Validering av den svenska översättningen av Communicative Participation Item Bank på individer med Parkinsons sjukdom eller atypisk parkinsonism

The aim of the study was to validate Fragebank om Kommunikativ Delaktighet (FKD), which is the Swedish translation of the Communicative Participation Item Bank. It is a self-report questionnaire measuring communicative participation. The study included 12 individuals with dysarthria due to Parkinson’s disease or atypical parkinsonism. Fragebank om Kommunikativ Delaktighet was validated using cognitive interviewing and by measuring association between the participants´ answers on four selected items in Fragebank om Kommunikativ Delaktighet compared with four similar items in Questionnaire on Acquired Speech Disorders. Internal consistency was measured to investigate the reliability of FKD. According to the participants’ comments in the cognitive interviews seven items were revised. The results indicated that Fragebank om Kommunikativ Delaktighet measures what it is intended to measure, that is, communicative participation. Fragebank om Kommunikativ Delaktighet is a positive addition to the field of speech and language pathology since there is no Swedish self-report questionnaire solely measuring communicative participation.