TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional Outcome Questionnaire for Aphasia
T2 - Overview and preliminary psychometric evaluation
AU - Glueckauf, Robert L.
AU - Blonder, Lee X.
AU - Ecklund-Johnson, Eric
AU - Maher, Lynn
AU - Crosson, Bruce
AU - Gonzalez-Rothi, Leslie
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Objective: To perform a preliminary evaluation of a questionnaire designed to assess functional outcomes of treatment for aphasia. Methods: The Functional Outcome Questionnaire for Aphasia (FOQ-A) is an inventory consisting of 32 caregiver-completed items rating the person with stroke's ability to perform various communication behaviors on a 5-point scale. The total score for the FOQ-A is reported as a mean of all completed items. The FOQ-A was administered by research assistants to caregivers of patients with left hemisphere stroke (n = 18). Results: The FOQ-A showed acceptable initial reliability and validity properties. As predicted, the FOQ-A displayed high positive correlations with standardized functional communication measures. The FOQ-A also showed only weak associations with other measures (health-related quality of life, caregiver strain). Conclusions: Overall results of our preliminary psychometric examination of the FOQ-A were promising. The findings suggested that the FOQ-A may be a sensitive measure of functional communication abilities and does not appear to be biased heavily by caregiver strain. Plans for further evaluation of the FOQ-A are discussed.
AB - Objective: To perform a preliminary evaluation of a questionnaire designed to assess functional outcomes of treatment for aphasia. Methods: The Functional Outcome Questionnaire for Aphasia (FOQ-A) is an inventory consisting of 32 caregiver-completed items rating the person with stroke's ability to perform various communication behaviors on a 5-point scale. The total score for the FOQ-A is reported as a mean of all completed items. The FOQ-A was administered by research assistants to caregivers of patients with left hemisphere stroke (n = 18). Results: The FOQ-A showed acceptable initial reliability and validity properties. As predicted, the FOQ-A displayed high positive correlations with standardized functional communication measures. The FOQ-A also showed only weak associations with other measures (health-related quality of life, caregiver strain). Conclusions: Overall results of our preliminary psychometric examination of the FOQ-A were promising. The findings suggested that the FOQ-A may be a sensitive measure of functional communication abilities and does not appear to be biased heavily by caregiver strain. Plans for further evaluation of the FOQ-A are discussed.
KW - Aphasia
KW - Communication
KW - Rehabilitation outcome
KW - Stroke
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U2 - 10.3233/nre-2003-18402
DO - 10.3233/nre-2003-18402
M3 - Review article
C2 - 14757924
AN - SCOPUS:0346970926
SN - 1053-8135
VL - 18
SP - 281
EP - 290
JO - NeuroRehabilitation
JF - NeuroRehabilitation
IS - 4
ER -