Assessing the feasibility of measuring residents’ quality of life in English care homes and the construct validity and internal consistency of measures completed by staff proxy: a cross-sectional study
Ann‐Marie Towers; Stacey Rand; Stephen Allan; Lucy Webster; Sinead Palmer; Rachael Carroll; Adam Gordon; Gizdem Akdur · 2025 · BMJ Open
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility of capturing older care home residents' quality of life (QoL) in digital social care records and the construct validity (hypothesis testing) and internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) of four QoL measures. DESIGN: doption) study, a mixed-methods pilot of a prototype minimum dataset (MDS). SETTING: Care homes (with or without nursing) registered to provide care for older adults (>65 years) and/or those living with dementia. All homes used a digital record system from one of two suppliers. PARTICIPANTS: Data were extracted from 748 residents. All permanent
Abstract by Ann‐Marie Towers; Stacey Rand; Stephen Allan; Lucy Webster; Sinead Palmer; Rachael Carroll; Adam Gordon; Gizdem Akdur, BMJ Open (2025) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090684