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Psychometric properties and feasibility of use of dementia specific quality of life instruments for use in care settings: a systematic review

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posted on 2023-06-09, 16:24 authored by Laura Hughes, Nicolas Farina, Thomas E Page, Naji TabetNaji Tabet, Sube Banerjee
Background: Over 400,000 people live in care home settings in the UK. One way of understanding and improving the quality of care provided is by measuring and understanding the quality of life (QoL) of those living in care homes. This review aimed to identify and examine the psychometric properties including feasibility of use of dementia-speci?c QoL measures developed or validated for use in care settings. Design: Systematic review. Methods: Instruments were identi?ed using four electronic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and CINAHL) and lateral search techniques. Searches were conducted in January 2017. Studies which reported on the development and/or validation of dementia speci?c QoL instruments for use in care settings written in English were eligible for inclusion. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed using the COSMIN checklist. Feasibility was assessed using a checklist developed speci?cally for the review. Results: Six hundred and sixteen articles were identi?ed in the initial search. After de-duplication, screening and further lateral searches were performed, 25 studies reporting on 9 dementia-speci?c QoL instruments for use in care home settings were included in the review. Limited evidence was available on the psychometric properties of many instruments identi?ed. Higher-quality instruments were not easily accessible or had low feasibility of use. Conclusions: Few high-quality instruments of QoL validated for use in care home settings are readily or freely available. This review highlights the need to develop a well-validated measure of QoL for use within care homes that is also feasible and accessible.

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International Psychogeriatrics

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1041-6102, 1741-203X

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Cambridge University Press

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1-15

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2019-01-08

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2019-01-08

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2019-01-03

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