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Appendix. Confidence communicating with
patients with aphasia questionnaire
Assessing perceived knowledge of aphasia
• Please rate your understanding of aphasia
No understanding – Basic understanding – Good
understanding – Excellent understanding
• Please rate your knowledge of communication
strategies
No knowledge – Basic knowledge – Good knowledge
– Excellent knowledge
Assessing knowledge of communication strategies
• What can you do to facilitate respectful
communication with people with aphasia?
• What strategies can you use to help people with
aphasia to understand you (e.g., instructions,
questions)?
• What strategies can you use to help people with
aphasia to communicate their message?
• What strategies can you use to check you have
understood what the person with aphasia is trying to
communicate?
Assessing confidence communicating with patients
with aphasia
• How confident are you communicating with someone
with aphasia?
Not confident – Somewhat confident – Mostly
confident – Fully confident
• How confident are you in using strategies and
attempting to repair breakdowns in communication?
Not confident – Somewhat confident – Mostly
confident – Fully confident
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