The reliability, validity and clinical utility of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation - ten-item version (CORE-10) in post-acute patients with stroke.

Objective: To explore the validity, reliability, and clinical utility of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation - ten-item version (CORE-10: a ten-item questionnaire designed to measure psychological distress) in a stroke inpatient sample and calculate reliable and clinically significant change scores.

Setting: A post-acute stroke rehabilitation ward in the East of England.

Participants: A total of 53 patients with stroke, capable of completing the CORE-10 as part of their routine clinical assessment.