Aphasiology (Quality of Life in Aphasia) volume 17 number 4 april 2003

Improving quality of life could be considered the ultimate goal of aphasia rehabilitation. Understanding clients' perspectives of their own quality of life is also crucial for targeting appropriate and effective interventions. Measuring quality of life is also an important outcome measure, crucial for ensuring adequate funding is available for aphasia services. Hence, quality of life has become a significant topic in aphasiology.This special issue of Aphasiology is dedicated to the topic of quality of life in aphasia. The issue includes a number of studies from around the world describing and measuring quality of life in this population. It also contains studies that have developed and evaluated interventions that have addressed quality of life issues in people with aphasia. The issue provides a comprehensive view of quality of life research currently being conducted in aphasiology around the world. Book Cover......Page 1 Editorial: Quality of life in aphasia......Page 2 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE IN APHASIA?......Page 3 WHAT DON’T WE KNOW ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE IN APHASIA?......Page 4 CONCLUSION......Page 5 Finding a focus for quality of life with aphasia: Social and emotional health, and psychological well-being......Page 6 Participants......Page 10 Assessment battery......Page 11 Procedure......Page 13 RESULTS......Page 14 Model for communication and the SF-36......Page 15 Model for communication and the Dartmouth COOP charts......Page 16 Model for communication and the Well-being scale......Page 17 DISCUSSION......Page 18 Clinical implications......Page 20 A new communication-related quality of life model in aphasia......Page 22 REFERENCES......Page 24 APPENDIX 1......Page 30 Quality of life with and without aphasia......Page 33 Participants......Page 35 Statistical analyses......Page 37 RESULTS......Page 38 DISCUSSION......Page 41 REFERENCES......Page 43 Predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in people with chronic aphasia......Page 46 Evaluating healthcare provision: Patient-based outcomes......Page 47 Stroke and aphasia......Page 48 The current study’s approach......Page 50 Design......Page 51 Measures......Page 52 Data analysis......Page 53 Participants......Page 54 Univariate analyses......Page 56 Multiple regression analysis......Page 57 Main findings......Page 59 Summary and conclusion......Page 62 REFERENCES......Page 63 Quality of life in aphasia: Validation of a pictorial self-rating procedure......Page 68 Materials......Page 70 Participants......Page 72 Comparison between patients’ and relatives’ ratings......Page 74 Reliability and construct validity......Page 75 Influence of control variables......Page 76 Correlations between quality of life ratings and language performance......Page 78 Psychometric properties......Page 79 Quantity and quality of the complaints......Page 80 External factors......Page 81 Conclusions and further perspectives......Page 82 REFERENCES......Page 83 Reciprocal scaffolding: A context for communication treatment in aphasia......Page 85 METHOD......Page 87 Correct information units......Page 88 Additional improvements......Page 89 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 90 REFERENCES......Page 92 Viewing couples living with aphasia as adult learners: Implications for promoting quality of life......Page 94 EXISTING PROGRAMMES FOR FAMILIES OF ADULTS WITH APHASIA......Page 96 AN ADULT LEARNING APPROACH......Page 98 The expression of anger......Page 101 Increased acceptance of the aphasia after training......Page 102 MARITAL ISSUES......Page 103 COMMUNICATION OUTCOMES......Page 104 IMPLICATIONS REGARDING THE ROLE OF THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST......Page 105 CONCLUSION......Page 106 REFERENCES......Page 107 Editorial: Quality of life in aphasia -- Linda E. Worrall, Audrey L. Holland Finding a focus for quality of life with aphasia: social and emotion al health, and psychological well-being -- Madeline Cruice ... [et al.] Predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in people with chronic aphasia -- Katerina Hilari ... [et al.] Quality of life in aphasia: validation of a pictorial self-rating procedure -- Barbara Engell ... [et al.] Reciprocal scaffolding: a context for communication treatment in aphasia -- Jan R. Avent, Shannon Austermann Viewing couples living with aphasia as adult learners: implications for promoting quality of life -- Riva Sorin-Peters. This special issue of the journal Aphasiology is dedicated to the topic of quality of life in aphasia.