Allan J Kozlowski1, Ritika Singh2, David Victorson2, Ana Miskovic3, Jin-Shei Lai2, Richard L Harvey4, David Cella2, Allen W Heinemann5. 1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address: allan.kozlowski@mssm.edu. 2. Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. 3. Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 4. Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. 5. Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine agreement between patient and proxy responses on the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL) instruments after stroke. DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational substudy of the longitudinal, multisite, multicondition Neuro-QoL validation study. SETTING: In-person, interview-guided, patient-reported outcomes. PARTICIPANTS: Convenience sample of dyads (N=86) of community-dwelling persons with stroke and their proxy respondents. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Dyads concurrently completed short forms of 8 or 9 items for the 13 Neuro-QoL adult domains using the patient-proxy perspective. Agreement was examined at the scale-level with difference scores, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), effect size statistics, and Bland-Altman plots, and at the item-level with kappa coefficients. RESULTS: We found no mean differences between patients and proxies on the Applied Cognition-General Concerns, Depression, Satisfaction With Social Roles and Activities, Stigma, and Upper Extremity Function (Fine Motor, activities of daily living) short forms. Patients rated themselves more favorably on the Applied Cognition-Executive Function, Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities, Lower Extremity Function (Mobility), Positive Affect and Well-Being, Anxiety, Emotional and Behavioral Dyscontrol, and Fatigue short forms. The largest mean patient-proxy difference observed was 3 T-score points on the Lower Extremity Function (Mobility). ICCs ranged from .34 to .59. However, limits of agreement showed dyad differences exceeding ±20 T-score points, and item-level agreement ranged from not significant to weighted kappa=.34. CONCLUSIONS: Proxy responses on Neuro-QoL short forms can complement responses of moderate- to high-functioning community-dwelling persons with stroke and augment group-level analyses, but do not substitute for individual patient ratings. Validation is needed for other stroke populations.
OBJECTIVE: To examine agreement between patient and proxy responses on the Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL) instruments after stroke. DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational substudy of the longitudinal, multisite, multicondition Neuro-QoL validation study. SETTING: In-person, interview-guided, patient-reported outcomes. PARTICIPANTS: Convenience sample of dyads (N=86) of community-dwelling persons with stroke and their proxy respondents. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Dyads concurrently completed short forms of 8 or 9 items for the 13 Neuro-QoL adult domains using the patient-proxy perspective. Agreement was examined at the scale-level with difference scores, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), effect size statistics, and Bland-Altman plots, and at the item-level with kappa coefficients. RESULTS: We found no mean differences between patients and proxies on the Applied Cognition-General Concerns, Depression, Satisfaction With Social Roles and Activities, Stigma, and Upper Extremity Function (Fine Motor, activities of daily living) short forms. Patients rated themselves more favorably on the Applied Cognition-Executive Function, Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities, Lower Extremity Function (Mobility), Positive Affect and Well-Being, Anxiety, Emotional and Behavioral Dyscontrol, and Fatigue short forms. The largest mean patient-proxy difference observed was 3 T-score points on the Lower Extremity Function (Mobility). ICCs ranged from .34 to .59. However, limits of agreement showed dyad differences exceeding ±20 T-score points, and item-level agreement ranged from not significant to weighted kappa=.34. CONCLUSIONS: Proxy responses on Neuro-QoL short forms can complement responses of moderate- to high-functioning community-dwelling persons with stroke and augment group-level analyses, but do not substitute for individual patient ratings. Validation is needed for other stroke populations.
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