Yes/No Questionnaire for Aphasic Patients (YNQ)
Yes/No Questionnaire for Aphasic Patients (YNQ)
Quality of care depends strongly on oral communication with patients. Stroke patients, who
 have language disorders, have understanding difficulties, but also have difficulties in
 expressing their needs and in being understood. Available tools do not allow a professional
 consensus on the assessment of patients' ability to answer reliably to questions asked by
 caregivers. The investigators propose an answer reliability assessment tool based on yes or
 no questions. The goal of the present study is to define an optimal score for defining the
 test positivity, as a compromise between sensitivity and specificity, and by emphasizing the
 negative predictive value.
In France, about 130,000 persons per year are victims of stroke. Thirty percent of the
 victims suffer from aphasia during the acute phase. These language impairments have an impact
 on caregiving. In the context of post-stroke aphasia, the most relevant means of verbal
 communication is closed-ended questioning. However, the available tools do not allow a
 professional consensus and the comprehensive assessment tools for aphasia do not provide any
 indication of the reliability of patients' answers. The investigators have developed a tool,
 the yes/no questionnaire that consists of 10 closed-ended questions designed to assess the
 patient's ability to provide a coherent answer. During one year, successive patients taken
 care in the neurovascular unit at la Rochelle hospital will be assessed for eligibility to
 the study and their relative will be informed and ask for consent. Aphasic patients will
 therefore answer the yes/no questionnaire. Based on the speech therapist evaluation, patients
 will be classified as "reliable respondent" or "unreliable respondent".
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Over 18 years old

 -  Left-sided stroke

 -  Right-handed

 -  Mother language: French

 -  Hospitalized in neurovascular unit or neurology department

 -  NIHSS score over 25

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Deaf

 -  Psychiatric history

 -  Stroke history

 -  Dementia or pre-stroke cognitive impairment

 -  Under guardianship

 -  Refusal to participate (relatives)