Development and Validation of a New Stroke Outcome Scale (Stroke Impact Assessment Questionnaire).

Background: Stroke affects the quality of life through its devastating effects on physical, psychological, social, and economic domains. Patient-reported outcome measures help to capture the patient's perspective to changes in the quality of life. The available stroke-specific outcome measures of stroke do not comprehensively measure all the domains.

Psychometric properties of the Malayalam version of ECOHIS.

Background: The Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) has been developed in English for determining oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in the preschool children. It has been translated and validated in different languages to suit different cultures. The ECOHIS is, till date, the only tool available for research in this field on preschool age children.