SynthesisQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2019
ICECAP-O, the current state of play: a systematic review of studies reporting the psychometric properties and use of the instrument over the decade since its publication.
Synthesis in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07136168 (Healthy Ageing - an Interdisciplinary Randomised Study of Health Dialogues in Primary Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Healthy Ageing - an Interdisciplinary Randomised Study of Health Dialogues in Primary Care
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Preference-based measures in people with dementia: a systematic review of psychometric properties.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Pooled it
- A modelled cost-utility analysis comparing early referral to specialist palliative care versus standard care for older people with acute myeloid leukaemia.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Utility, Costs and Cost-Utility of Amyloid-PET in the Diagnostic Process of Memory Clinic Patients: A Trial-Based Economic Evaluation From AMYPAD-DPMS.European journal of neurology · 2025Trial
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- Developing French Population Tariffs for the ICECAP-A Using Best-Worst Scaling.PharmacoEconomics · 2026Article
- Exploring spiritual health among South Korean older adults using the ICECAP-O measure: a cross-sectional study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Validation of the ICECAP-O for assessing wellbeing in people with mild dementia in Denmark.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- The adult social care outcomes toolkit easy read for older people (ASCOT-ER OP): an exploratory factor analysis and Rasch validation study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Psychometric testing of the ICECAP-A in patients with coeliac disease: a comparative analysis with EQ-5D-5L.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Construct validity of measures of care home resident quality of life: cross-sectional analysis using data from a pilot minimum data set in England.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Population normative data for OxCAP-MH capability scores.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2025Article
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- Evaluating the web-based 'Partner in Balance' program for informal caregivers of people with Huntington's disease: A pilot study.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- Measuring what matters to older persons for active living: part I content development for the OPAL measure across four countries.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- HIP fracture Supplemental Therapy to Enhance Recovery (HIPSTER): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2024Article
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- Capability of Children with Hearing Devices: A Mixed Methods Study.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2023Article
- Economic Evaluation Alongside a Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Healthy Adults.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeA paper reporting the development of the ICECAP-O was published in 2006. Since then, there has been increasing interest in the use of capability-based measures within health economics and the ICECAP-O has been suggested for use in economic evaluation by decision-making bodies in the Netherlands and UK.
methodsA systematic review of studies published between January 2006 and October 2018 which have assessed the psychometric properties of ICECAP-O or utilised the measure within economic evaluation.
resultsTwenty-four studies explored the psychometric properties of ICECAP-O and 21 have utilised the measure within economic evaluation; one study reported psychometric properties as well as utilising the measure within economic evaluation. The ICECAP-O has good construct validity and responsiveness, but there is evidence of some issues relating to content validity. In the context of economic evaluation, the ICECAP-O has, to date, mainly been included as a secondary economic measure and the reporting of results is brief with minimal detail and often no discussion. Five of the economic evaluation studies combined scores from ICECAP-O with time, but each used different terminology to describe this result.
conclusionFocus, in terms of publications, appears to have shifted now from assessment of psychometric properties to the utilisation of the ICECAP-O within economic evaluation. Further research is needed with respect to a decision-rule for the ICECAP measures. This additional research should also guide users in terms of appropriate analysis, terminology and presentation of results, which are in-keeping with the conceptual framework underpinning the ICECAP-O.
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