Usman, Adeela, Lewis, Sarah, Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn, Long, Annabelle, Housley, Gemma, Jordan, Jake, Gage, Heather, Dening, Tom, Gladman, John R.F. and Gordon, Adam L.
(2018)
Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents, comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses for EQ-5D-5L and HowRu: protocol for assessing proxy reliability in care home outcome testing.
BMJ Open, 8
(8).
e022127/1-e022127/6.
ISSN 2044-6055
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Abstract
Introduction
Research into interventions to improve health and wellbeing for older people living in care homes is increasingly common. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is frequently used as an outcome measure but collecting both self-reported and proxy HRQoL measures is challenging in this setting. This study will investigate the reliability of UK care home staff as proxy respondents for the EQ-5D-5L and HowRu measures.
Methods and Analysis
This is a prospective cohort study of a sub-population of care home residents recruited to the larger Proactive Healthcare for Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study. It will recruit residents ≥ 60 years across 24 care homes and not receiving short stay or respite care. The sample size is 160 participants. Resident and care home staff proxy EQ-5D-5L and HowRu responses will be collected monthly for three months. Weighted kappa statistics and intraclass correlation adjusted for clustering at the care home level will be used to measure agreement between resident and proxy responses. The extent to which staff variables (gender, age group, length of time caring, role, how well they know the resident, length of time working in care homes and in specialist gerontological practice) influence the level of agreement between self-reported and proxy responses will be considered using a multilevel mixed-effect regression model.
Ethics and Dissemination
The PEACH study protocol was reviewed by the UK Health Research Authority and University of Nottingham Research Ethics Committee and was determined to be a service development project. We will publish this study in a peer-reviewed journal with international readership and disseminate it through relevant national stakeholder networks and specialist societies.
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Article
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| RIS ID: |
https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/947999 |
| Schools/Departments: |
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine |
| Identification Number: |
10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022127 |
| Depositing User: |
Gordon, Adam
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| Date Deposited: |
27 Jul 2018 13:56 |
| Last Modified: |
04 May 2020 19:47 |
| URI: |
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/53179 |
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