Summary. Reliability of caregivers in assessing the quality of life of stroke survivors: an explorative study. Introduction. Not all stroke survivors are able to assess their quality of life (QOL), thus a caregiver could provide important information on patients' QOL. Objective. To assess caregiver's reliability in measuring QOL in stroke survivors. Method. Fifty (50) patient-caregiver dyads were recruited. Patients, hospitalized in rehabilitation facilities, were administered the Stroke Impact Scale 3.0 (SIS 3.0) patient version, the Barthel Index, the Modified Rankin Scale, and the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale. Caregivers completed the SIS 3.0 proxy version. Results. The mean scores of the SIS 3.0 patient version were very similar to the proxy version and ranged from 19.1 vs 16.2 for the Hand function domain to 83.81 vs 81.85 for the Communication domain. Caregivers tended to underestimate patients' QOL although scores were not significantly different. Intraclass correlations between the patient version and the proxy version of the SIS 3.0 were highly significant (p<0.001), with coefficient over 0.80. Lower coefficients were observed for the Social participation (0.58), Emotion (0.64) and Communication (0.79) domains. Conclusions. Caregivers were more reliable in assessing the physical rather than psychosocial domains.
Introduzione. Non tutti i pazienti sopravvissuti ad un ictus riescono a valutare la propria Qualità di Vita (QDV). In questi casi un caregiver potrebbe fornire dati importanti sul paziente. Obiettivo. Analizzare l’affidabilità del caregiver nel valutare la QDV dei pazienti con ictus cerebrale. Metodo. Sono state studiate 50 diadi paziente-caregiver. I pazienti, ricoverati in strutture riabilitative, sono stati valutati con la Stroke Impact Scale 3.0 (SIS 3.0) versione paziente, il Barthel Index, la Modified Rankin Scale, la National Institute of Health Stroke Scale. I caregiver compilavano la SIS 3.0 versione proxy. Risultati. I punteggi medi della SIS 3.0 compilata da paziente e caregiver erano molto simili ed andavano rispettivamente da 19.1 vs 16.2 per la Funzione della mano a 83.81 vs 81.85 per la Comunicazione. I caregiver tendevano a sottostimare la QDV dei pazienti, ma le differenze tra punteggi non erano significative. Le correlazioni intraclasse tra i domini della SIS 3.0 compilata dal paziente e dal caregiver erano tutte altamente significative (p<0.001), con coefficienti superiori a 0.80. Coefficienti più bassi sono stati osservati per le sottoscale della Partecipazione sociale (0.58), Emozioni (0.64) e Comunicazione (0.79). Conclusioni. I caregiver sono più affidabili nel valutare gli aspetti fisici della QDV ma meno quelli psicosociali.
Vellone, E., Pucciarelli, G., Savini, S., Simeone, S., Caramia, M., Alvaro, R. (2011). Affidabilità del caregiver nel valutare la qualità di vita del paziente con ictus cerebrale. ASSISTENZA INFERMIERISTICA E RICERCA, 30, 180-188.
Affidabilità del caregiver nel valutare la qualità di vita del paziente con ictus cerebrale
VELLONE, ERCOLE;Pucciarelli, G;CARAMIA, MARIA;ALVARO, ROSARIA
2011-01-01
Abstract
Summary. Reliability of caregivers in assessing the quality of life of stroke survivors: an explorative study. Introduction. Not all stroke survivors are able to assess their quality of life (QOL), thus a caregiver could provide important information on patients' QOL. Objective. To assess caregiver's reliability in measuring QOL in stroke survivors. Method. Fifty (50) patient-caregiver dyads were recruited. Patients, hospitalized in rehabilitation facilities, were administered the Stroke Impact Scale 3.0 (SIS 3.0) patient version, the Barthel Index, the Modified Rankin Scale, and the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale. Caregivers completed the SIS 3.0 proxy version. Results. The mean scores of the SIS 3.0 patient version were very similar to the proxy version and ranged from 19.1 vs 16.2 for the Hand function domain to 83.81 vs 81.85 for the Communication domain. Caregivers tended to underestimate patients' QOL although scores were not significantly different. Intraclass correlations between the patient version and the proxy version of the SIS 3.0 were highly significant (p<0.001), with coefficient over 0.80. Lower coefficients were observed for the Social participation (0.58), Emotion (0.64) and Communication (0.79) domains. Conclusions. Caregivers were more reliable in assessing the physical rather than psychosocial domains.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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