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Feasibility of Routine Quality of Life Measurement for People Living With Dementia in Long-Term Care
Matthias Hoben, Sube Banerjee, Anna S Beeber, Stephanie A Chamberlain, Laura Hughes, Hannah M O'Rourke, Kelli Stajduhar, Shovana Shrestha et al.. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2021-08-17
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Average time to complete DEMQOL-CH was <5 minutes. Staff characteristics were not associated with time to complete or DEMQOL-CH scores. Inter-rater reliability [0.735, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.712-0.780] and internal consistency reliability (0.834, 95% CI: 0.779-0.864) were high. The DEMQOL-CH score varied across residents (mean = 84.8, standard deviation = 11.20, 95% CI: 83.2-86.4). Care aides and managers rated use of the DEMQOL-CH as highly feasible, acceptable, and valuable. CONCLUSIONS AND This study provides a proof of concept that DEMQOL-CH can be used to assess HrQoL in NH and AL residents and provides initial indications of feasibility and resources required. DEMQOL-CH may be used to support actions to improve the QoL of residents.
Key findings
- Average time to complete DEMQOL-CH was <5 minutes.
- Staff characteristics were not associated with time to complete or DEMQOL-CH scores.
- Inter-rater reliability [0.735, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.712-0.780] and internal consistency reliability (0.834, 95% CI: 0.779-0.864) were high.
- The DEMQOL-CH score varied across residents (mean = 84.8, standard deviation = 11.20, 95% CI: 83.2-86.4).
- Care aides and managers rated use of the DEMQOL-CH as highly feasible, acceptable, and valuable.
Study details
- Study designcross-sectional
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 48/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a snapshot of people at one point in time. Scored zero for sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 27 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 48 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of the American Medical Directors Association) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 4 / 12 | A snapshot of people at one point in time |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 3 / 5 | 2022 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 34411540) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 27 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 27 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 48 out of 100. |
| Total | 48 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Hoben, M., Banerjee, S., Beeber, A. S., Chamberlain, S. A., Hughes, L., O'Rourke, H. M., et al. (2022). Feasibility of Routine Quality of Life Measurement for People Living With Dementia in Long-Term Care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.07.018
Vancouver
Hoben M, Banerjee S, Beeber AS, Chamberlain SA, Hughes L, O'Rourke HM, et al. Feasibility of Routine Quality of Life Measurement for People Living With Dementia in Long-Term Care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.07.018. PMID: 34411540.
BibTeX
@article{hoben2022-34411540,
author = {Hoben, Matthias and Banerjee, Sube and Beeber, Anna S and Chamberlain, Stephanie A and Hughes, Laura and O'Rourke, Hannah M and Stajduhar, Kelli and Shrestha, Shovana and others},
title = {{Feasibility of Routine Quality of Life Measurement for People Living With Dementia in Long-Term Care}},
journal = {Journal of the American Medical Directors Association},
year = {2022},
doi = {10.1016/j.jamda.2021.07.018},
pmid = {34411540},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.07.018}
}
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