Episode 72: Bridging the gap in Aphasia Therapy with Health Related Quality of Life Measures with D. Seles Gadson, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. D. Seles Gadson joins Leigh Ann to discuss the connection between health-related quality of life and aphasia interventions. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is the impact of a health condition on the individual’s ability to lead a fulfilling life. Researchers have identified determinants of HRQL in stroke survivors with aphasia to include communication, mobility, mental/emotional health, role, and social functioning. The use of patient-reported outcomes to capture HRQL in people with aphasia may better facilitate client-centered treatment approaches in this population.
topics covered:
Define Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) and it’s importance in Aphasia therapy.
Review of various HRQL measures and the objective data they measure.
Validity of HRQL measures in minority populations.
How HRQL lend themselves to generating therapy tasks and writing functional goals.
Case studies and how to use in practice.
Connect:
Check out Seles’s website: www.dseles.com
Research:
Hilari K, Klippi A, Constantinidou F, et al. An International Perspective on Quality of Life in Aphasia: A Survey of Clinician Views and Practices from Sixteen Countries. Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2015;67(3):119‐130. doi:10.1159/000434748
Impact of Stroke on Health-Related Quality of Life in the Noninstitutionalized Population in the United States Jipan Xie, Eric Q. Wu, Zhi-Jie Zheng, Janet B. Croft, Kurt J. Greenlund, George A. Mensah, and Darwin R. Labarthe Originally published31 Aug 2006https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.0000240506.34616.10Stroke. 2006;37:2567–2572
Tools:
Social Support Survey Instrument
*Thank you, Dr. Gadson for these great resources!
Dr. D. Seles Gadson is the first African-American to graduate with a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Georgia. She is a medical-based Speech-Language Pathologist who has presented nationally and internationally in content areas related to adult neurological rehabilitation, functional treatment approaches, and health outcomes. She currently studies neuroimaging research methods at Georgetown University School of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow. As a clinical researcher, Dr. Gadson will explore the contribution of spared brain structures to recovery in stroke survivors with aphasia and the relationship of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status to behavioral performance and health-related quality of life.
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