Reproducibility of the items on the Stroke Specific Quality of Life questionnaire that evaluate the participation component of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
Creators: name: Soraia Micaela Silva
name: Corrêa, Fernanda Ishida
name: Faria, Christina Danielli Coelho De Morais
name: Pereira, Gabriela Santos
name: Attié, Edna Alves Dos Anjos
name: Corrêa, João Carlos Ferrari
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: <b>Purpose:</b> To evaluate the reproducibility of the Stroke Specific Quality of Life (SS-QOL) items that address the participation component of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and analyse the correlation between the subscore of these 26 items and the total SS-QOL score. <b>Methods:</b> Seventy-five stroke survivors participated in this study. Reproducibility was evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC<sub>2,1</sub>), standard error of measurement (SEM), minimum detectable change (MDC) and the Bland–Altman plot. The correlation between the subscore of the 26 items and the total SS-QOL score was analysed using Spearman’s correlation coefficients (<i>rho</i>) and simple linear regression. An alpha risk ≤ 0.05 was considered for all analyses. <b>Results:</b> The SS-QOL items that address the participation component of the ICF demonstrated excellent reliability (intra-rater ICC<sub>2,1</sub> = 0.96; inter-rater ICC<sub>2,1</sub> = 0.95). The SEM and MDC were adequate. The Bland–Altman plot demonstrated satisfactory agreement. A significant and strong correlation (<i>rho</i> = 0.83) was found between the 26 SS-QOL items that address participation and the total SS-QOL score. Moreover, the evaluation of participation was found to explain 73% of the evaluation of health-related quality of life. <b>Conclusion:</b> The 26 SS-QOL items that address the participation component of the ICF demonstrated adequate reproducibility. Thus, participation, which represents the social aspects of functionality, can be adequately evaluated with these items. Implications for RehabilitationThe 26 Stroke Specific Quality of Life items that address participation proved to be reproducible for the analysis of social participation following a stroke.The findings can lead to a better understanding of the social participation of individuals with chronic hemiparesis and assist in the establishment of adequate treatment for such individuals.The rehabilitation process can be directed towards more specific goals focused on the patient expectations, thereby contributing to greater humanization and effectiveness of treatment to improve social participation following a stroke. The 26 Stroke Specific Quality of Life items that address participation proved to be reproducible for the analysis of social participation following a stroke. The findings can lead to a better understanding of the social participation of individuals with chronic hemiparesis and assist in the establishment of adequate treatment for such individuals. The rehabilitation process can be directed towards more specific goals focused on the patient expectations, thereby contributing to greater humanization and effectiveness of treatment to improve social participation following a stroke.