Psychometric properties of the Role Checklist for Spanish-speaking stroke survivors

Background The Role Checklist is broadly used to assess perceived role participation. Although stroke survivors often experience decreased participation, its reliability has not been evaluated for Spanish-speaking individuals with stroke.

Objective To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Role Checklist in Spanish-speaking individuals with stroke. Design Validation study.

Setting Randomly selected public primary care centres. Participants 179 participants with stroke.

Outcome measures Internal consistency was analysed using Cronbach's alpha and item-total correlations. Test - retest and inter-rater reliability were evaluated with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).

Measurement precision was examined by calculating the SE of measurement (SEM) and the minimum detectable change (MDC) 95% CI. Floor and ceiling effects were assessed by calculating the proportion of participants who achieved the minimum and maximum possible scores.

Results The 'role participation' subscale showed a Cronbach's alpha of 0.73 (95% CI 0.57 to 0.74) and the 'assigned value' subscale of 0.45 (95% CI 0.33 to 0.57). All item-total correlations for the items within the 'assigned value' subscale were significant.