Enhancing quality of life measurement: adapting the ASCOT easy read for older adults accessing social care
The ASCOT-ER measure for older people is suitable for older people using social care services with mild to moderate dementia, mild cognitive impairment and other age-related needs. The revisions applied were designed to improve comprehension, judgement and response for this group and even those who were most cognitively impaired experienced fewer issues by the final round of testing. Nonetheless, some prompting was still required, particularly for those with higher levels of cognitive impairment and it is likely that some respondents will require the questionnaire to be administered in an interview format.
Authors
- Ann‐Marie Towers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3597-1061)
- Elizabeth H. Field (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-7461)
- James Caiels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5299-4682)
- Rasa Mikelyte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2772-8240)
- Stacey Rand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-2842)
- Lucy Webster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9152-4990)
Institutions
- University of Kent (GB)
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quality of Life Research
- Published
- 2024-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-024-03791-0
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.52
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Research for Patient Benefit Programme