tDCS plus speech and language therapy (SLT) versus sham tDCS plus SLT for improving aphasia: dropouts Dropouts and adverse events · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke
1 finding from 1 review
Health‐related quality of life · participants with chronic cough
Speech and language therapy may leads to higher health‐related quality of life compared with healthy lifestyle advice (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events · participants with chronic cough
1 finding from 1 review
Objective cough counts (over 24‐hour period) · participants with chronic cough
1 finding from 1 review
Symptoms · participants with chronic cough
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical improvement (as defined by trialists) · participants with chronic cough
It is very uncertain whether speech and language therapy changes clinical improvement (as defined by trialists) compared with healthy lifestyle advice (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cough · participants with chronic cough
Speech and language therapy showed no clear difference in subjective measures of cough (e.g. VAS/numerical cough scale score) compared with healthy lifestyle advice (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cough reflex sensitivity (as measured by cough challenge: capsaicin concentration required to provoke 5 coughs) · participants with chronic cough
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · participants with chronic cough
1 finding from 1 review
Language impairment: accuracy of naming nouns at · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke
2 findings from 1 review
Language impairment: accuracy of naming verbs post intervention Accuracy in verb naming. Scale from: −infinity to +infinity · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke
1 finding from 1 review
Functional communication · patients with improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke
2 findings from 1 review
Expressive language: naming · adults with aphasia following stroke
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: SLT changes expressive language: naming compared with social support and stimulation (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Expressive language: naming · adults with aphasia following stroke
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: SLT changes expressive language: naming (6 months compared with no SLT (follow‐up at 6 months) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Receptive language: auditory comprehension · adults with aphasia following stroke
Summary of findings: SLT showed no clear difference in receptive language: auditory comprehension compared with no SLT (immediate outcome) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Reading comprehension · adults with aphasia following stroke
Summary of findings: SLT probably leads to higher receptive language: reading comprehension compared with no SLT (immediate outcome) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Expressive language: naming · adults with aphasia following stroke
Summary of findings: SLT showed no clear difference in expressive language: naming compared with no SLT (immediate outcome) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Expressive language: general · adults with aphasia following stroke
Summary of findings: SLT may leads to higher expressive language: general compared with no SLT (immediate outcome) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Expressive language: written · adults with aphasia following stroke
Summary of findings: SLT probably leads to higher expressive language: written compared with no SLT (immediate outcome) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Receptive language: auditory comprehension · adults with aphasia following stroke
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: SLT changes receptive language: auditory comprehension (6 months compared with no SLT (follow‐up at 6 months) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review