title: Reliability of the Assessment of Communicative Effectiveness in Severe Aphasia.
abstract: The Assessment of Communicative Effectiveness in Severe Aphasia (ACESA) was developed to measure the communicative effectiveness of people with severe aphasia following a stroke. The reliability was evaluated. Ten patients with severe communication difficulties (particularly limited expression) were assessed and videoed. The videos were rated by three trained raters. Reliability was calculated to demonstrate intrarater and interrater reliability, and test-re-test reliability. Reliability was good but needed to be improved across raters. It was concluded that the ACESA has the potential to be a useful clinical and research tool.
authors.affiliation: Speech and Language Therapy Department, Nottingham Community Health, NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Farrow
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lincoln
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index