Goals
Conditions
Brief summary
Study investigators are inviting participants to participate in a study to describe older adults' and family caregivers' purpose in life, goals, and expectations for recovery after hospitalization. Study investigators will ask older adults and caregivers to take part in a telephone or online interview to ask questions and answer questionnaires related to their experience with the hospitalization.
Interventions
OTHERPurpose in life, goals, and expectations
There is no intervention. This is a cross-sectional study.
Sponsors
University of British Columbia
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Inclusion criteria
* Older adults 60y+ and family caregivers * after hospitalization
Exclusion criteria
* We will exclude older adults with a dementia diagnosis, head injury, significant neurological impairment, not expected to live for 6 months or longer, or who receive treatment for medical conditions precluding enrolment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Experience and perceptions after hospitalization | 1 day | Semi-structured interviews |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) | 1 day | A measure of a person's concern about falling. There are 16 items, each scored on a Likert scale with 1=not concerned and 4=very concerned. Higher scores indicate higher concerns fro falling. |
| Community Healthy Activities Model Program for Seniors (CHAMPS) Questionnaire | 1 day | Physical activity questionaire which records the frequency and duration of a person's activities |
| Life-Space questionnaire | 1 day | A measure of a person's mobility within their home, neighbourhood, and beyond (e.g., spatial movement). Participants respond yes/no to where they have been within the past 3 days (e..g., home, outside home in the neighborhood, etc. |
| Functional Independence Measure | 1 day | A measure of disability with a focus on self-care, transfers, walking, communication, and social cognition. It is an 18-item (7-level) ordinal scale. For each item (scored 1-7), the higher the score the more dependent the person is on the task. |
| Occupational Balance Questionnaire (Short form) | 1 day | Records the satisfaction with the amount and variation of a person's activities. It has 11 items with 4-step ordinal scales. Higher scores indicate higher occupational balance. |
| Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) to screen for cognitive impairment | 1 day | A brief assessment of cognition for the telephone. There are 11 items, and the items are summed for a total TICS score. Results compared with previous dat at-scores and described qualitatively:Unimpaired, Ambiguous, Mildly Impaired, and Moderately to Severely Impaired |
| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) | 1 day | Measures anxiety and depression in patients. There are 7 questions each for anxiety and depression. The lower the number indicate less anxiety/depression. For example, a score less than 7 is considered a "non-case". Scores range from 0-21. |
| Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being | 1 day | A 42-item scale which measures autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance. There are 42 statements using a 7-point scale (1 = strongly agree; 7 = strongly disagree). For overall score (all questions), higher scores suggest higher well-being. |
| EQ5D-5L | 1 day | A self-reported health related quality of life measure. There are 5 categories and the person chooses their responses based on categories, from no problems to extreme problems for each category (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain, anxiety/depression. An index score is created out of 1; a higher index score the better. participants would also rate their health (0-100) with 100 as the best possible health. The higher the score the |
| ICECAP-O | 1 day | A self reported capability and well-being measure, with 5 attributes: attachment, security, role, enjoyment, and control. Index values out of 1, a higher value indicates higher reported capability and well-being. |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMaureen C Ashe, PhD
UBC
Outcome results
None listed