Stroke and aphasia quality-of-life scale-39: Reliability and validity of the Turkish version.
The aim of this study was to adapt the stroke and aphasia quality-of-life scale-39 (SAQoL-39) to the Turkish language and carry out a reliability and validity study of the instrument in a group of patients with aphasia.



The study was a descriptive study and contained three phases: adaptation of the SAQoL-39 to the Turkish language, administration of the scale to 30 aphasia patients and reliability and validity studies of the scale. Internal consistency was assessed with Cronbach's alpha and test-re-test reliability was explored (n = 14). The adaptation process was completed based on inter-rater agreement on the translated items and within the scope of final editing by the authors of the study.



The SAQoL-39 in Turkish exhibited high test-re-test reliability (ICC =0.97) as well as acceptability with minimal missing data (0-1.4). This instrument exhibited high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.70-0.97), domain-total correlations (r = 0.76-0.85) and inter-domain correlations (r = 0.40-0.68).



The analysis shows that the Turkish version of SAQoL-39 is a scale that is highly acceptable, valid and reliable and can be easily used in evaluating the quality-of-life of Turkish people with aphasia.
a Health Sciences Faculty - Speech and Language Pathology , Hacettepe University, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Dil ve Konuşma Terapisi Bölümü , Ankara , Turkey , and.
AyŞin
A
Noyan-ErbaŞ
b Center for Speech Language Pathology (DILKOM) , Anadolu Üniversitesi Yunus Emre Kampüsü DILKOM , Eskişehir , Turkey.
Bülent
B
Toğram
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
Aphasia; quality-of-life; stroke and quality-of-life scale-39; validity and reliability