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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to assess the validity and reliability of a new disease specific measure of health-related quality of life for ALS/MND: the 40-item ALS Assessment Questionnaire (ALSAQ-40). DESIGN: We carried out a longitudinal postal survey. The two administrations of the questionnaire were separated by 3 months. SAMPLE: Subjects were patients diagnosed with ALS/MND and registered with the UK MND Association. RESULTS: Dimensions of the ALSAQ-40 were shown to have high levels of internal reliability. The ALSAQ-40 was found to be sensitive to changes in self reported overall health state. CONCLUSION: We concluded that the ALSAQ-40 has high levels of reliability and validity and can be used as an outcome measure in studies evaluating new treatment regimes and therapies.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Amyotroph Lateral Scler Other Motor Neuron Disord

Publication Date

12/1999

Volume

1

Pages

33 - 40

Keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Quality of Life, Reproducibility of Results, Surveys and Questionnaires, Treatment Outcome