Exploring older people's understanding of the QOL-ACC, a new preference-based quality-of-life measure, for quality assessment and economic evaluation in aged care: the impact of cognitive impairment and dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality-of-life is an essential outcome for quality assessment and economic evaluation in health and social care. The-Quality-of-Life - Aged Care Consumers (QOL-ACC) is a new preference-based quality-of-life measure, psychometrically validated with older people in aged care. More evidence is needed to inform the self-report reliability of the QOL-ACC in older people with varying levels of cognitive impairment and dementia.

Methods

A think-aloud protocol was developed and applied with older residents. The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) was applied to assign participants to no cognitive impairment (NCI - MMSE score ≥ 27) and cognitive impairment (MMCI - MMSE score < 27) subgroups. Three independent raters utilised a Tourangeau survey response model-based frame

SUBMITTER: Lay K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773014 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature