Development and validation of MyCommunication-Adults, a self-report communicative participation measure.

Background: People with communication problems experience challenges in participation. Optimizing communicative participation for this population is an important outcome of speech and language therapy. Participation experiences are best assessed from the patient's perspective, using a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM).

Azolla cultivation enables phosphate extraction from inundated former agricultural soils.

To combat the global loss of wetlands and their essential functions, the restoration and creation of wetlands is imperative. However, wetland development is challenging when soils have been in prolonged agricultural use, often resulting in a substantial nutrient legacy, especially of phosphorous (P). Inundating these soils typically leads to P mobilization, resulting in poor water quality and low biodiversity recovery.

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

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.

Everyday Barriers in Communicative Participation According to People With Communication Problems.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to gain a comprehensive understanding of participation situations that are challenging for people with communication problems, to provide input for the further development of potential items for the Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB).

Method: A purposive sampling strategy was used to include a diverse group of people with communication problems. Diaries were used as a sensitizing exercise for inductive in-depth interviews.

Speech language therapists' experiences with subjective well-being in people with aphasia.

Background: Subjective well-being (SWB) and quality of life (QOL) are intricately related constructs. Recent research shows both constructs share some facets, but are distinct entities. It is unclear, both internationally and in the Netherlands, if and how SLTs address SWB in clinical practice.