Bowling Ann
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, Hampstead Campus, London NW3 2PF, UK.
Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res. 2009;2009:298950. doi: 10.1155/2009/298950. Epub 2010 Feb 1.
Purpose. To present the psychometric properties of a new measure of quality of life in older age, the Older People's Quality of Life (OPQOL) Questionnaire, compared with the CAPSE-19 and the WHOQOL-OLD. Design and Methods. The vehicle was three national population surveys of older people living at home in Britain, including a survey of ethnically diverse older people. Results. The OPQOL had acceptable levels of reliability and validity in British population samples of older people, but more modest in the ethnically diverse population sample. The CASP-19 and WHOQOL-OLD had acceptable levels of reliability and validity in the British population sample, but not in the ethnically diverse sample. Implications. The OPQOL has potential for use as a multidimensional population surveillance instrument for use with older populations, or as an outcome measure of multisector policy. Its strengths are that its development was embedded firmly in the perspectives of older people, integrated with theory.
目的。与CAPSE - 19和WHOQOL - OLD相比，呈现一种新的老年生活质量测量工具——老年人生活质量（OPQOL）问卷的心理测量特性。设计与方法。采用了三项针对居住在英国家中的老年人的全国性人口调查，其中包括一项针对不同种族老年人的调查。结果。OPQOL在英国老年人群体样本中具有可接受的信度和效度水平，但在不同种族群体样本中的表现较为一般。CASP - 19和WHOQOL - OLD在英国人群体样本中具有可接受的信度和效度水平，但在不同种族样本中则不然。启示。OPQOL有潜力作为一种多维人口监测工具用于老年人群体，或作为多部门政策的结果测量指标。其优势在于它的开发牢固地基于老年人的视角，并与理论相结合。
