Psychometric evaluation of a newly developed measure of emotionalism after stroke (TEARS-Q).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate, psychometrically, a new measure of tearful emotionalism following stroke: Testing Emotionalism After Recent Stroke - Questionnaire (TEARS-Q).

Setting

Acute stroke units based in nine Scottish hospitals, in the context of a longitudinal cohort study of post-stroke emotionalism.

Subjects

A total of 224 clinically diagnosed stroke survivors recruited between October 1st 2015 and September 30th 2018, within 2 weeks of their stroke.

Measures

The measure was the self-report questionnaire TEARS-Q, constructed based on post-stroke tearful emotionalism diagnostic criteria: (i) increased tearfulness, (ii) crying comes on suddenly, with no warning (iii) crying not under usual social control and (iv) crying episodes occur at least once weekly. The re

SUBMITTER: Broomfield NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8191157 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature