Table 1.

Overview of instruments and related constructs

Construct	Instrument	Domains
Psychosocial well-being	The General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28)	28 item general scale measuring emotional distress. Four subscales (somatic symptoms, anxiety/insomnia, social dysfunction and serious depression
Psychosocial well-being	The Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life scale (SAQOL-39)	Disease-specific quality of life scale, measures patient’s perspective of stroke’s impact on ‘physical’, ‘psychosocial’ and ‘communication’ domains.
Sense of coherence	Sense of Coherence scale (SOC-13)	Self-report questionnaire, 13 components, measuring the main concepts in the SOC theory; coherence, meaningfulness and manageability. 13 items scored on a Likert scale, ranging from 1 to 7. Higher scores indicate a stronger SOC.
Depression and anxiety	The Yale Brown single item questionnaire (Yale)	One yes/ no question
Fatigue	Lee’s Fatigue scale-5 (Lee-5)	A 0–10 scale assessing symptoms of fatigue
Fatigue	Fatigue Questionnaire-2 (FQ-2)	One yes/ no question, If yes; length of symptoms.
Demographics		Age, gender, ethnic background, education, type of work/studies, marital status, living condition, family/network, place of living (urban/rural)
Medical information		Time of stroke, type / localization of stroke, type of medical treatment after stroke, medication, other chronic diseases, earlier depression / mental disorders, rehabilitation services provided, type and amount of health care/practice assistance provided in the community.
Stroke severity	National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)	A questionnaire used by healthcare providers to objectively quantify the impairment caused by a stroke.
Aphasia	The Ullevaal Aphasia Screening Test (UAS)	Screening for aphasia.