Preliminary psychometric analyses of two assessment measures quantifying communicative and social activities: the COMACT and SOCACT

Aujla, Sukhpreet; Botting, Nicola; Worrall, Linda; Hickson, Louise; Cruice, Madeline

doi:10.1080/02687038.2015.1074655

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“…Therefore, the highest possible score on this outcome measure is 45. As an overall tool, the COMACT is considered a reliable measure of every day communicative activity (Aujla, Botting, Worrall, Hickson, & Cruice, 2016). These outcome measures were primarily used to determine the impact of TeleGAIN on communicative activities and participation.…”

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The development, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of an online aphasia group intervention – TeleGAIN

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Russell, and Doctor Hill. There are few who can say that they have been guided by the international experts and pioneers in their field. Deb, thank you for encouraging my independence and honing my ability to think about all possible outcomes. Trev, your technical expertise and quiet leadership were invaluable. Annie, your unwavering encouragement has motivated me time and time again when it all seemed impossible. I must also gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Australian Stroke Foundation that made this research possible and allowed me to extend this intervention to people with aphasia across the country. I was also supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship throughout which made this commitment financially possible for our family. To the participants with aphasia and their communication partners, I thank you. You are truly an inspiration. You shared your stories, your lives and your homes with me. You persisted when the technology was challenging, brought your best self to the group every week, and worked with me to further this area of research with so much passion and commitment. You kept me motivated, you gave me purpose, and you taught me so much about appreciating life, valuing friendship, and never giving up. A big thanks must also go to my colleagues within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Your faith in me, passion for research, and advice kept me focused and inspired. xiv Without an amazing support network of friends and family over the years, the ups and downs of completing this project would have overwhelmed. You all encouraged me, believed in me and cheered me on until the very end. A special thank you from the bottom of my heart to my dear friend Brooke. Without you, this thesis simply would not be. You have been my mentor, my counsellor, my inspiration, my cook, my coach, my cheer-squad, my babysitter, my sounding board, and above all, my very best friend. I am beyond blessed to have you in my life. I am so glad you stalked me back in second year uni. To my biggest fan, Mum, thank you for always believing in me, encouraging me, and supporting me throughout this PhD and always. Thank you for being there for me and the boys, on the good days and the bad, and often at a moment's notice. You have been my rock. To my husband, Trenton, I bet you're glad "my PhD" is over. This journey has been long, the road has been bumpy, and at times we both thought I would never be at the end. But here it is-still with you by my side, holding my hand, cheering me on, and making me laugh. To quote our song "it's just you and me and all of the people, with nothing to do and nothing to prove". Finally, this thesis is dedicated to my beautiful boys-Oliver, Samuel, Theodore and Macarthur. You are my joy, my light, and my life. I hope that all of this will be worth it, and you will see that with hard work, perseverance, late nights, and the love of your family, all things are possible.

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The development, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of an online aphasia group intervention – TeleGAIN

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Many ways of measuring: a scoping review of measurement instruments for use with people with aphasia

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Further development in measuring communicative participation: identifying items to extend the applicability of the communicative participation item bank

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Background The ability to communicate is a prerequisite for participation in today’s society. To measure participation in adults with communication disorders, the Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB) was developed in 2006. Since then, several new PROMs have been developed to measure communication and the impact of communication disorders on participation. Moreover, the CPIB items do not all appear to be relevant to certain populations with communication problems and context of communicative participation is changing rapidly, given the increased use of digital communication forms. The purpose of this study was to identify new PROMs developed since 2006 that aim to measure (aspects of) communication, in order to select items that are suitable for expanding the Communicative Participation Item Bank to make the item bank more widely applicable (e.g., to the hearing-impaired population) and tailored to the current societal context. Methods Medline and Embase were used to search for PROMs that aim to measure (aspects of) communication. Each new PROM as well as the CPIB, was evaluated to determine to what extent it contains items that measure communicative participation and to what extent these items capture all communicative participation domains by linking each item to the ICF Activities and Participation domains. Results This study identified 31 new PROMs, containing 391 items that were labelled as measuring communicative participation. The majority of the 391 items measure aspects of ICF Activities and Participation domain ‘communication’, followed by the domain ‘interpersonal interactions and relationships’. The other ICF Activity and Participation domains were less often addressed. Analysis of the CPIB showed that items do not cover all domains of participation as defined in the ICF, such as the ‘major life areas’ domain. Conclusions We found a potential pool of 391 items measuring communicative participation that could be considered for extending the CPIB. We found items in domains that are already present in the CPIB, but also items that relate to new domains, such as an item on talking with customers or clients for the ‘major life areas’ domain. Inclusion of new items in other domains would benefit the comprehensiveness of the item bank.

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Preliminary psychometric analyses of two assessment measures quantifying communicative and social activities: the COMACT and SOCACT

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References 39 publications

The development, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of an online aphasia group intervention – TeleGAIN

The development, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of an online aphasia group intervention – TeleGAIN

Many ways of measuring: a scoping review of measurement instruments for use with people with aphasia

Further development in measuring communicative participation: identifying items to extend the applicability of the communicative participation item bank

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