An assessment of the construct validity of the ASCOT measure of social care-related quality of life with older people

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Malley, Juliette N ^a,b   Towers, Ann Marie ^a   Netten, Ann P ^a   Brazier, John E ^c   Forder, Julien E ^a,b   Flynn, Terry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ascot; Long term care; Quality of life; Social care; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT SOCIAL CARE OUTCOMES TOOLKIT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84856792622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-21     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Knapp M. The economics of social care 1984, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
2. Her Majesty's Government The Coalition: our programme for government 2010, London: TSO, Her Majesty's Government.
3. Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrara A, King D, Malley J, Pickard L, Darton R. Future Demand for Long-Term Care, 2002 to 2041: Projections of Demand for Long-Term Care for Older People in England. Discussion Paper 2330 2006, Canterbury: Personal Social Services Research Unit.
4. Wanless D. Securing Good Care for Older People. Taking a Long-Term View 2006, London: King's Fund.
5. Her Majesty's Government Building the National Care Service. CM 7854 2010, London: The Stationery Office, Her Majesty's Government.
6. Netten A, Burge P, Malley J, Potoglou D, Towers A, Brazier J, Flynn T, Forder J, Wall B. Outcomes of Social Care for Adults: Developing a Preference-Weighted Measure. Health Technology Assessment
7. De Vellis R. Scale Development: Theory and Applications 2003, London: Sage, 2.
8. Lenert L, Kaplan RM. Validity and Interpretation of Preference-Based Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life. Medical Care 2000, 38:II138-II150.
9. Brazier J, Deverill M, Green C, Harper R, Booth A. A review of the use of health status measures in economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment 1999, 3:1-164.
10. Potoglou D, Burge P, Flynn T, Netten A, Malley J, Forder J, Brazier J. Best-Worst Scaling vs. Discrete Choice Experiments: An Empirical Comparison using Social Care Data. Social Science & Medicine 2011, 72:1717-1727. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.027, 22334454.
11. Coast J, Peters TJ, Natarajan L, Sproston K, Flynn T. An assessment of the construct validity of the descriptive system for the ICECAP capability measure for older people. Quality of Life Research 2008, 17:967-976. 10.1007/s11136-008-9372-z, 18622721.
12. Information Centre for Health and Social Care Personal Social Services Home Care Users in England aged 65 and over, 2008-09 Survey 2009, Leeds: Information Centre for Health and Social Care, Information Centre for Health and Social Care.
13. EuroQol group EuroQol -- A New facility for the measurement of health-related quality of life. Health Policy 1990, 16:199-208. EuroQol group.
14. Dolan P, Gudex C, Kind P, Williams A. The time trade-off method: Results from a general population study. Health Economics 1996, 5:141-154. 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199603)5:2<141::AID-HEC189>3.0.CO;2-N, 8733106.
15. Goldberg D, Hilller V. A scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire. Psychological Medicine 1979, 9:139-145. 10.1017/S0033291700021644, 424481.
16. Goldberg D. Manual of the general health questionnaire 1978, Windsor: NFER.
17. Goldberg D. The detection of psychiatric illness by questionnaire 1972, London: Oxford University Press.
18. Hyde M, Wiggins RD, Higgs P, Blane DB. A measure of quality of life in early old age: The theory, development and properties of a needs satisfaction model (CASP-19). Aging & Mental Health 2003, 7:186-194. 10.1080/1360786031000101157, 22334060.
19. Wiggins R, Netuveli G, Hyde M, Higgs P, Blane D. The Evaluation of a Self-enumerated Scale of Quality of Life (CASP-19) in the Context of Research on Ageing: A Combination of Exploratory and Confirmatory Approaches. Social Indicators Research 2008, 89:61-77.
20. Malley J, Sandhu S, Netten A. Younger Adults' Understanding of Questions for a Service User Experience Survey: A Report to the Information Centre for Health and Social Care. PSSRU Discussion Paper 2360 2006, Canterbury: Personal Social Services Research Unit.
21. Hughes ME, Waite LJ, Hawkley LC, Cacioppo JT. A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys. Research on Aging 2004, 26:655-672. 10.1177/0164027504268574, 2394670, 18504506.
22. Leyden KM. Social Capital and the Built Environment: The Importance of Walkable Neighbourhoods. American Journal of Public Health 2003, 93:1546-1551. 10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1546, 1448008, 12948978.
23. Walker RB, Hiller JE. Places and health: A qualitative study to explore how older women living alone perceive the social and physical dimensions of their neighbourhoods. Social Science & Medicine 2007, 65:1154-1165. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.031, 22334454.
24. Aronson J. Elderly people's accounts of home care rationing: missing voices in long-term care policy debates. Ageing & Society 2002, 22:399-418.
25. Young AF, Russell A, Powers JR. The sense of belonging to a neighbourhood: can it be measured and is it related to health and well being in older women?. Social Science & Medicine 2004, 59:2627-2637. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.05.001, 22334454.
26. Flynn T, Chan P, Coast J, Peters TJ. Assessing quality of life among British older people using the ICECAP-O capability measure. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 2011, 9(5):317-29.
27. Jones K, Netten A, Francis J, Bebbington A. Using older home care user experiences in performance monitoring. Health & Social Care in the Community 2007, 15:322-332. 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00687.x, 22334941.
28. Andresen EM, Meyers AR. Health-related quality of life outcomes measures. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2000, 81:S30-S45. 10.1053/apmr.2000.20621, 11128902.
29. Forder JE, Caiels J. Measuring the outcomes of long-term care. Social Science & Medicine 2011, 73:1766-1774. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.023, 22334454.
30. Ellis B, Bannister W, Cox J, Fowler B, Shannon E, Drachman D, Adams R, Giordano L. Utilization of the propensity score method: an exploratory comparison of proxy-completed to self-completed responses in the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, 1:47. 10.1186/1477-7525-1-47, 222919, 14570594.
31. Epstein AM, Hall JA, Tognetti J, Son LH, Conant L. Using Proxies to Evaluate Quality of Life: Can They Provide Valid Information about Patients' Health Status and Satisfaction with Medical Care?. Medical Care 1989, 27:S91-S98. 10.1097/00005650-198903001-00008, 2921889.
32. Pierre U, Wood-Dauphinee S, Korner-Bitensky N, Gayton D, Hanley J. Proxy Use of the Canadian SF-36 in Rating Health Status of the Disabled Elderly. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1998, 51:983-990. 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00090-0, 9817116.
33. Andresen EM, Vahle VJ, Lollar D. Proxy Reliability: Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Measures for People with Disability. Quality of Life Research 2001, 10:609-619. 10.1023/A:1013187903591, 11822794.
34. Malley J, Caiels J, Fox D, McCarthy M, Smith N, Beadle-Brown J, Netten A, Towers A-M. A Report on the Development Studies for the National Adult Social Care User Experience Survey, PSSRU Discussion Paper 2721 2010, Canterbury: Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent.
35. Malley J. A Comparison of Options for Performance Indicators from the Adult Social Care Survey (ASCS), PSSRU Discussion Paper 2736 2010, Canterbury: Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent.
36. Bowling A, Iliffe S. Psychological approach to successful ageing predicts future quality of life in older adults. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011, 9:13. 10.1186/1477-7525-9-13, 3063186, 21388546.
37. Bilotta C, Bowling A, Case A, Nicolini P, Mauri S, Castelli M, Vergani C. Dimensions and correlates of quality of life according to frailty status: a cross-sectional study on community-dwelling older adults referred to an outpatient geriatric service in Italy. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:56. 10.1186/1477-7525-8-56, 2889875, 20529325.
38. Ormel J, Lindenberg S, Steverink N, Vonkorff M. Quality of life and social production functions: A framework for understanding health effects. Social Science & Medicine 1997, 45:1051-1063. 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00032-4, 22334454.
39. Wilson IB, Cleary PD. Linking clinical variables with health-related quality of life: a conceptual model of patient outcomes. JAMA 1995, 273:59-65. 10.1001/jama.1995.03520250075037, 7996652.
40. Tanner B, Tilse C, de Jonge D. Restoring and Sustaining Home: The Impact of Home Modifications on the Meaning of Home for Older People. Journal of Housing For the Elderly 2008, 22:195-215.
41. Gitlin LN, Corcoran M, Winter L, Boyce A, Hauck WW. A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Home Environmental Intervention. The Gerontologist 2001, 41:4-14. 10.1093/geront/41.1.4, 11220813.
42. Bannister J, Fyfe N. Fear and the City. Urban Studies (Routledge) 2001, 38:807-813.
43. Box S, Hale C, Andrews G. EXPLAINING FEAR OF CRIME. British Journal of Criminology 1988, 28:340-356.
44. Victor CR, Scambler SJ, Bowling A, Bond J. The prevalence of, and risk factors for, loneliness in later life: a survey of older people in Great Britain. Ageing & Society 2005, 25:357-375. 10.1017/S0144686X04003332, 22334550.
45. Victor C, Scambler S, Bond J, Bowling A. Being alone in later life: loneliness, social isolation and living alone. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 2000, 10:407-417.
46. de Jong Gierveld J. A review of loneliness: concept and definitions, determinants and consequences. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 1998, 8:73-80.