Abstract
Objective
To examine associations between social participation, fatigue, and aphasia severity
using patient-reported outcome measures, and to examine associations between demographic/diagnostic
variables and fatigue in people with aphasia.
Design
Retrospective analysis of patient-reported outcome measures using a Bayesian framework.
Setting
Urban rehabilitation research hospital.
Participants
67 participants with chronic aphasia (mean age = 54.1 years) as a consequence of stroke.
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures
Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities, Fatigue, and Global Health
questionnaire scales from the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System
initiative (PROMIS®), and the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised. We hypothesized an
association between social participation and fatigue in people with aphasia.
Results
People with aphasia with higher fatigue levels tended to report less social participation.
Also, people with aphasia who were a longer time post-stroke tended to report higher
social participation. People with aphasia who reported better physical health were
more likely to report higher social participation.
Conclusions
There is an association between fatigue and social participation in people with aphasia.
Fatigue should be considered in clinical assessments and treatments for this population.
Keywords
List of abbreviations:
PWA (people with aphasia), WAB-R AQ (Western Aphasia Battery-Revised Aphasia Quotient), PROMIS® (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System initiative), MPO (Months-post onset of aphasia), MCMC (Markov Chain Monte Carlo)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
February 13,
2023
Received in revised form:
February 6,
2023
Received:
May 4,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofIdentification
Copyright
© 2023 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
