Methods for persons with acquired communication disabilities

A scoping review was conducted. Scoping reviews do not include people as subjects. Nonetheless, ethical considerations were acknowledged. A multi-faceted search strategy was then conducted and included database searches, hand searching, and forward citation and ancestry searches. The search results were imported into a screening tool known as Covidence used for conducting Cochrane Systematic Reviews. Two reviewers did a double-blind screening of studies at the title/abstract and full-text level, during which the eligibility criterion was applied. Data was extracted by the researcher and independently verified by reviewers at title and full-text level. Data extraction for coded data and outcomes were also done by the researcher initially and then all the data extraction was checked by the supervisor. An inductive coding analysis was conducted to code the main concepts. Some changes were made to the coding and themes. Disagreements were discussed until 100% consensus was reached.<br>

开展了一项范围综述（scoping review）。范围综述不将人类作为研究对象。尽管如此，仍认可伦理考量的重要性。随后采用了多维度检索策略，涵盖数据库检索、手工检索、正向引文检索及追溯检索。检索结果被导入Covidence工具进行筛选，该工具常用于开展Cochrane系统综述。两名评审员对研究文献的标题/摘要及全文进行双盲筛选，并在此过程中应用纳入标准。研究人员提取数据后，由评审员在标题及全文层面进行独立验证。编码数据与结局指标的数据提取最初亦由研究人员完成，随后所有数据提取结果均由导师审核。采用归纳编码分析（inductive coding analysis）对核心概念进行编码。对编码及主题进行了若干调整。针对分歧展开讨论，直至达成100%共识。