Aphasiology (Quality of Life in Aphasia) volume 17 number 4 april 2003

Book Cover......Page 1
Editorial: Quality of life in aphasia......Page 2
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE IN APHASIA?......Page 3
WHAT DON’T WE KNOW ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE IN APHASIA?......Page 4
CONCLUSION......Page 5
Finding a focus for quality of life with aphasia: Social and emotional health, and psychological well-being......Page 6
Participants......Page 10
Assessment battery......Page 11
Procedure......Page 13
RESULTS......Page 14
Model for communication and the SF-36......Page 15
Model for communication and the Dartmouth COOP charts......Page 16
Model for communication and the Well-being scale......Page 17
DISCUSSION......Page 18
Clinical implications......Page 20
A new communication-related quality of life model in aphasia......Page 22
REFERENCES......Page 24
APPENDIX 1......Page 30
Quality of life with and without aphasia......Page 33
Participants......Page 35
Statistical analyses......Page 37
RESULTS......Page 38
DISCUSSION......Page 41
REFERENCES......Page 43
Predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in people with chronic aphasia......Page 46
Evaluating healthcare provision: Patient-based outcomes......Page 47
Stroke and aphasia......Page 48
The current study’s approach......Page 50
Design......Page 51
Measures......Page 52
Data analysis......Page 53
Participants......Page 54
Univariate analyses......Page 56
Multiple regression analysis......Page 57
Main findings......Page 59
Summary and conclusion......Page 62
REFERENCES......Page 63
Quality of life in aphasia: Validation of a pictorial self-rating procedure......Page 68
Materials......Page 70
Participants......Page 72
Comparison between patients’ and relatives’ ratings......Page 74
Reliability and construct validity......Page 75
Influence of control variables......Page 76
Correlations between quality of life ratings and language performance......Page 78
Psychometric properties......Page 79
Quantity and quality of the complaints......Page 80
External factors......Page 81
Conclusions and further perspectives......Page 82
REFERENCES......Page 83
Reciprocal scaffolding: A context for communication treatment in aphasia......Page 85
METHOD......Page 87
Correct information units......Page 88
Additional improvements......Page 89
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 90
REFERENCES......Page 92
Viewing couples living with aphasia as adult learners: Implications for promoting quality of life......Page 94
EXISTING PROGRAMMES FOR FAMILIES OF ADULTS WITH APHASIA......Page 96
AN ADULT LEARNING APPROACH......Page 98
The expression of anger......Page 101
Increased acceptance of the aphasia after training......Page 102
MARITAL ISSUES......Page 103
COMMUNICATION OUTCOMES......Page 104
IMPLICATIONS REGARDING THE ROLE OF THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST......Page 105
CONCLUSION......Page 106
REFERENCES......Page 107