What does quality of life mean to older adults? A thematic synthesis

KM Van Leeuwen, MS Van Loon, FA Van Nes… - PloS one, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Consideration of older adults' quality of life (QoL) is becoming increasingly
important in the evaluation, quality improvement and allocation of health and social care …

[HTML][HTML] The EQ-HWB: overview of the development of a measure of health and wellbeing and key results

J Brazier, T Peasgood, C Mukuria, O Marten… - Value in Health, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Objectives Existing measures for estimating quality-adjusted life-years are mostly limited to
health-related quality of life. This article presents an overview of the development the EQ …

[HTML][HTML] A program of methodological research to arrive at the new international EQ-5D-5L valuation protocol

M Oppe, NJ Devlin, B van Hout, PFM Krabbe… - Value in Health, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Objectives To describe the research that has been undertaken by the EuroQol Group to
improve current methods for health state valuation, to summarize the results of an extensive …

Using best–worst scaling to investigate preferences in health care

KL Cheung, BFM Wijnen, IL Hollin, EM Janssen… - …, 2016‏ - Springer
Introduction Best–worst scaling (BWS) is becoming increasingly popular to elicit preferences
in health care. However, little is known about current practice and trends in the use of BWS …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review, psychometric analysis and qualitative assessment of generic preference-based measures of health in mental health populations and the …

J Brazier, J Connell, D Papaioannou… - Health technology …, 2014‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Generic preference-based measures of health like the EQ-5D and SF-6D
(®) are increasingly being used in economic evaluation and outcome assessment. However …

Experimental measurement of preferences in health care using best-worst scaling (BWS): theoretical and statistical issues

AC Mühlbacher, P Zweifel, A Kaczynski… - Health economics …, 2016‏ - Springer
For optimal solutions in health care, decision makers inevitably must evaluate trade-offs,
which call for multi-attribute valuation methods. Researchers have proposed using best …

Quality of life instruments for economic evaluations in health and social care for older people: a systematic review

P Makai, WBF Brouwer, MA Koopmanschap… - Social science & …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Gaining health may not be the main goal of healthcare services aimed at older people,
which may (also) seek to improve wellbeing. This emphasizes the need of finding …

Systematic review of 29 self-report instruments for assessing quality of life in older adults receiving aged care services

J Siette, GT Knaggs, Y Zurynski, J Ratcliffe, L Dodds… - BMJ open, 2021‏ - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Quality of life (QoL) outcomes are used to monitor quality of care for older adults
accessing aged care services, yet it remains unclear which QoL instruments best meet older …

Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research

J Simon, P Anand, A Gray, J Rugkåsa, K Yeeles… - Social science & …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Amartya Sen's multidimensional capability approach focuses on the importance of freedoms
to be or do things people have reason to value. It is an alternative to standard utilitarian …

A systematic review of instruments for measuring outcomes in economic evaluation within aged care

NB Bulamu, B Kaambwa, J Ratcliffe - Health and quality of life outcomes, 2015‏ - Springer
Background This paper describes the methods and results of a systematic review to identify
instruments used to measure quality of life outcomes in older people. The primary focus of …