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dc.contributor.authorHaugan, Gørill
dc.contributor.authorDrageset, Jorunn
dc.contributor.authorAndre, Beate
dc.contributor.authorKukulu, Kamile
dc.contributor.authorMugisha, James
dc.contributor.authorUtvær, Britt Karin Støen
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-03T12:11:00Z
dc.date.available2020-07-03T12:11:00Z
dc.date.created2019-11-13T22:53:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationHaugan, G., Drageset, J., Andre, B., Kukulu, K., Mugisha, J. Utvær, B. K. S. (2020). Assessing quality of life in older adults: psychometric properties of the OPQoL-brief questionnaire in a nursing home population. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 18: 1. den_US
dc.identifier.issn1477-7525
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2660717
dc.description.abstractBackground Well-adapted and validated quality-of-life measurement models for the nursing home population are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to test the psychometrical properties of the OPQoL-brief questionnaire among cognitively intact nursing home residents. The research question addressed evidence related to the dimensionality, reliability and construct validity, all of which considered interrelated measurement properties. Methods Cross-sectional data were collected during 2017–2018, in 27 nursing homes representing four different Norwegian municipalities, located in Western and Mid-Norway. The total sample comprised 188 of 204 (92% response rate) long-term nursing home residents who met the inclusion criteria: (1) municipality authority’s decision of long-term nursing home care; (2) residential time 3 months or longer; (3) informed consent competency recognized by responsible doctor and nurse; and (4) capable of being interviewed. Results Principal component analysis and confirmative factor analyses indicated a unidimensional solution. Five of the original 13 items showed low reliability and validity; excluding these items revealed a good model fit for the one-dimensional 8-items measurement model, showing good internal consistency and validity for these 8 items. Conclusion Five out of the 13 original items were not high-quality indicators of quality-of-life showing low reliability and validity in this nursing home population. Significant factor loadings, goodness-of-fit indices and significant correlations in the expected directions with the selected constructs (anxiety, depression, self-transcendence, meaning-in-life, nurse-patient interaction, and joy-of-life) supported the psychometric properties of the OPQoL-brief questionnaire. Exploring the essence of quality-of-life when residing in a nursing home is highly warranted, followed by development and validation of new tools assessing quality-of-life in this population. Such knowledge and well-adapted scales for the nursing home population are beneficial and important for the further development of care quality in nursing homes, and consequently for quality-of-life and wellbeing in this population.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAssessing quality of life in older adults : psychometric properties of the OPQoL-brief questionnaire in a nursing home populationen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800en_US
dc.source.pagenumber14en_US
dc.source.volume18en_US
dc.source.journalHealth and Quality of Life Outcomesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12955-019-1245-3
dc.identifier.cristin1747322
dc.relation.projectNorwegian Council of Research: 238331en_US


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