Telephone reliability of the Frenchay Activity Index and EQ-5D amongst older adults
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Older adults may find it problematic to attend hospital appointments due to the difficulty associated with travelling to, within and from a hospital facility for the purpose of a face-to-face assessment. This study aims to investigat...
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| author | Urry Steven Brauer Sandra G Russell Trevor Lane Paul McPhail Steven Jasiewicz Jan Condie Peter Haines Terry |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Older adults may find it problematic to attend hospital appointments due to the difficulty associated with travelling to, within and from a hospital facility for the purpose of a face-to-face assessment. This study aims to investigate equivalence between telephone and face-to-face administration for the Frenchay Activities Index (FAI) and the Euroqol-5D (EQ-5D) generic health-related quality of life instrument amongst an older adult population.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Patients aged >65 (n = 53) who had been discharged to the community following an acute hospital admission underwent telephone administration of the FAI and EQ-5D instruments seven days prior to attending a hospital outpatient appointment where they completed a face-to-face administration of these instruments.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Overall, 40 subjects' datasets were complete for both assessments and included in analysis. The FAI items had high levels of agreement between the two modes of administration (item kappa's ranged 0.73 to 1.00) as did the EQ-5D (item kappa's ranged 0.67–0.83). For the FAI, EQ-5D VAS and EQ-5D utility score, intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.94, 0.58 and 0.82 respectively with paired t-tests indicating no significant systematic difference (p = 0.100, p = 0.690 and p = 0.290 respectively).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Telephone administration of the FAI and EQ-5D instruments provides comparable results to face-to-face administration amongst older adults deemed to have cognitive functioning intact at a basic level, indicating that this is a suitable alternate approach for collection of this information.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07eff8ff52be43cca27da8c998b13d042022-12-22T01:08:35ZengBMCHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes1477-75252009-05-01714810.1186/1477-7525-7-48Telephone reliability of the Frenchay Activity Index and EQ-5D amongst older adultsUrry StevenBrauer Sandra GRussell TrevorLane PaulMcPhail StevenJasiewicz JanCondie PeterHaines Terry<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Older adults may find it problematic to attend hospital appointments due to the difficulty associated with travelling to, within and from a hospital facility for the purpose of a face-to-face assessment. This study aims to investigate equivalence between telephone and face-to-face administration for the Frenchay Activities Index (FAI) and the Euroqol-5D (EQ-5D) generic health-related quality of life instrument amongst an older adult population.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Patients aged >65 (n = 53) who had been discharged to the community following an acute hospital admission underwent telephone administration of the FAI and EQ-5D instruments seven days prior to attending a hospital outpatient appointment where they completed a face-to-face administration of these instruments.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Overall, 40 subjects' datasets were complete for both assessments and included in analysis. The FAI items had high levels of agreement between the two modes of administration (item kappa's ranged 0.73 to 1.00) as did the EQ-5D (item kappa's ranged 0.67–0.83). For the FAI, EQ-5D VAS and EQ-5D utility score, intraclass correlation coefficients were 0.94, 0.58 and 0.82 respectively with paired t-tests indicating no significant systematic difference (p = 0.100, p = 0.690 and p = 0.290 respectively).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Telephone administration of the FAI and EQ-5D instruments provides comparable results to face-to-face administration amongst older adults deemed to have cognitive functioning intact at a basic level, indicating that this is a suitable alternate approach for collection of this information.</p>http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/48 |
| spellingShingle | Urry Steven Brauer Sandra G Russell Trevor Lane Paul McPhail Steven Jasiewicz Jan Condie Peter Haines Terry Telephone reliability of the Frenchay Activity Index and EQ-5D amongst older adults Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
| title | Telephone reliability of the Frenchay Activity Index and EQ-5D amongst older adults |
| title_full | Telephone reliability of the Frenchay Activity Index and EQ-5D amongst older adults |
| title_fullStr | Telephone reliability of the Frenchay Activity Index and EQ-5D amongst older adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Telephone reliability of the Frenchay Activity Index and EQ-5D amongst older adults |
| title_short | Telephone reliability of the Frenchay Activity Index and EQ-5D amongst older adults |
| title_sort | telephone reliability of the frenchay activity index and eq 5d amongst older adults |
| url | http://www.hqlo.com/content/7/1/48 |
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