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ArticleBMC psychiatry2025

Reliability, validity, and diagnostic accuracy of the apathy evaluation scale in chronic stroke survivors.

Akram Jamali, Tourandokht Baluchnejadmojarad, Seyede Zohreh Jazaeri, Shiva Abedi, Hajar Mehdizadeh, Parvaneh Taghavi Azar Sharabiani, Ghorban Taghizadeh

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Akram JamaliDepartment of Neurosciences, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tourandokht BaluchnejadmojaradDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyede Zohreh JazaeriDepartment of Neurosciences, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shiva AbediDepartment of Occupational Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hajar MehdizadehIndependent researcher, Shiraz, Iran.
Parvaneh Taghavi Azar SharabianiMaster of Sciences in Occupational Therapy, Shafa Yahyaeian Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ghorban TaghizadehGeriatric Mental Health Research Center, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. taghizadeh.gh@iums.ac.ir.ORCID 0000-0002-0145-9599

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Abstract

backgroundWe aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES) in chronic stroke survivors.

methodsIn this study, 112 non-cognitive impairment stroke survivors participated. Acceptability, inter-rater, and test-retest reliability of the three Persian versions of AES (clinician, informant, and self-rated) were evaluated. The correlation of three AES versions with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Modified Rankin Scale (mRS), and Barthel Index (BI) was evaluated. To assess the diagnostic accuracy of the three AES versions, stroke survivors were classified as apathetic (n = 43) and non-apathetic (n = 69) groups using the 'diagnostic criteria of apathy'.

resultsThe floor and ceiling effect, skewness, and kurtosis were within acceptable range for three AES versions. Internal consistency (α = 0.88-0.91) and test-retest and inter-rater reliability (ICC

conclusionAll three AES versions are reliable and valid screening tools to evaluate and characterize apathy in stroke survivors. The AES-self-rated had good discriminative validity for discriminating apathetic from non-apathetic subjects in non-cognitive impairment stroke survivors.

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ApathyPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesStrokeSurvivorsAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsAESApathyPsychometric propertiesStroke

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