title: Reproducibility of the items on the Stroke Specific Quality of Life questionnaire that evaluate the participation component of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.
abstract: To evaluate the reproducibility of the Stroke Specific Quality of Life (SS-QOL) items that address the participation component of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and analyse the correlation between the subscore of these 26 items and the total SS-QOL score.
  
  
  
  Seventy-five stroke survivors participated in this study. Reproducibility was evaluated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC2,1), standard error of measurement (SEM), minimum detectable change (MDC) and the Bland-Altman plot. The correlation between the subscore of the 26 items and the total SS-QOL score was analysed using Spearman's correlation coefficients (rho) and simple linear regression. An alpha risk ≤ 0.05 was considered for all analyses.
  
  
  
  The SS-QOL items that address the participation component of the ICF demonstrated excellent reliability (intra-rater ICC2,1 = 0.96; inter-rater ICC2,1 = 0.95). The SEM and MDC were adequate. The Bland-Altman plot demonstrated satisfactory agreement. A significant and strong correlation (rho = 0.83) was found between the 26 SS-QOL items that address participation and the total SS-QOL score. Moreover, the evaluation of participation was found to explain 73% of the evaluation of health-related quality of life.
  
  
  
  The 26 SS-QOL items that address the participation component of the ICF demonstrated adequate reproducibility. Thus, participation, which represents the social aspects of functionality, can be adequately evaluated with these items. Implications for Rehabilitation The 26 Stroke Specific Quality of Life items that address participation proved to be reproducible for the analysis of social participation following a stroke. The findings can lead to a better understanding of the social participation of individuals with chronic hemiparesis and assist in the establishment of adequate treatment for such individuals. The rehabilitation process can be directed towards more specific goals focused on the patient expectations, thereby contributing to greater humanization and effectiveness of treatment to improve social participation following a stroke.
authors.affiliation: a Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, University Nove De Julho (UNINOVE) , São Paulo, SP , Brazil ;
authors.forename: Soraia Micaela
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: a Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, University Nove De Julho (UNINOVE) , São Paulo, SP , Brazil ;
authors.forename: Fernanda Ishida
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Corrêa
authors.affiliation: b Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) , Belo Horizonte, MG , Brazil.
authors.forename: Christina Danielli Coelho de Morais
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.affiliation: a Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, University Nove De Julho (UNINOVE) , São Paulo, SP , Brazil ;
authors.forename: Gabriela Santos
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: a Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, University Nove De Julho (UNINOVE) , São Paulo, SP , Brazil ;
authors.forename: Edna Alves Dos Anjos
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Attié
authors.affiliation: a Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, University Nove De Julho (UNINOVE) , São Paulo, SP , Brazil ;
authors.forename: João Carlos Ferrari
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Corrêa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D058992:Social Participation / Q000523:psychology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; psychometrics; reproducibility; social participation; stroke