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Objective: To build a model of prediction of social participation of community-dwelling stroke survivors in Benin at 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months., Design: An observational study with evaluations at 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months poststroke. Correlational analyses and multivariate linear regressions were performed., Setting: Outpatient rehabilitation centers in Benin., Participants: A volunteer sample of 91 stroke patients was enrolled at baseline; 64 (70%) patients completed all the study (N=64): 70% male and 52% right hemiparesis., Intervention: Not applicable., Main Outcome Measures: Participants were evaluated with the Participation Measurement Scale, ACTIVLIM-Stroke (activities of daily living [ADL]), Stroke Impairment Assessment Set, 6-minute walk test, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the modified Rankin Scale., Results: The significant predictors of social participation after controlling the confounders were the following: at 1 month ADL (0.4 [0.3, 0.6]) and depression (‒0.6 [‒0.8, ‒0.2]) with total model R 2 =0.44; at 3 months ADL (0.58 [0.4, 0.7]) and depression (‒0.58 [‒0.5, ‒0.7]) with total model R 2 =0.65; and at 6 months ADL (0.31 [0.2, 0.5]), impairments (‒0.82 [‒0.5, ‒0.7]), and depression (‒0.94 [‒0.8, ‒0.2]) with total model R 2 =0.78., Conclusions: Using socioculturally tailored tools, the present study identified ADL performance (ACTIVLIM-Stroke), depression (Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale), and overall impairments (Stroke Impairment Assessment Set) as the significant determinants of social participation (Participation Measurement Scale) poststroke in Benin. These findings will be a valuable resource for rehabilitation stakeholders in evaluating interventions, programs, and policies designed to encourage social participation for stroke patients., (Copyright © 2019 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Objective: To calibrate and validate the Benin version of ABILOCO, a Rasch-built scale developed to assess locomotion ability in stroke patients., Design: Prospective study and questionnaire development., Setting: Rehabilitation centers., Participants: Stroke patients (N=230; mean age ± SD, 51.1±11.6 y; 64.3% men)., Intervention: Not applicable., Main Outcome Measures: Participants completed a preliminary list of 36 items including the 13 items of ABILOCO. Items were scored as "impossible," "difficult," or "easy." The mobility subdomain of FIM (FIM-mobility), the Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC), the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), and the 10-meter walk test (10MWT) were used to evaluate and elucidate the validity of the ABILOCO-Benin scale., Results: Successive Rasch analyses led to the selection of 15 items that define a unidimensional, invariant, and linear measure of locomotion ability in stroke patients. This modified version of the ABILOCO scale, named ABILOCO-Benin, showed an excellent internal consistency, with a Person Separation Index of .93, and excellent test-retest reliability with high intraclass correlation coefficients of .95 (P<.001) for item difficulty and .93 (P<.001) for subject measures. It also presented good construct validity compared with FAC, FIM-mobility, 6MWT, and 10MWT (r≥.75, P<.001)., Conclusions: ABILOCO-Benin presents good psychometric properties. It allows valid, reliable, and objective measurements of locomotion ability in stroke patients., (Copyright © 2014 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Background and Purpose: This study describes the development of a Rasch-built scale measuring activity limitations in stroke patients, named ACTIVLIM-Stroke., Method: This new Rasch-built measure was constructed based on stroke patients' perceptions of difficulty in performing daily activities. Patients were recruited from inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation departments in Belgium and Benin. A 73-item questionnaire was completed by 204 participants. A random subsample of 83 subjects was given the questionnaire a second time. Data were analyzed using RUMM2030 software., Results: After successive Rasch analyses, the ACTIVLIM-Stroke questionnaire, a unidimensional and linear 20-item measure of activity limitations, was constructed. All 20 items fulfilled Rasch requirements (overall and individual item fit, category discrimination, invariance, local response independence, and nonredundancy in item difficulty). This simple patient-based scale encompasses a large range of activities related to self-care, transfer, mobility, manual ability, and balance. The ACTIVLIM-Stroke questionnaire exhibited high internal validity, excellent internal consistency, and good crosscultural validity. The test-retest reliability of item difficulty hierarchy (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.99) and patient location (intraclass correlation coefficient=0.92) were both excellent. Furthermore, it showed good external construct validity using correlations with the Functional Independence Measure motor and the Barthel Index and a higher discriminating capacity than either of these widely used indices., Conclusions: The ACTIVLIM-Stroke questionnaire has good psychometric qualities and provides accurate measures of activity limitations in patients with stroke. It is recommended for evaluating clinical and research interventions in patients with stroke, because it provides a higher discrimination and might be more sensitive to change.