Measuring the quality of life of older persons: a model with implications for community and public health nursing

Measuring the quality of life (QOL) of older persons can assist health professionals in achieving a number of important objectives. These include assessing the effects of illness and treatment, identifying need for support services, and developing health enhancing environments. Most QOL models focus...

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Published in:International journal of nursing studies 1997-06, Vol.34 (3), p.231-239
Main Authors: Raphael, Dennis, Brown, Ivan, Renwick, Rebecca, Cava, Maureen, Weir, Nancy, Heathcote, Kit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Community Health Nursing
Elderly people
England
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Health Services Research - methods
Humans
Male
Measures
Medical sciences
Models, Nursing
Nursing
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public Health Nursing
Quality of Life
Reproducibility of Results
Socioeconomic Factors
Techniques and methods
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Summary:Measuring the quality of life (QOL) of older persons can assist health professionals in achieving a number of important objectives. These include assessing the effects of illness and treatment, identifying need for support services, and developing health enhancing environments. Most QOL models focus unduly on illness and disability, define QOL too narrowly, and do not consider aspects of personal control and potential opportunities for change. A new model of QOL with associated instrumentation, the Quality of Life Profile: Seniors Version( QOLPSV), is described. Administration of the QOLPSV to 205 older persons in Ontario, Canada found it to be reliable and valid. Limitations of the instrument are presented and potential uses explored.
ISSN:0020-7489
1873-491X
DOI:10.1016/S0020-7489(97)00010-2