Validity of the older people quality of life-7 domains (OQoL-7) scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Older people Quality of Life-7 domains (OQoL-7) is a 28-item multidimensional questionnaire developed to measure community-dwelling older people's QoL. The OQoL-7 assesses both importance of and satisfaction in seven QoL domains (Material resources; Close entourage; Social and cultural life; Esteem and recognition; Health and mobility; Feeling of safety; and Autonomy). This study aimed to investigate concurrent and construct validity of the OQoL-7. A secondary aim was to compare different methods of weighting participants' ratings of satisfaction according to their individual ratings of importance, as compared to the OQoL-7 total score (unweighted).

Methods

Data came from the first and second samples of the Lausanne cohort 65+ study, assessed at the same age o

SUBMITTER: Henchoz Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7557060 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature