TABLE 3.
Ratings to establish essential feasibility criteria
| Participant ratings (n = 31 a ) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of limited importance | Important but not essential | Essential | ||||||||||
| Feasibility criteria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1–3 total n (%) | 4 | 5 | 6 |
4–6 total n (%) |
7 | 8 | 9 |
7–9 total n (%) |
| Available in multiple languages or has been translated into more than one language | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 (19) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 (48) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 (32) |
| Able to be easily translated/adapted to other languages | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 (26) | 14 | 7 | 2 | 23 (74) b |
| Ease of administration | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (6) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 (29) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 (65) |
| Length of outcome measurement instrument | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 (48) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 (48) |
| Completion time (burden on person with aphasia) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 (32) | 12 | 6 | 3 | 21 (68) |
| Ease of scoring | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 (10) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 (35) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 (55) |
| Ease of interpretation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11(35) | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 (65) |
| Provision of an aggregate score | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 (52) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 (45) |
| Cost of outcome measurement instrument | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 (19) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 (48) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 (32) |
| Additional equipment or resources are required for administration or interpretation | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 (52) | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 (42) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (6) |
| Applicability to different phases of post‐stroke recovery (e.g., hyperacute, acute, subacute and chronic periods post‐stroke) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 (29) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 21 (68) |
| Requirement for training to be completed in order to administer instrument | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 (26) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 (42) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 (32) |
Notes: a n = 4 facilitators did not participate in voting; n= 5 panel members did not complete the survey.
b
Criteria reaching consensus.