Assessing a new measure for stroke - version 1 01.06.13
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Psychometric assessment of a newly developed patient-centred outcome measure assessing the impact of cognitive impairments post-stroke.
IRAS ID
135694
Contact name
Emma Patchick
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Manchester
Research summary
How should we evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation for persisting cognitive problems in life after stroke? Validating a new patient-reported outcome measure
Cognitive problems include issues with memory, problem-solving, attention and communication. Improving rehabilitation for cognitive problems is the number one priority for life-after-stroke research. Assessing whether rehabilitation is effective requires appropriate outcome measures. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are important for life-after-stroke rehabilitation, since effectiveness can be measured by impact on social, psychological and emotional outcomes that patients themselves are best placed to comment on.
A new PROM for cognitive rehabilitation – with one version for patients and one for carers - has been developed as part of a PhD.
The current study will evaluate whether the new measures work well. Asking, for example, are they:
- Valid (measuring the right things)?
- Reliable (measuring consistently)?
- Practical (easy to understand and use)?There are two stages to the research.
Stage 1 = pilot testing.
A group of: a) service users (at least 6 months post-stroke with experience of cognitive problems) and their carers (N=20); b) healthcare professionals (N=10), will complete the measure and give feedback (one visit approximately 2 hours) to inform PROM improvements.Stage 2 = large-scale testing of the improved PROM with service users (N=150) and as many of their carers as possible. Participants will be visited to complete and give feedback on the PROM and complete comparison measures (of mood, quality of life etc). For most participants, involvement is complete in one visit (2 hours). 50 participants are visited twice for test-retest reliability (i.e. we expect similar scores for the same participant). Stage 2 will provide rich information to evaluate the measures.
Overall, this study will finalise the new PROM, ready to distribute to the wider research community.
REC name
North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/NW/0608
Date of REC Opinion
16 Sep 2013
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion