ArticleBMC geriatrics2021
Instruments used to assess quality of life of older adults in African countries: a scoping review.
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- Exploring the quality of life of older people in long-term care facilities in the Sub-Saharan region: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Association between frailty and quality of life, and the moderating effect of mobile, broadcast and digital media in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Kenya.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Dementia Screening in Rural Kenya: The Prevalence and Impact of Screening Positive for Dementia.Neuroepidemiology · 2024Article
- Effects of peer-led education on knowledge, attitudes, practices of stoma care, and quality of life in bladder cancer patients after permanent ostomy.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Quality of life of older adults and associated factors in Ghanaian urban slums: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOver 60% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa, live in informal settlements (slums) with little or no resources. To be prepared to meet the needs of older people living in slums, it is necessary to know more about their quality of life (QoL). The objective of this review is to identify instruments, which can be used by researchers to assess the QoL of older adults living in African countries, especially those dwelling in slums.
methodsA scoping review was performed using the databases Scopus, PubMed, and ISI Web of Science to retrieve studies published from January 2008 - September 2020. Studies were included if they reported generic QoL instruments, focused on adults with a mean age ≥ 50 and were conducted in African countries.
resultsIn total, 18 studies were included using 7 unique instruments to measure QoL (EUROHIS-QOL-8, SWLS, WHOQOL-OLD, the WHOQOL-BREF, SF-36, SF-12 and RAND-38). All instruments could be interviewer-administered and had 5-36 items. However, little is known about their psychometric properties (validity and reliability), time-investment and cultural sensitivity of the domains included in the instruments.
conclusionsEven though this review retrieved instruments used to assess QoL of older adults in African countries, there is a need for further research on adjustment and validation of currently existing QoL instruments. In addition, the development and validation of a new instrument which can be used in (illiterate) older populations, living in slums in Africa should be considered.
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