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ArticleScientific reports2023

Psychometric properties of the 12-item Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale among stroke survivors in Hong Kong.

Ted C T Fong, Temmy L T Lo, Rainbow T H Ho

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Measurement properties of Chinese-version assessment tools of health-related quality of life in patients with stroke: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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  4. Behavioral disinhibition in stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2024
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3 authors.

Ted C T FongCentre on Behavioral Health, University of Hong Kong, 2/F, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China. ttaatt@hku.hk.ORCID 0000-0001-5210-5531
Temmy L T LoCentre on Behavioral Health, University of Hong Kong, 2/F, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6357-5977
Rainbow T H HoCentre on Behavioral Health, University of Hong Kong, 2/F, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China. tinho@hku.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-6173-621X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study examined the psychometric properties of the 12-item Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale (SSQOL-12) in 184 stroke survivors in Hong Kong. The participants completed a self-report questionnaire including the SSQOL-12, SF-12 health survey, and validating variables at baseline and 148 stroke survivors completed SSQOL-12 two months later. Confirmatory factor analysis investigated the construct validity, reliability, and measurement invariance of SSQOL-12 across two months. Concurrent, convergent, and divergent validity was examined with respect to SF-12, hope, self-esteem, functional disability, anxiety, and depression. The original 2-factor model did not reveal a superior fit over the 1-factor model and a modified 1-factor model provided an acceptable fit to the data in both waves. The SSQOL-12 factor displayed substantial factor loadings (λ = 0.40-0.87), good internal consistency (Ω = 0.88), temporal stability (r = 0.70), and scalar measurement invariance across time. Stroke-specific quality of life was significantly associated with higher levels of SF-12, hope, and self-esteem and lower levels of functional disability, anxiety, and depression. Most correlations remained significant after controlling for demographic covariates and SF-12. The present findings offered empirical support for the validity and reliability of the unidimensional structure for SSQOL-12 as a measure of stroke-specific quality of life among stroke survivors.

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Quality of LifeStrokeFactor Analysis, StatisticalHong KongHumansPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesSurvivors

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PMCPMC9883526

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