Cost-effectiveness of speech and language therapy plus scalp acupuncture versus speech and language therapy alone for community-based patients with Broca's aphasia after stroke: a post hoc analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of combined scalp acupuncture therapy with speech and language therapy for patients with Broca's aphasia after stroke.

Design

A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis.

Settings

Community health centres.

Subjects

A total of 203 participants with Broca's aphasia after stroke who had been randomly assigned to receive scalp acupuncture with speech and language therapy (intervention) or speech and language therapy alone (control).

Intervention

Both groups underwent speech and language therapy (30 min per day, 5 days a week, for 4 weeks), while the intervention group simultaneously received scalp acupuncture.

Primary outcomes

All outcomes were collected at baseline, and after the 4-week inter

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422313 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature