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Speech Therapy in the Management of Chronic Cough

NCT03457610 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2020-04-15

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Summary

Speech and language intervention (speech therapy) is one of the few methods which seem to be useful in management of persistent chronic cough. This method has not been available for patients with cough in Poland so far.The aim of the study is to implement speech therapy to the management plan of patients with difficult-to-treat chronic cough and to analyze its efficacy in this particular group.

Patients with difficult-to treat chronic cough will be offered speech and language intervention as an added therapy. The effectiveness of speech therapy will be measured by changes in cough severity, its influence on quality of life and cough challenge test before and after speech therapy measured in every patient.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Speech and language intervention

Speech therapy includes education about cough and vocal hygiene, teaching strategies to reduce cough, breathing and vocal exercises. The whole therapy consists of eight sessions once a week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of Warsaw

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-01
Primary Completion
2019-12-30
Completion
2020-01-30

Countries

  • Poland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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