title: Development and validation of participation and positive psychologic function measures for stroke survivors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the reliability and validity of Neurologic Quality of Life (NeuroQOL) item banks that assess quality-of-life (QOL) domains not typically included in poststroke measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary analysis of item responses to selected NeuroQOL domains.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community-dwelling stroke survivors (n=111) who were at least 12 months poststroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five measures developed for 3 NeuroQoL domains: ability to participate in social activities, satisfaction with participation in social activities, and positive psychologic function.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A single bank was developed for the positive psychologic function domain, but 2 banks each were developed for the ability-to-participate and satisfaction-with-participation domains. The resulting item banks showed good psychometric properties and external construct validity with correlations with the legacy instruments, ranging from .53 to .71. Using these measures, stroke survivors in this sample reported an overall high level of QOL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The NeuroQoL-derived measures are promising and valid methods for assessing aspects of QOL not typically measured in this population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. r-bode@comcast.net
authors.forename: Rita K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: Allen W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: Zeeshan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Butt
authors.forename: Jena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stallings
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: Elliot J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002641:Chicago; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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