2.4.2 Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SSQOL)
This is a stroke-specific quality of life scale developed by Williams,
Weinberger, Clark, Haris and Biller in 1999. SSQOL consists of 49 items
and 12 subdimensions ( mobility, vitality, upper extremity functioning,
work / productivity, mood, self-care, social roles, family roles,
language (L), vision (V), thinking (T) and personality (P)) which are
rated using 5-point Likert type scale (1 = I totally agree, 2 = I
partially agree, 3 = I neither agree nor disagree, 4 =I partially
disagree, 5 = I disagree) taking the previous week for
consideration21. The scale was adapted into Turkish by
Khorshid27 in the year 2009. In its Turkish version in
the factor analysis, different from the original version, 49 items were
composed of 8 subdimensions (Activities, Social And Family Roles,
Language, Vision, Vitality, Mood, Personality,
Thinking)27. In the evaluation, total score, and score
of each subdimension are obtained. The higher the score, the better is
the quality of life of stroke patients. The total Cronbach’s alpha value
of the Turkish version of the scale was 0.97. In our study, Cronbach’s
alpha values for the subdimensions , ranged between 0.73 (Personality
/ Thinking) and 0.96 (Energy).