Quality of life in dementia: a systematically conducted narrative review of dementia-specific measurement scales
Ann Bowling,Gene Rowe,Sue Adams,Paula Sands,Kritika Samsi,Maureen Crane,Louise Joly,Jill Manthorpe +7 more
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The lack of consensus on measuring QoL in dementia suggests a need for a broader, more rigorously tested QoG measure, which is likely to be based on rigorous conceptual frameworks.Abstract:
Objectives: Ascertaining the quality of life (QoL) in people with dementia is important for evaluating service outcomes and cost-effectiveness. This paper identifies QoL measures for people with dementia and assesses their properties.Method: A systematic narrative review identified articles using dementia QoL measures. Electronic databases searched were AMED, CINAHL, EMBASE, Index to Theses, IBSS, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, and Web of Science. All available years and languages (if with an English language abstract) were included.Results: Searches yielded 6806 citations; 3043 were multiple duplicates (759 being true duplicates). Abstracts were read; 182 full papers were selected/obtained, of which 126 were included as relevant. Few measures were based on rigorous conceptual frameworks. Some referenced Lawton's model (Dementia Quality of Life [DQOL] and Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease [QOL-AD]), though these tapped part of this only; others claimed relationship to a health-related QoL...read more
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