Aphasia Rapid Test: Translation, Adaptation and Validation Studies for the Portuguese Population

Classical aphasia evaluation scales are too long to use in the context of acute stroke or as a monitoring tool. The Aphasia Rapid Test is a 26-point scale developed as a bedside assessment to rate aphasia severity in acute stroke patients in less than 3 minutes. We aimed to adapt and validate this s...

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Main Author: Tábuas-Pereira, M (author)
Other Authors: Freitas, S (author), Beato-Coelho, J (author), Ribeiro, JA (author), Parra, J (author), Martins, C (author), Silva, M (author), Matos, MA (author), Nogueira, AR (author), Silva, F (author), Sargento-Freitas, J (author), Cordeiro, G (author), Cunha, L (author), Santana, I (author)
Format: article
Language:por
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/2259
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/2259
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Summary:Classical aphasia evaluation scales are too long to use in the context of acute stroke or as a monitoring tool. The Aphasia Rapid Test is a 26-point scale developed as a bedside assessment to rate aphasia severity in acute stroke patients in less than 3 minutes. We aimed to adapt and validate this scale for European Portuguese.