How do older adults receiving aged care services understand and respond to the EQ-5D-5L? A think-aloud study in residential care.

Kiri Lay Matthew Crocker Lidia Engel Julie RatcliffeSimon CharltonClaire Louise Hutchinson

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2023)

Older adults may bring a different understanding to the EQ-5D-5L descriptive system than that expected given testing with general population samples. Dimension descriptors that are more relevant to this population may facilitate responses that better align with the underlying EQ-5D-5L concept model.

Keyphrases

healthcare
palliative care
physical activity
quality improvement
affordable care act
primary care
pain management
mental health