Authors: Pham L Tran C Leigh Blizzard Velandai Srikanth Vo T X Hanh Nguyen T K Lien Nguyen H Thang Seana L Gall
Publish Date: 2015/06/03
Volume: 24, Issue: 11, Pages: 2807-2814
Abstract
Healthrelated quality of life HRQoL is commonly used to assess outcomes after stroke The Duke Health Profile DHP has been translated and culturally adapted for use in Vietnam but its reliability and validity for use with stroke patients in Vietnam or elsewhere have not been assessedFirstever stroke patients n = 108 who were admitted to 115 People’s Hospital between February and September 2012 and survived for 3 months after stroke had HRQoL assessed using the DHP and a comparison instrument EQ5D Caregivers of 94 patients completed these questionnaires as a proxy After 1 week these questionnaires were readministered to patients and proxiesThe mean differences between test and retest assessments of HRQoL by patients were small and not clinically meaningful and were not consistently associated with sex age type of stroke or severity of impairment or disability Direct assessments by the patient were on average greater than those obtained from the proxy The ICCs ranged from 060 to 086 patient test–retest and from 055 to 098 patient–proxy agreement The ICCs were greatest for physical functioning components patient test–retest 063–086 patient–proxy 069–098 The correlations between the DHP dimensions and EQ5D were generally stronger when they measured similar constructs r = 053–066 and were lower for less related constructs r = 011–043This work was supported by a funding from the Atlantic Philanthropies Inc SLG PH 11H6047 and VS 100089 were supported by the National Heart Foundation of Australia VS 1061457 and CLB 1034482 were supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council
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