Tests
Test: Stroke and Aphasia Quality Of Life Scale-39g
The Stroke and Aphasia Quality Of Life Scale-39g is a health related quality of life measure.
You can find out more details about the SAQOL-39g and download the hard copy through our dedicated SAQOL page here.
The Online version can be purchased below. Please read the Administration Guidelines before completing the assessment.
Test: Stroke Social Network Scale
The Stroke Social Network Scale is a patient-reported measure which assesses a person’s social network following a stroke.
You can find out more details about the SSNS and download the hard copy through our dedicated SSNS page here.
The Online version can be purchased below. Please read the Administration Guidelines before completing the assessment.
Guide: Videoconferencing Administration
How to administer CARA tests remotely using videoconferencing. Click the symbol in the bottom right of the video to view fullscreen.
Guide: Using Remote Control function in Zoom
How to use the remote control function in Zoom for speech and language therapy assessments. Click the symbol in the bottom right of the video to view fullscreen.
Testimonial: using the tests in clinical practice
"We all use individual outcome measures for our own disciplines, but the SAQOL-39g is our core team outcome measure because we just find that it covers so much relevant information regarding functional impact for SALT, Physio, OT and Psych."
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"We collect a pre and post SAQOL-39g on all of our patients and we then report the results each quarter via the use of a pre and post SAQOL-39g bar graph to demonstrate our team’s effectiveness (as part of our ongoing funding, we have to be heavily outcome focused)
The SAQOL-39g has changed our clinical practice - I think the reason it is used so effectively is its accessibility for our patients and their carers. It is comprehensive but it manages to do it sensitively, without being too obtrusive. Our caseload is often only a few days post-Stroke and so only just in the very early stages of dealing with the shock of the coming to terms with an acute Stroke and we find that SAQOL-39g helps to open up those conversations about the impact of their Stroke, and direct us towards very functional goals for their 6 weeks involvement with us. This way the measure makes a difference to the lives of our patients."
Carys Moss - Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, NHS