An International Perspective on Quality of Life in Aphasia: A Survey of Clinician Views and Practices from Sixteen Countries.
Folia Phoniatr Logop
; 67(3): 119-30, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To gain an insight into speech and language therapists' perspectives on and practices in quality of life in aphasia. PARTICIPANTS ANDMETHODS:
The International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Aphasia Committee developed a survey questionnaire, which was delivered online, anonymously, through SurveyMonkey (November 2012 to 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 help speech and language therapists incorporate quality of life outcome measures in their interventions. There is also a need for further research on which interventions improve quality of life in aphasia.
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Assunto principal:
Afasia
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Qualidade de Vida
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Comparação Transcultural
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article