Telepractice Assessments for Individuals With Aphasia: A Systematic Review
Telemedicine and e-Health
Teti, S. D., Murray, L. L., et al. (2025).
Telemedicine and e-Health, 31(1), 37-49.
<div>This systematic review investigates the psychometric properties of telepractice assessments for individuals with aphasia.</div>
No funding received
From January 2000 to January 12, 2023
<div>Published, peer-reviewed articles available in English</div>
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<div>The following were findings regarding validity:</div>
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<li>excellent face validity for the Short Aphasia Test for Gulf Arabic speakers (SATG), Korean version of the Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test (K-FAST), Story Retell Procedure (SRP), and Assessment for Living with Aphasia (ALA);</li>
<li>excellent concurrent validity for the K-FAST, Western Aphasia Battery–Revised (WAB-R), and Short form of Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination-3rd edition (BDAE-3);</li>
<li>only the ALA demonstrated predictive validity;</li>
<li>only the Spoken Word-Picture Matching subtest (47) of the Psycholinguistic Assessments for Language Processing in Aphasia (PALPA) demonstrated excellent responsiveness;</li>
<li>all measures demonstrated discriminative validity; and</li>
<li>only the K-FAST demonstrated cross-cultural validity.</li>
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<div>Limitations to this review included the potential for publication bias due to the inclusion of only articles available in English.</div>
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<div>The following were findings regarding reliability:</div>
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<li>only the ALA showed good test-retest reliability;</li>
<li>excellent internal consistency for the WAB-R, ALA, and subtest 47 of the PALPA;</li>
<li>excellent measurement error for the SATG and SRP; and</li>
<li>only the WAB-R, ALA, and Korean version of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE-K) demonstrated interpretability.</li>
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<div>Limitations to this review included the potential for publication bias due to the inclusion of only articles available in English.</div>
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