Article

The aim was to develop and test a postal questionnaire, the Swedish MYS
questionnaire, for validity and reliability in order to survey health states
relevant to young persons with stroke. METHOD: The questionnaire was designed
with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as a
frame and tested for content validity, face validity and readability by a group
of experts including an occupational therapist, a physician, a physiotherapist, a
psychologist, a speech and language therapist, a welfare officer and a selected
sample of young persons with stroke (n = 15). To test the questionnaire for
reliability in terms of stability a test-retest was performed on a selected
sample of young persons (n = 20) with stroke. RESULTS: The questionnaire was
found to be valid in terms of content validity, face validity and readability and
finally consisted of 59 questions encompassing health states relevant to young
persons with stroke. The questionnaire was stable in the test-retest (kappa;
0.40-1.0) except for two questions and one alternative answer. CONCLUSION: The
Swedish MYS questionnaire is a valid and reliable questionnaire that can be used
in postal surveys of young persons with stroke except for two questions and one
answering alternative, which need to be tested further.

Langue : ANGLAIS