[A French questionnaire to assess quality of life of the aphasic patient: the SIP-65].
OBJECTIVE
To develop and demonstrate validity and reliability of a aphasic-adapted version of the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP-136), a generic widespread questionnaire used to measure quality of life (QoL).


METHODS
Survey, outpatient oral interviews.


METHODS
Aphasic people from 20 to 80 years old, with a time from stroke or trauma of more than 12 months, living at home for more than six months, able to understand the questions with a Z-score profile at Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination above average for oral comprehension.


METHODS
1. Developments of the short version of the SIP-136, from a first sample of aphasic people; 35 patients were included with a mean time from stroke or trauma of 17 months. This first step consisted in excluding the least relevant items and/or subscales, rewriting some items to make them easier to understand, studying redundancy by multiple components analysis (MCA) and deleting some redundant items. 2. Validity compared with initial SIP-136 and reliability (inter-rater and test-retest) from a second sample of 55 aphasic people (mean time from stroke or trauma = 23 months).


RESULTS
- 1. The first step of development led to a short version with eight subscales and 65 items (SIP-65) exploring physical, psychological and social components of QoL; it took about 16 min to fill it, less than half of the time necessary for the SIP-136. 2. Linear correlation of the responses between SIP-65 and SIP-136 was good: r = 0.97; p < 10(-6). SIP-65 demonstrated a good test-retest (r = 0.97; p < 10(-6)) and inter-rater (r = 0.92; p < 10(-6)) reliability.


CONCLUSIONS
SIP-65, a short version of SIP-136, is feasible and clinically sound and must be recommended to assess health-related functional status of French aphasic people.
Bénaim
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Unité de rééducation et réadaptation neurologique, Département de MPR, CHU, 30240, Le Grau du Roi, France.
Pélissier
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Petiot
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Bareil
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Ferrat
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Royer
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Milhau
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Hérisson
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001037:Aphasia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors