Psychosocial well-being
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The General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28)
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28 item general scale measuring emotional distress. Four subscales (somatic symptoms, anxiety/insomnia, social dysfunction and serious depression
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Psychosocial well-being
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The Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life scale (SAQOL-39)
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Disease-specific quality of life scale, measures patient’s perspective of stroke’s impact on ‘physical’, ‘psychosocial’ and ‘communication’ domains.
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Sense of coherence
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Sense of Coherence scale (SOC-13)
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Self-report questionnaire, 13 components, measuring the main concepts in the SOC theory; coherence, meaningfulness and manageability. 13 items scored on a Likert scale, ranging from 1 to 7. Higher scores indicate a stronger SOC.
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Depression and anxiety
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The Yale Brown single item questionnaire (Yale)
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One yes/ no question
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Fatigue
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Lee’s Fatigue scale-5 (Lee-5)
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A 0–10 scale assessing symptoms of fatigue
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Fatigue
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Fatigue Questionnaire-2 (FQ-2)
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One yes/ no question, If yes; length of symptoms.
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Demographics
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Age, gender, ethnic background, education, type of work/studies, marital status, living condition, family/network, place of living (urban/rural)
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Medical information
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Time of stroke, type / localization of stroke, type of medical treatment after stroke, medication, other chronic diseases, earlier depression / mental disorders, rehabilitation services provided, type and amount of health care/practice assistance provided in the community.
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Stroke severity
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National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
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A questionnaire used by healthcare providers to objectively quantify the impairment caused by a stroke.
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Aphasia
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The Ullevaal Aphasia Screening Test (UAS)
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Screening for aphasia.
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