2021 Volume 41 Issue 4 Pages 427-432
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short-term effectiveness of an aphasia day care service (hereafter referred to as “day care for aphasia (DCFA) ”) . An aphasic patient with good cognitive function who used DCFA for the first time was the subject of the study. The study design was for a singlecase experimental study, and consisted of an A-B-Aʼ design with a baseline period, an intervention period, and an intervention removal period. The outcome measures were the Communicative Confidence Rating Scale for Aphasia, the Life Stage Aphasia Quality of Life Scale-11, language function, pragmatic communication skills, and social participation. The results of the study showed that statistically there was a significant improvement in psychosocial performance and a clear improvement in pragmatic communication skills during the intervention period compared to the baseline period. However, there was an overall decrease in performance in the intervention removal period compared to the intervention period. Although there is room for further research, we were able to obtain preliminary data on the effectiveness of DCFA on psychosocial aspects and pragmatic communication skills.
