The Psychometric Properties of the Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire, Compared with the CASP-19 and the WHOQOL-OLD
Table 2
Validity OPQOL (35) CASP-19 WHOQOL-OLD (24) scores: correlations with QoL domain ratings (Spearman’s rho).
OPQOL TOTAL++
CASP-19 TOTAL++
WHOQOL-OLD TOTAL++
QoL domain ratings+:
QoL as a whole
Ethnibus ()
−0.389
−0.273
−0.128
ONS Omnibus ()
−0.602
−0.577
−0.466
QoL follow-up ()
−0.659
n/a
n/a
Health
Ethnibus
−0.148
−0.135
−0.042
ONS Omnibus
−0.624
−0.576
−0.450
QoL followup
−0.628
n/a
n/a
Social relationships
Ethnibus
−0.159
0.007
0.024
ONS Omnibus
−0.570
−0.517
−0.466
QoL followup
−0.605
n/a
n/a
Independence, control and freedom
Ethnibus
−0.179
−0.113
−0.042
ONS Omnibus
−0.612
−0.563
−0.497
QoL followup
−0.631
n/a
n/a
Home and neighbourhood
Ethnibus
−0.401
−0.072
−0.075
ONS Omnibus
−0.526
−0.426
−0.418
QoL followup
−0.439
n/a
n/a
Pyschological/emotional well-being
Ethnibus
−0.396
−0.178
0.004
ONS Omnibus
−0.567
−0.510
−0.484
QoL followup
−0.675
n/a
n/a
Financial circumstances
Ethnibus
−0.243
−0.093
−0.045
ONS Omnibus
−0.524
−0.417
−0.360
QoL followup
−0.547
n/a
n/a
Leisure and social activities
Ethnibus
−0.338
−0.115
−0.094
ONS Omnibus
−0.639
−0.593
−0.512
QoL followup
−0.606
n/a
n/a
; + Domain ratings: 5-point response scales Very good (1)–Very bad (5), with low scores representing optimum QoL ratings. ++ OPQOL, CASP-19, WHOQOL-OLD negative scores reversed so high scores represent optimum QoL.
