Comparison between EQ-5D-5L and PROMIS-10 to evaluate health-related quality of life 3 months after stroke: a cross-sectional multicenter study.

Background: Although the use of patient-reported outcome measures to assess Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) has been advocated, it is still open to debate which patient-reported outcome measure should be preferred to evaluate HRQoL after stroke.

Aim: To compare the measurement properties (including concurrent validity and discriminant ability) between the 5-dimensional 5-level EuroQol (EQ-5D-5L) and the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System 10-Question Global Health Short Form (PROMIS-10) to evaluate HRQoL 3 months after stroke.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Longitudinal course of depressive symptoms and anxiety after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Background: Symptoms of anxiety and depression are present in almost half of the patients who survive an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), but the long-term course is unknown.

Aim: To study the longitudinal course and predictors of symptoms of anxiety and depression after aSAH.

Design: Prospective longitudinal study with test occasions at 3 months (baseline), 1 year (T2) and 2-5 years (T3) post-aSAH.

Effectiveness of the Restore4Stroke self-management intervention "Plan ahead!": A randomized controlled trial in stroke patients and partners.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of a self-management intervention aimed at proactive coping for stroke patients and partners, compared with an education intervention.

Design: Multicentre randomized controlled trial.

Participants: The study included 113 stroke patients (mean age 57.

Development and validation of a short version of the Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale.

Background And Purpose: The Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QoL) is a well validated measure of health related quality of life in patients with stroke, but with 49 items its length is a disadvantage. A short version of the SS-QoL was developed and tested here.

Methods: Secondary analyses of three different studies.

Life satisfaction and return to work after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

This study was conducted to investigate life satisfaction and employment status after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and to explain the associations between life satisfaction and demographic, disease-related, psychological, and personality characteristics. Subjects with SAH (n = 141) living at home 2-4 years after the SAH responded to a mailed questionnaire. Outcomes were life satisfaction, as measured with the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire 9 (LiSat-9), and employment status.

Validation of the Stroke Specific Quality of Life scale in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Background And Purpose: Disease specific quality of life measures have been validated for patients with ischaemic stroke and intracerebral haemorrhage, but not for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). The aim of this study was to validate the Stroke Specific Quality of Life (SS-QoL) scale for patients with SAH.

Methods: Cross sectional survey of 141 aneurysmal SAH patients.

[Retrospective assessment of the Dutch version of the Discomfort Scale--Dementia of Alzheimer Type (DS-DAT): is estimation sufficiently valid and reliable?].

The Discomfort Scale--Dementia of Alzheimer Type (DS-DAT) measures discomfort in severely demented patients with scores on nine items with behavioral descriptors. Direct observation of behaviour is the preferred method in severely demented patients, but is not feasible for some types of research. Alternatively, a patient's score may be assessed 'retrospectively', scoring an overall picture of the patient.