The study did not show that earlier or more frequent therapy improved recovery.
• PTOTSLPCohort2019Rehabilitation Therapy for Nursing Home Residents at the End-of-Life.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationTherapy for nursing home residents in their last month of life became more common and more intense, with much of it delivered very close to death. The study cannot tell you whether physical, occupational, or speech therapy helped or harmed.
• SLPSystematic Review2019Effects of care assistant communication style on communicative behaviours of residents with dementia: a systematic multiple case study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesShort, precise instructions from care assistants were linked to more positive communication and greater compliance in residents with dementia. Waiting before acting could not be tested because staff did not reliably wait longer between instructions and actions.
• PTOTSLPRNRCT2019Three Nurse-administered Protocols Reduce Nutritional Decline and Frailty in Older Gastrointestinal Surgery Patients: A Cluster Randomized Trial.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationNurse-led protocols for early mobilization, oral care, and orientation reduced weight loss and prevented new frailty in older gastrointestinal surgery patients. The intervention required about 58 minutes of nursing time per day. Family members were coached to assist with daily activities.
• SLPRCT2018Educating Nursing Home Staff in Dementia Sensitive Communication: Impact on Antipsychotic Medication Use.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationCompared with Kansas averages, the CHAT homes' antipsychotic reduction was not significant (p=.06). Within those 10 homes, use fell from 20.71% to 15.83% (p=.03).
• OTSLPRNQualitative2019Working together to learn new oral hygiene techniques: Pilot of a carepartner-assisted intervention for persons with cognitive impairment.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)People with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia and their carepartners described learning new oral hygiene as frustrating and unfamiliar. They reported brushing together, writing goals on the mirror, and putting floss in sight.
• SLPQualitative2019Agents of empathy: How medical interpreters bridge sociocultural gaps in genomic sequencing disclosures with Spanish-speaking families.Patient education and counselingMedical interpreters added supportive language during genomic disclosures: they clarified terms, encouraged parents, checked understanding, used affectionate terms, and softened commands. The study described these adaptations, not whether they improved understanding.
• PTOTSLPRNSystematic Review2019The Effectiveness of Function-Focused Care Interventions in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review.The journal of nursing research : JNRFunction-focused care in nursing homes improved physical, psychosocial, and cognitive outcomes for most residents. The review could not determine which specific intervention method worked best or whether integrated or dedicated care processes were superior.
• SLPOther2019The Optimal Short Version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Diagnosing Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationThe Roalf short MoCA performed similarly to the full 30-point MoCA for detecting mild cognitive impairment and dementia, including in highly educated people. It may be a 16-point alternative when the full test cannot be given.
• SLPOther2019Creation and validation of an educational video for deaf people about cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemA 7-minute 30-second CPR video in Brazilian Sign Language was judged suitable by 22 nurses and seen as clear and easy to use by 16 deaf students. It shows how to teach CPR visually, but does not prove it improves CPR performance.
• OTSLPRNQualitative2019A qualitative study of experiences of health and social care in home mechanical ventilation.Nursing openPatients and family carers said home ventilation itself did not make life manageable. They valued reliable home teams but described fragmented services, fights for equipment, and exhausted family carers.
• SLPRNCohort2019Effect of School Services on Academic Performance After Traumatic Brain Injury in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Students.The Journal of school healthAfter TBI, Hispanic and non-Hispanic students had similar GPAs overall. Hispanic receipt of school services one year after injury rose from 5% to 29%, and Hispanic students receiving services had increased GPA.
• SLPRNQualitative2019Health practitioner practices and their influence on nutritional intake of hospitalised patients.International journal of nursing sciencesNurses were seen as mainly responsible for hospitalised patients' eating, but ward workload and unclear roles with food service left trays inaccessible or meals missed. Families were valued helpers, used only when swallowing was considered safe.
• SLPRNSurvey2019Symptom distress and interference among cancer patients with osteoradionecrosis of jaw: A cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing sciencesPatients with osteoradionecrosis of the jaw after radiotherapy reported a heavy symptom burden: 97.9% had at least one symptom, and limited mouth opening was the worst. Ask about mouth opening, swallowing, speech, hearing and distress.
• SLPRNSurvey2020Correlation Between Postoperative Health-Related Quality of Life and Care Needs of Oral Cancer Patients.Cancer nursingTrouble with social contacts, swallowing problems, teeth problems, and feeling ill were associated with higher care needs in postoperative oral cancer patients. Health information needs were highest. This is an association, not proof that treating symptoms lowers needs.
• PTOTSLPRNCohort2020Childhood Trauma Predicts Cancer Treatment-Related Pain in Breast Cancer Survivors.Cancer nursingWomen who experienced childhood trauma without confiding in others reported significantly higher pain severity and interference 12 months after breast cancer surgery. However, trauma history did not predict neuropathic symptom severity once other factors were included.
• PTOTSLPRNCohort2019Morning Fatigue Severity Profiles in Oncology Outpatients Receiving Chemotherapy.Cancer nursingHalf of chemotherapy outpatients had severe morning fatigue. Those in the worst group were younger, had higher BMI and more comorbidities, and reported worse anxiety, sleep, and attention. Assess fatigue separately from evening symptoms to catch this high-risk group.
• OTSLPRNQualitative2019Typology of Technology-Supported Dementia Care Interventions From an In-Home Telehealth Trial.Western journal of nursing researchDementia experts who reviewed caregivers' home videos mostly taught behavior management, disease expectations and safety skills, plus caregiver support. This maps what to assess and teach, not proof the telehealth programme works.
• OTSLPRNQualitative2019Acceptance and adjustment: A qualitative study of experiences of hearing and vision impairments and daily life among oldest old recipients of home care.International journal of older people nursingPeople in their late 80s and 90s with hearing and vision loss often accept these impairments because they lack the energy to address them. They prioritize managing pain, fatigue and serious illness over sensory aids, leading to social withdrawal and difficulty with daily tasks like reading.
• SLPQualitative2020Examining unconscious bias embedded in provider language regarding children with autism.Nursing & health sciencesSome dental professionals describing children with autism used language that framed care as dangerous, marked patients as 'them', and assumed parents were less careful with dental care. SLPs should listen for similar wording in their own clinical communication.
• PTOTSLPRNPilot2019Feasibility and Acceptability of a Self-Report Activity Diary in Families of Children With and Without Special Needs.Comprehensive child and adolescent nursingParents and older children with special needs successfully completed activity diaries, but found the format burdensome and unacceptable. Two-thirds of parents suggested changes, such as adding categories for grooming or switching to an online format.
• SLPRNQualitative2019Strategies nurses use when caring for patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury who have cognitive impairments.Journal of clinical nursingNurses most frequently described cognitive supports like repetition and visual cues, followed by communication adjustments and safety precautions. Far fewer reported strategies for managing agitation or education. No assessment tools for communication were described.
• OTSLPQualitative2020Recalibrating hope: A longitudinal study of the experiences of people with aphasia after stroke.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesFour people with aphasia kept broad hope while revising specific hopes over the year after stroke. Hope depended on perceived progress, meaningful roles, and social connection.