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Stroke and aphasia quality of life SAQOOL-39 (Hilari et al. 2003
2009)
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Health related quality of life (disease specific)
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Total score and four sub scores; physical function, communication ability, psychosocial life and energy level.
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39 statements where informants rate the extent to which they struggle with the different functions with scores ranging from “can do it” (5) to “cannot do it “(1).
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Faces Scale (Andrews and Robinson, 1991)
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Global evaluation
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Emotional wellbeing
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Seven visual faces expressing different degrees of happiness/sadness, with scores ranging from “very happy” (7) to “very sad” (1).
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Cantril’s Ladder Scale (Cantril 1965)
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Global evaluation
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Life satisfaction
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Visual ladder with ten steps. Step ten at the top of the ladder depicts the highest level of satisfaction (10), and step one depicts the lowest (1).
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Hopkins symptom check list – 8 items (Tambs, 2004)
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Symptom specific
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Psychological distress/mental health
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Eight statements related to common symptoms of anxiety and depression with scores ranging from “not bothered” (4) to “very bothered” (1).
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