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ArticleAnnals of neurology2025

Distinct Constructs Underlie Patient-Reported and Performance-Rated Outcomes after Stroke.

Julie A DiCarlo, Abhishek Jaywant, Perman Gochyyev, Anna K Bonkhoff, Richard Hardstone, Kimberly S Erler, Jessica Ranford, Alison Cloutier, Nathan Ward, Kelly L Sloane and 3 more

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Article in Annals of neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Julie A DiCarloCenter for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-9141-4035
Abhishek JaywantDepartments of Psychiatry and Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY.
Perman GochyyevDepartment of Healthcare Data Analytics, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA.
Anna K BonkhoffCenter for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-5927-1089
Richard HardstoneCenter for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-7502-9145
Kimberly S ErlerCenter for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Jessica RanfordDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Alison CloutierCenter for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Nathan WardDepartment of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Kelly L SloaneDepartments of Neurology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Lee H SchwammDepartments of Neurology and Bioinformatics and Data Sciences, Yale Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Steven C CramerDepartment of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.ORCID 0000-0002-6214-6211
David J LinCenter for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Funding

Career development award from the Department of Veterans Affairs 1IK2RX004237Heinz foundationMassachusetts General Hospital Department of NeurologyRRD VA IK2 RX004237
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePatient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), which capture patients' perspectives on the consequences of health and disease, are widely used in neurological care and research. However, it is unclear how PROMs relate to performance-rated impairments. Sociodemographic factors are known to affect PROMs. Direct damage to brain regions critical for self-awareness (i.e., parietal regions and the salience/ventral-attention network) may also impair self-report outcomes. This study examined the relationship between PROMs and performance-based measures in stroke survivors with arm motor impairments. We hypothesized that PROMs would be distinct from performance-based outcomes, influenced by sociodemographic factors, and linked to damage in brain circuits involved in self-perception.

methodsWe longitudinally assessed 54 stroke survivors using patient-reported and performance-rated measures at 4 timepoints. We used factor analysis to reveal the outcome battery's factorial structure. Linear regression examined the association between classes of measures and sociodemographics. Voxel-lesion-symptom-mapping, region-of-interest-based analysis, and voxel-lesion-network-mapping investigated the relationship between classes of outcomes and stroke-related injury.

resultsPerformance-based and patient-reported measures formed distinct factors, consistent across recovery phases. Higher education (β1 = 0.36, p = 0.02) and income adequacy (β2 = 0.48, p = 0.05) were associated with patient-reported, but not performance-rated outcomes. Greater parietal lobe injury, irrespective of hemisphere, was associated with worse patient-reported outcomes; greater corticospinal tract injury related to worse performance-rated outcomes. Lesions with greater functional connectivity to the salience/ventral-attention network were associated with worse patient-reported outcomes (r = -0.35, p = 0.009).

interpretationOur findings reveal important differences between performance-rated and patient-reported outcomes, each with specific associated factors and anatomy post-stroke. Incorporating sociodemographic and neuroanatomic characteristics into neurorehabilitation strategies may inform and optimize patient outcomes. ANN NEUROL 2025;97:242-253.

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Patient Reported Outcome MeasuresStrokeAdultAgedFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedSelf ReportStroke Rehabilitation

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