Applying the Correlation Between Aphasia Severity and Quality of Life Measures to a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia

When clinicians are operating under a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) while treating persons with aphasia (PWAs), one measurement used to quantify outcomes is quality of life (QOL). Studies of QOL after stroke have identified multiple factors as cause agents. There is not an extensive...

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Published in:Topics in stroke rehabilitation 2011-03, Vol.18 (2), p.101-105
Main Authors: Williamson, Darlene S., Richman, Melissa, Redmond, Suzanne Coyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aphasia
Aphasia - etiology
Aphasia - psychology
Aphasia - rehabilitation
Comparative analysis
Correlation analysis
Female
Humans
Life Participation Approach to Aphasia
Male
Measurement
Medical treatment
Middle Aged
neuroplasticity
Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods
Psychometrics
PWA
Quality of Life
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke - complications
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:When clinicians are operating under a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) while treating persons with aphasia (PWAs), one measurement used to quantify outcomes is quality of life (QOL). Studies of QOL after stroke have identified multiple factors as cause agents. There is not an extensive body of research in the literature that compares the extent of aphasia and QOL and no literature as to how this applies in an LPAA. This article reports a comparison of aphasia quotients obtained from the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised with QOL scores obtained from the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale-39 and discusses how the results are incorporated into long-term communication programs at a community-based center that employs an LPAA.
ISSN:1074-9357
1945-5119
DOI:10.1310/tsr1802-101