The assessment for living with aphasia: Reliability and construct validity

Abstract

(2003) and Cruice, Hill, Worrall, and Hickson (2010) identifi ed factors such as engaging in meaningful activities, socializing with others, and having a positive outlook as aspects of QoL in aphasia. Additionally, there is increased awareness that improvements in a clinical setting do not necessarily result in improvements in daily life situations or life satisfaction; thus, there has been a call for interventions that positively and directly affect life quality (Cruice et al., 2003(Cruice et al., , 2005Holland & Thompson, 1998;Kagan & LeBlanc, 2002;LaPointe, 1999; LPAA Project Group, 2000;Ross, 2005;Ross & Wertz, 2003;Sarno, 2004;Simmons-Mackie, 2000, 2008Worrall & Holland, 2003). In order to devise interventions that address QoL, clinicians must understand the impact of communication diffi culties on the daily lives of clients with aphasia.

Technology‐enhanced writing therapy for people with aphasia: results of a quasi‐randomized waitlist controlled study

“…Aphasia-related quality of life was assessed with the Assessment of Living with Aphasia (ALA; Simmons-Mackie et al 2014). This self-report measure evaluates the impact of aphasia on five domains: language, participation, environment, personal and moving on with life.…”

“…)? Does therapy improve quality of life as assessed by the Assessment of Living with Aphasia (Simmons‐Mackie et al . )?…”

Reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Communicative Activity Log (CAL)

“…For example, Communication Activities of Daily Living is available in Italian, Japanese and some variations of Spanish (Spreen & Risser, 2003). The same is true for the Assessment for Living with Aphasia (Kagan et al, 2010;Simmons-Mackie et al, 2014), which is a pictographic, self-report measure of aphasia-related QOL, that has been designed in large measure to be culture free. Currently, several aphasia tests developed in English have been translated and adapted into Korean, such as the Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test (FAST), Western Aphasia Battery (WAB), and Boston Naming Test.…”

Current Practices in the Assessment of Quality of Life in Individuals with Aphasia

“…Results also suggested that SLPs were assessing QoL with similar patterns of frequency across severity levels and aphasia type (Table 2). Those with a moderate level of aphasia severity were administered QoL assessments most often as 57 of 61 responses (93%) indicated that these individuals were assessed quite often (25) or very often (32). The least likely to be assessed were those with profound aphasia, with 16 (26%) and 29 (47.5%) of 61 responses indicating that assessments were given quite often or very often, respectively.…”