A comparison of three methods of measuring dementia-specific quality of life: Perspectives of residents, staff, and observers
A comparison of three methods of measuring dementia-specific quality of life: Perspectives of residents, staff, and observers
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/45.suppl_1.27
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发表时间：
2005-10-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Chang, CH
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作者：
Edelman, P;Fulton, BR;Chang, CH
目的：这项探索性研究比较了三种评估痴呆症特定生活质量的方法，分别对应于居民，工作人员和训练有素的观察员的观点。设计和方法：我们收集了172名老年痴呆症患者在四个特殊护理护理设施和三个辅助生活设施的数据。分析评估了每种生活质量方法或观点与其他方法或观点以及与居民特征（如认知和功能状态）的关系。结果如下：工作人员的生活质量的措施，居民的特点不同的护理设置的关系，而没有显着的关系，发现居民的生活质量的措施。在这两种情况下，工作人员和观察措施中度相关。中度相关的居民措施与工作人员和观察措施被发现在辅助生活样本。含义：每个视角都是相对独立的，有些独特。侧重于生活质量的具体方面的措施可能更适合用于辅助生活的居民，而不是特殊护理设施的居民。
Purpose: This exploratory study compared three methods of assessing dementia specific quality of life, corresponding to the perspectives of residents, staff members, and trained observers. Design and Methods: We collected data on 172 residents with dementia in four special care nursing facilities and three assisted living facilities. Analyses assessed the relationship of each quality-of-life method or perspective to the others and to resident characteristics such as cognitive and functional status. Results: The relationship of staff quality-of-life measures to resident characteristics varied by care setting while no significant relationships were found for resident quality-of-life measures. Staff and observational measures were moderately correlated in both settings. Moderate correlations of resident measures with staff and observational measures were found in the assisted living sample. Implications: Each perspective is relatively independent and somewhat unique. Measures that focus on specific aspects of quality of life may be more appropriate to use with assisted living residents than with residents of special care facilities.