SynthesisHealth and quality of life outcomes2015
A systematic review of instruments for measuring outcomes in economic evaluation within aged care.
Synthesis in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04685772 (Assessment of the Efficacy of Medrol Dose Pack for Post-Concussive Headaches), which is not on this map. Cited by 76 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Assessment of the Efficacy of Medrol Dose Pack for Post-Concussive Headaches
Who cites it
76 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Measurement properties of the EQ-5D in populations with a mean age of ≥ 75 years: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
- Feasibility of the EQ-5D in the elderly population: a systematic review of the literature.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of 29 self-report instruments for assessing quality of life in older adults receiving aged care services.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Mind-Body Interventions Involving Meditative Movements on Quality of Life, Depressive Symptoms, Fear of Falling and Sleep Quality in Older Adults: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Economic evaluations in community aged care: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2018Pooled it
- Where's the evidence? a systematic review of economic analyses of residential aged care infrastructure.BMC health services research · 2017Pooled it
- Impact of the Smarter Safer Homes Solution on Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Older People Living in Their Own Homes: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Cost analysis of employing general practitioners within residential aged care facilities based on a prospective, stepped-wedge, cluster randomised trial.BMC health services research · 2022Trial
- Economic Evaluation of a Reablement Training Program for Homecare Staff Targeting Sedentary Behavior in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Compared to Usual Care: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical interventions in aging · 2021Trial
- Exploring self-report and proxy-report quality-of-life measures for people living with dementia in care homes.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Trial
- The PiTSTOP study: a feasibility cluster randomized trial of delirium prevention in care homes for older people.Age and ageing · 2016Trial
- A Review of the Application of Generic Preference-Based Instruments with Older People Across Care Settings.Applied health economics and health policy · 2026Review
- Informal carers' perception on perspective taking when reporting as proxies about someone else's health.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- The benefits and costs of domiciliary care: a study protocol for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of domiciliary care in England.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Feasibility of Routine Quality-of-Life Measurement in Residential Aged Care: Results from a Pilot Study in Australia.The patient · 2026Article
- Mental Health Factors Related to Quality of Life in Older Adults Using Long-Term Care Services in Mexico.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Use of the adult social care outcomes toolkit (ASCOT) in research studies: an international scoping review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Translation, cultural adaptation, and content validation of the Hong Kong Chinese version of Self-completion Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT-SCT4) for care service users.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Cognitive interviewing for assessing the content validity of older-person specific outcome measures for quality assessment and economic evaluation: a scoping review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Article
16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThis paper describes the methods and results of a systematic review to identify instruments used to measure quality of life outcomes in older people. The primary focus of the review was to identify instruments suitable for application with older people within economic evaluations conducted in the aged care sector.
methodsOnline databases searched were PubMed, Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science, PsycInfo, CINAHL, Embase and Informit. Studies that met the following criteria were included: 1) study population exclusively above 65 years of age 2) measured health status, health related quality of life or quality of life outcomes more broadly through use of an instrument developed for this purpose, 3) used a generic preference based instrument or an older person specific preference based or non-preference based instrument or both, and 4) published in journals in the English language after 2000.
resultsThe most commonly applied generic preference based instrument in both the community and residential aged care context was the EuroQol - 5 Dimensions (EQ-5D), followed by the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) and the Health Utilities Index (HUI2/3). The most widely applied older person specific instrument was the ICEpop CAPability measure for Older people (ICECAP-O) in both community and residential aged care.
conclusionIn the absence of an ideal instrument for incorporating into economic evaluations in the aged care sector, this review recommends the use of a generic preference based measure of health related quality of life such as the EQ-5D to obtain quality adjusted life years, in combination with an instrument that has a broader quality of life focus like the ASCOT, which was designed specifically for evaluating interventions in social care or the ICECAP-O, a capability measure for older people.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.