Background This study examined the relationships between a newly developed older
person-specific non-preference-based quality of life (QoL) instrument (Older People's …

Abstract Background Quality of Life-Aged Care Consumers (QOL-ACC) is a new older-
person-specific quality of life instrument designed for application in quality assessment and …

Background Cost-effectiveness analyses of interventions for older adults have traditionally
focused on health status. However, there is increasing recognition of the need to develop …

Purpose This study aimed to empirically compare the measurement properties of self-
reported and proxy-reported (in cases of severe cognitive impairment) generic (EQ-5D-5L) …

As more research is undertaken on the elderly, accurately assessing changes in their quality
of life becomes increasingly important. Generic instruments are the most popular method to …

Older people (aged 65 years and over) are the fastest growing age cohort in the majority of
developed countries, and the proportion of individuals defined as the oldest old (aged 80 …

Objective There is an increased use of preference-weighted quality-of-life measures in
residential aged care to guide resource allocation decisions or for quality-of-care …

Objectives: The World Health Organization (WHO) recently developed a generic Quality of
Life (QOL) measure, the WHOQOL‐OLD, specifically for use with older adults. This pilot …

Background Most measures of quality of life (QoL) are based on 'expert'opinions. This study
describes a new measure of QoL in older age, the Older People's QoL Questionnaire …

Background The measurement and valuation of quality of life forms a major component of
economic evaluation in health care and is a major issue in health services research …