An international perspective on quality of life in aphasia: A survey of clinician views and practices from sixteen countries

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Hilari, Katerina, Klippi, Anu, Constantinidou, Fofi, Horton, Simon, Penn, Claire, Raymer, Anastasia, Wallace, Sarah, Zemva, Nada and Worrall, Linda (2016) An international perspective on quality of life in aphasia: A survey of clinician views and practices from sixteen countries. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 67 (3). pp. 119-130. ISSN 1021-7762

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Abstract

Objective: To gain an insight into speech and language therapists’ perspectives and practices on quality of life in aphasia. Participants and Methods: The International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Aphasia Committee developed a survey questionnaire, which was delivered on-line, anonymously, through SurveyMonkey (November 2012 – April 2013) to clinicians working with people with aphasia in 16 countries across the world. Results: A large number of speech and language therapists responded to the survey, with 19/21 questions answered by 385 – 579 participants. Clinicians were well informed on what constitutes quality of life and viewed it as a complex construct influenced by health, participation, in/dependence, communication, personal factors, and environmental factors. In their clinical practice, they considered quality of life as important, used informal approaches to explore it and aimed to address quality of life goals; yet the majority did not evaluate quality of life in a systematic way. Conclusion: There is a need for training on quality of life to facilitate speech and language therapists to incorporate quality of life outcome measures in their interventions. There is also a need for further research on what interventions improve quality of life in aphasia.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Rehabilitation
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	17 Mar 2016 13:33
Last Modified:	18 May 2023 00:19
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57554
DOI:	10.1159/000434748

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