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How well do the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Carers, Carer Experience Scale and Care-related Quality of Life capture aspects of quality of life important to informal carers in Australia?

Bucholc, Jessica, McCaffrey, Nikki, Ugalde, Anna, Muldowney, Anne, Rand, Stacey, Hoefman, Renske, Mihalopoulos, Cathrine, Engel, Lidia (2023) How well do the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Carers, Carer Experience Scale and Care-related Quality of Life capture aspects of quality of life important to informal carers in Australia? Quality of Life Research, . ISSN 0962-9343. E-ISSN 1573-2649. (doi:10.1007/s11136-023-03459-1) (KAR id:101154)

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Abstract

Identify aspects of quality of life (QoL) important to Australian informal carers and explore how well the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Carers, Care-related Quality of Life instrument and Carer Experience Scale capture these aspects in the Australian context. Online questionnaires were completed by Australian informal carers. Socio-demographics, open-ended questions: positive/negative aspects of caring and QoL aspects missing from the instruments, and ranking of the instrument domains was used to explore the content of the instruments. Instruments were scored using preference-weighted value sets (reported in another paper). Content analysis was used to analyse the open-ended responses. Chi-squared test looked at differences in domain importance. Descriptive analyses summarised all other information. Eight themes were identified: Behaviour-mood of the care recipient, Caring responsibilities, Finances, Health, Own life, Perception of carers, Relationship with care recipient and Support. Many aspects of carer QoL mentioned as missing in the instruments appeared covered by the domains, of which all were reported as important. The highest ranked domain was relationship with the care recipient. The influence of the care recipient specific support, behaviour/mood and health on carer QoL appear absent in all instruments. The content of the three instruments appears relevant in an Australian setting. The influence of care recipient's health and well-being on carer QoL should be considered, along with spillover effects. A content and/or face validity analysis is required to confirm differences in item interpretation in Australian informal carers. [Abstract copyright: © 2023. The Author(s).]

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s11136-023-03459-1
Uncontrolled keywords: Informal care, Preference-based measures, Outcome measurement, Carer-related quality of life
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Depositing User: Stacey Rand
Date Deposited: 04 May 2023 09:08 UTC
Last Modified: 19 Jul 2023 09:18 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/101154 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
Bucholc, Jessica: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2704
McCaffrey, Nikki: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3684-3723
Ugalde, Anna: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2473-8435
Muldowney, Anne: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4379-5224
Rand, Stacey: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-2842
Hoefman, Renske: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4533-2562
Mihalopoulos, Cathrine: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7127-9462
Engel, Lidia: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-3149
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