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BackgroundThe health-related quality of life in stroke patients (HRQOLISP-40, short version) survey was developed in Nigeria and constitutes a 40-item, multidimensional, self-administrated questionnaire. We assessed the validity and reliability of the HRQOLISP-40 Spanish version for stroke patients in Colombia.MethodsThe analysis included factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Rasch analysis, convergent validity, internal consistency (261 stroke patients), test-retest reliability (73 patients assessed at two different times) and sensitivity to change (46 patients assessed before and after a rehabilitation intervention).ResultsWe found an 8-domain structure. None of the items had a significant impact on the global alpha value in order to be removed. Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient indicated test-retest reliability (Rho IC: 0.76 to 0.95), suggesting an adequate stability of the instrument. Regarding sensitivity to change differences, they were only significant in the psychological and eco-social domains (p <0.05). When comparing SF-36 with HRQOLISP-40, all the correlation coefficients values were significantly different from zero, except those related to vitality. The highest scores were found in the physical and physical functioning domains, with a value of 0.722.ConclusionsThe HRQOLISP-40 scale is valid and reliable for assessing patients’ quality of life after a stroke. Validating quality of life assessment instruments is necessary in order to improve the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs for Colombian stroke patients.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12883-016-0770-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Highlights

  • The health-related quality of life in stroke patients (HRQOLISP-40, short version) survey was developed in Nigeria and constitutes a 40-item, multidimensional, self-administrated questionnaire

  • Regarding the type of stroke found in patients, 84.36% corresponded to ischemic strokes (83.13% of these were thrombotic), 12.26% to intraparenchymal haemorrhages and 3.10% to subarachnoid haemorrhages

  • When comparing the average scores for each domain in the Colombian population sample by implementing the original scale used in Berlin and Ibadan, we found that the scale behaved in other populations studied

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Introduction

The health-related quality of life in stroke patients (HRQOLISP-40, short version) survey was developed in Nigeria and constitutes a 40-item, multidimensional, self-administrated questionnaire. We assessed the validity and reliability of the HRQOLISP-40 Spanish version for stroke patients in Colombia. One in 17 deaths in the United States is caused by stroke and many victims are left with significant cognitive impairment and decreased quality of life after the event [3]. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) [5], a stroke is defined as the rapid development of focal or global signs evidencing compromised brain function, Guzmán Sabogal et al BMC Neurology (2016) 16:246 on the research question and considering the specific clinimetric properties from the assessment scale [10,11,12]. Issues related to patients’ individual perceptions of status, position in life, value systems, expectations, etc. loom large, requiring individualised psychosocial interventions to be implemented with caution [16, 18, 19]

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