Examining interrater agreement between self-report and proxy-report responses for the quality of life-aged care consumers (QOL-ACC) instrument.

Claire Louise Hutchinson Jyoti Khadka Matthew Crocker Kiri Lay Rachel Milte David G T Whitehurst Lidia Engel Julie Ratcliffe

Published in: Journal of patient-reported outcomes (2024)

Regardless of cognition level and proxy perspective, proxies tend to rate quality of life lower than residents. Further research is needed to explore the impact of such divergences for quality assessment and economic evaluation in aged care.

Keyphrases

healthcare
palliative care
quality improvement
pain management
white matter