Assessing feasibility, construct validity, and reliability of a new aged care-specific preference-based quality of life instrument: evidence from older Australians in residential aged care

Khadka, J; Hutchinson, C; Milte, R; Cleland, J; Muller, A; Bowes, N; Ratcliffe, J

doi:10.1186/s12955-022-02065-y

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents who were living in residential aged care facilities

From: Assessing feasibility, construct validity, and reliability of a new aged care-specific preference-based quality of life instrument: evidence from older Australians in residential aged care

Variables	Categories	Study population (N = 200)	Australians using residential aged care (N = 183, 194)^a
Gender, N (%)	Female	120 (60.0)	66.3%
Gender, N (%)	Male	80 (40.0)	33.7%
Age, N (%)	65–74	24 (12.1)	10.5%
	75–84	62 (31.2)	29.0%
	85 +	113 (56.8)	59.0%
	Mean Age (SD)	85 (7.7)
	Median Age (IQR)	86 (80–91)
	Range	66–100
Country of birth, N (%)	Australia	137 (68.5)	66.0%
Country of birth, N (%)	Other	63 (31.5)	33.0%
Language spoken at home, N (%)	English	191 (95.5)	91.0%
Language spoken at home, N (%)	Other	9 (4.5)	9.0%
Facilities states/territories, N (%)	Australian Capital Territory	8 (4.0)
	Queensland	31 (15.5)
	South Australia	92 (46.0)
	Tasmania	39 (19.5)
	Western Australia	30 (15.0)
Highest educational qualification, N (%)	No qualifications	69 (34.5)
	Completed high school	60 (30.0)
	Undergraduate degree/Professional qualification	35 (17.5)
	Postgraduate qualification	6 (3.0)
	Other	30 (15)
Self-reported health, N (%)	Excellent	19 (9.5)
	Very good	48 (24.0)
	Good	66 (33.0)
	Fair	45 (22.5)
	Poor	22 (11.0)
Self-reported quality of life, N (%)	Excellent	27 (13.5)
	Very good	52 (26.0)
	Good	70 (35.0)
	Fair	37 (18.5)
	Poor	14 (7.0)
SEIFA-IRSEAD quintiles, N (%)	1 (least advantaged)	31 (15.5)
	2	12 (6.0)
	3	34 (17.0)
	4	45 (22.5)
	5 (most advantaged)	78 (39.0)
SEIFA-IEO quintiles, N (%)	1 (least advantaged)	43 (21.5)
	2	0 (0.0)
	3	33 (16.5)
	4	29 (14.5)
	5 (most advantaged)	95 (47.5)
QOL-ACC	Mean ± SD	0.74 ± 0.24
	Median (IQR)	0.80 (0.65, 0.91)
	Range	-0.56 to 1.0
QCE-ACC	Mean ± SD	0.91 ± 0.10
	Median (IQR)	0.94 (0.86, 0.99)
	Range	0.38 to 1.0
ASCOT	Mean ± SD	0.69 ± 0.13
	Median (IQR)	0.73 (0.64, 0.79)
	Range	0.12 to 0.82
EQ-5D-5L	Mean ± SD	0.55 ± 0.37
	Median (IQR)	0.64 (0.33, 0.52)
	Range	-0.60 to 1.0
EQ-VAS	Mean ± SD	68.1 ± 21.1
	Median (IQR)	75 (50,80)
	Range	10 to 100

SEIFA-IRSEAD Social Economic Indices for Areas- Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage and Disadvantage, SEIFA-IEO Social Economic Indices for Areas- Index for Education and Occupation, QOL-ACC Quality of Life-Aged Care Consumers, QCE-ACC Quality of Care-Aged Care Consumers, ASCOT The Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit, EQ-5D-5L EuroQuol 5 Dimensions 5 Levels, EQ-VAS EuroQuoL Visual Analogue Scale
^aAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare. People using aged care at 30^th June 2021. https://www.gen-agedcaredata.gov.au/Topics/People-using-aged-care#Aged%20care%20use%20and%20age. (accessed on 15/06/2022)

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