Intervention needed for aphasic patients. Report from long-term follow-up.:—Report from Long-term Follw-up—

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It is a follow-up study of 141 aphasic patients (118 males and 23 females), more than three years (average 8.9years) had passed after their onset. The purpose of this study in to know the interventions which the aphasic patients truly demand for. The results of the follow-up investigation suggest as follows: 1) Etiologies of aphasia and the types of their aphasia were different according to their age of their onset. 2) The younger patients showed much more improvement of their aphasia compared to the older patients group. 3) 44 of 141 patients (31.2%) got jobs. But the half of patients whose onset age were under 55 years old could not get jobs. 4) Many patients had some trouble to accept their disability of aphasic syndrome after a long time postonset. 5) In planning the intervention in aphasic patients, it is necessary to predict proper prognosis in aphasia according to the age of onset, state of brain damage, and also the patient's social position, etc. There is a need for social support beyond the limitation of the medical treatment.
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