{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Clare L"],"funding":["Economic and Social Research Council","Alzheimer's Society","National Institute for Health and Care Research","Alzheimer&apos;s Society","VA"],"pagination":["1548-1566"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10966933"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["22(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed to co-produce and validate an accessible, evidence-based questionnaire measuring 'living well' with dementia that reflects the experience of people with mild-to-moderate dementia.<h4>Methods</h4>Nine people with dementia formed a co-production group. An initial series of workshops generated the format of the questionnaire and a longlist of items. Preliminary testing with 53 IDEAL cohort participants yielded a shortlist of items. These were tested with 136 IDEAL cohort participants during a further round of data collection and assessed for reliability and validity. The co-production group contributed to decisions throughout and agreed the final version.<h4>Results</h4>An initial list of 230 items was reduced to 41 for initial testing, 12 for full testing, and 10 for the final version. The 10-item version had good internal consistency and test-retest reliability, and a single factor structure. Analyses showed significant large positive correlations with scores on measures of quality of life, well-being, and satisfaction with life, and expected patterns of association including a significant large negative association with depression scores and no association with cognitive test scores.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The co-produced My Life Questionnaire is an accessible and valid measure of 'living well' with dementia suitable for use in a range of contexts."],"journal":["Dementia (London, England)"],"pubmed_title":["Evaluating 'living well' with mild-to-moderate dementia: Co-production and validation of the IDEAL My Life Questionnaire."],"pmcid":["PMC10966933"],"funding_grant_id":["ES/L001853/2","348, AS-PR2-16-001","348","PEC 16-001"],"pubmed_authors":["Pentecost C","Quinn C","Victor C","Collins R","Martyr A","Litherland R","Morris RG","Sabatini S","Clare L","Gamble LD"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Evaluating 'living well' with mild-to-moderate dementia: Co-production and validation of the IDEAL My Life Questionnaire.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed to co-produce and validate an accessible, evidence-based questionnaire measuring 'living well' with dementia that reflects the experience of people with mild-to-moderate dementia.<h4>Methods</h4>Nine people with dementia formed a co-production group. An initial series of workshops generated the format of the questionnaire and a longlist of items. Preliminary testing with 53 IDEAL cohort participants yielded a shortlist of items. These were tested with 136 IDEAL cohort participants during a further round of data collection and assessed for reliability and validity. The co-production group contributed to decisions throughout and agreed the final version.<h4>Results</h4>An initial list of 230 items was reduced to 41 for initial testing, 12 for full testing, and 10 for the final version. The 10-item version had good internal consistency and test-retest reliability, and a single factor structure. Analyses showed significant large positive correlations with scores on measures of quality of life, well-being, and satisfaction with life, and expected patterns of association including a significant large negative association with depression scores and no association with cognitive test scores.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The co-produced My Life Questionnaire is an accessible and valid measure of 'living well' with dementia suitable for use in a range of contexts.","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T23:52:56.802Z","creation":"2025-04-04T23:52:56.802Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10966933","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37436256"],"doi":["10.1177/14713012231188502"]}}