A novel method of proxy reporting questionnaire based measures of health-related quality of life of people with dementia in residential care: a psychometric evaluation
Sarah C Smith, AA Jolijn Hendriks, Jemma Regan, Nick Black Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Background: In research in residential care, health-related quality of life (HRQL) is usually measured using either observational m...
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| description | Sarah C Smith, AA Jolijn Hendriks, Jemma Regan, Nick Black Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Background: In research in residential care, health-related quality of life (HRQL) is usually measured using either observational methods or standardized questionnaires. DEMQOL-Proxy is a standardized questionnaire measuring HRQL of people with dementia and is usually reported by a family carer. However, not all residents have a family carer who visits often enough to act as a proxy. Objectives: We evaluated the psychometric performance of DEMQOL-Proxy when reported on behalf of people with dementia in residential care by a “trained proxy” (DEMQOL-Proxy-TP). Participants: We recruited a sample of 87 people with dementia living in care homes around the UK. Methods: We used modern psychometric methods (based on the Rasch model) to evaluate DEMQOL-Proxy-TP (on behalf of 85 residents) in a cross-sectional study. We evaluated scale-to-sample targeting, ordering of item thresholds, item fit to the model and differential item functioning (sex, age, type of dementia), local independence, unidimensionality and reliability on the full set of items (31 items) and also a smaller item set (26 items). Results: The smaller item set (DEMQOL-Proxy-TP-26) performed better than the original item set and was found to fit the model (p = 0.68). Nevertheless, 17 items were found to have disordered thresholds, and 24 pairs of items showed local dependency (residual correlations >0.3). There were also some areas where scale-to-sample targeting could be improved. Conclusion: After resolving the identified anomalies, DEMQOL-Proxy-TP can provide adequate measurement of HRQL of people with dementia living in residential care, particularly when no family carer is available. This can be interpreted at the group level but is not yet robust enough for use at the individual level. Future work will compare these results with the psychometric performance of DEMQOL-Proxy reported by family carers and DEMQOL self-reported by the residents. Keywords: dementia, DEMQOL-Proxy, health-related quality of life, Rasch Measurement Theory, trained proxy |
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| spelling | doaj.art-225a91e3a32748c0ae53816147087bc22022-12-21T22:23:55ZengDove Medical PressPatient Related Outcome Measures1179-271X2018-07-01Volume 922123039175A novel method of proxy reporting questionnaire based measures of health-related quality of life of people with dementia in residential care: a psychometric evaluationSmith SCHendriks AAJRegan JBlack NSarah C Smith, AA Jolijn Hendriks, Jemma Regan, Nick Black Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Background: In research in residential care, health-related quality of life (HRQL) is usually measured using either observational methods or standardized questionnaires. DEMQOL-Proxy is a standardized questionnaire measuring HRQL of people with dementia and is usually reported by a family carer. However, not all residents have a family carer who visits often enough to act as a proxy. Objectives: We evaluated the psychometric performance of DEMQOL-Proxy when reported on behalf of people with dementia in residential care by a “trained proxy” (DEMQOL-Proxy-TP). Participants: We recruited a sample of 87 people with dementia living in care homes around the UK. Methods: We used modern psychometric methods (based on the Rasch model) to evaluate DEMQOL-Proxy-TP (on behalf of 85 residents) in a cross-sectional study. We evaluated scale-to-sample targeting, ordering of item thresholds, item fit to the model and differential item functioning (sex, age, type of dementia), local independence, unidimensionality and reliability on the full set of items (31 items) and also a smaller item set (26 items). Results: The smaller item set (DEMQOL-Proxy-TP-26) performed better than the original item set and was found to fit the model (p = 0.68). Nevertheless, 17 items were found to have disordered thresholds, and 24 pairs of items showed local dependency (residual correlations >0.3). There were also some areas where scale-to-sample targeting could be improved. Conclusion: After resolving the identified anomalies, DEMQOL-Proxy-TP can provide adequate measurement of HRQL of people with dementia living in residential care, particularly when no family carer is available. This can be interpreted at the group level but is not yet robust enough for use at the individual level. Future work will compare these results with the psychometric performance of DEMQOL-Proxy reported by family carers and DEMQOL self-reported by the residents. Keywords: dementia, DEMQOL-Proxy, health-related quality of life, Rasch Measurement Theory, trained proxyhttps://www.dovepress.com/a-novel-method-of-proxy-reporting-questionnaire-based-measures-of-heal-peer-reviewed-article-PROMDementiaDEMQOL-Proxyhealth related quality of lifeRasch Measurement TheoryTrained Proxy |
| spellingShingle | Smith SC Hendriks AAJ Regan J Black N A novel method of proxy reporting questionnaire based measures of health-related quality of life of people with dementia in residential care: a psychometric evaluation Patient Related Outcome Measures Dementia DEMQOL-Proxy health related quality of life Rasch Measurement Theory Trained Proxy |
| title | A novel method of proxy reporting questionnaire based measures of health-related quality of life of people with dementia in residential care: a psychometric evaluation |
| title_full | A novel method of proxy reporting questionnaire based measures of health-related quality of life of people with dementia in residential care: a psychometric evaluation |
| title_fullStr | A novel method of proxy reporting questionnaire based measures of health-related quality of life of people with dementia in residential care: a psychometric evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | A novel method of proxy reporting questionnaire based measures of health-related quality of life of people with dementia in residential care: a psychometric evaluation |
| title_short | A novel method of proxy reporting questionnaire based measures of health-related quality of life of people with dementia in residential care: a psychometric evaluation |
| title_sort | novel method of proxy reporting questionnaire based measures of health related quality of life of people with dementia in residential care a psychometric evaluation |
| topic | Dementia DEMQOL-Proxy health related quality of life Rasch Measurement Theory Trained Proxy |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/a-novel-method-of-proxy-reporting-questionnaire-based-measures-of-heal-peer-reviewed-article-PROM |
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