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| A concise alternative for researching health-related quality of life in older people | | Author(s) | Gillian Windle, Rhiannon Edwards, Vanessa Burholt |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 5, no 3, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp 13-24 |
| Source | http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Quality of life ; Evaluation ; Cross sectional surveys. |
| Annotation | Researchers have a wide range of tools for health assessments to choose from, some of which can be lengthy and time consuming. This paper examines a potentially shorter alternative, the EQ-5D instrument, with a community dwelling sample of older people. A randomly sampled cross-sectional survey of 429 community dwelling older people aged 70-79 was conducted by trained interviewers. Information was obtained relating to activities of daily living (ADLs), the EQ-5D, the EQ-VAS, the SF-36, use of health and social care services, and the presence or absence of a limiting illness, disability or infirmity. In terms of construct validity, the EQ-5D was able to distinguish between hypothesised differences in the sample that could be expected to reflect differences in health-related quality of life. The EQ-5D items correlated well with conceptually similar items. Completion rates for the EQ-5D items were good, varying from 98.3%-98.8%; overall completion rates were 98.1%. Results suggest that the EQ-K5 may provide a valid measure of health-related quality of life in a cross-sectional sample of older people, although the emphasis of the scale is very much on physical health and functioning. The results for the depression/anxiety items suggest that additional information may be needed if mental health is of concern. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050210505 A |
| Classmark | CC: E: F:59: 4C: 3KB |
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