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OBJECTIVE: To assess the psychometric properties of an observational screening
measure of depressive symptoms (SADQH-10; 10-item Hospital version of the Stroke
Aphasic Depression Questionnaire) for use in stroke patients with aphasia and to
determine the convergent and divergent validity of the SADQH-10. DESIGN: Cross-sectional cohort. SETTING: Hospital and community. PARTICIPANTS: Stroke
patients with aphasia (n = 165) were recruited through hospital wards and
community services as part of a randomised controlled trial. Participants were
aged 29 to 94 years (68.6 +/- 12.1) and 65% were men. RESULTS: The SADQH-10
demonstrated good internal consistency (alpha = 0.77). Factor analysis revealed
the SADQH-10 to be measuring three constructs (social interaction and physical
pain, tearfulness, loss of interest and motivation). Significant correlations
were found between scores on the SADQH-10 and VAMS 'sad' item (r(s) = 0.297, P <
0.01) but not with the VASES 'depression' item (r(s) = 0.064, P = 0.590) or
measures of physical and language abilities. CONCLUSIONS: The SADQH-10 is both a
valid and reliable observational screening measure of depressive symptoms for
stroke patients with aphasia.

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