title: Reliability and validity of a postal version of the Reintegration to Normal Living Index, modified for use with stroke patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To adapt the Reintegration to Normal Living Index (RNLI) for postal use with stroke patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reliability was examined using test-retest on 26 stroke patients. Construct validity was tested on 76 patients by examining correlations between the modified RNLI and related scales.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients at three months to one year post stroke.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All items demonstrated better than chance agreement between test and retest and seven items substantial agreement (kappa = >0.61). The modified RNLI correlated positively with related scales. Patients with stronger reintegration to normal living had better outcomes in anxiety, depression, daily activity and quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This postal instrument appears reliable and valid and may be a useful outcome measure in stroke studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, King's College, London, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daneski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coshall
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tilling
authors.forename: C D A
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011177:Postal Service; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires