Proxy respondants and the reliablity of the Quality of Life Questionnaire Empowerment factor.
By: Stancliffe, R.F.
Series: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 43 (3) June 1999: 185-193.Publisher: 1999Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): CHOICE
| EMPOWERMENT | QUALITY OF LIFE | QUESTIONNAIRES | SELF EVALUATION | SELF MANAGEMENTSummary: Previous studies have questioned the reliability of Quality of Life Questionaire (QOL-Q) Empowerment scores, and reported marked disagreement between consumers self-reporters and proxy data from staff informants. The present study examined argreement between consumer self-reports and proxy responses from community living staff for 63 adults with intellectual disability. Substantial positive correlations between consumers and staff were evident. No significant difference was found between total QOL-Q Empowerment scores for self-or staff report and proxy respondents. Even so, proxy data and the two data sources should not be treated as being interchangeable. [AJ].
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Previous studies have questioned the reliability of Quality of Life Questionaire (QOL-Q) Empowerment scores, and reported marked disagreement between consumers self-reporters and proxy data from staff informants. The present study examined argreement between consumer self-reports and proxy responses from community living staff for 63 adults with intellectual disability. Substantial positive correlations between consumers and staff were evident. No significant difference was found between total QOL-Q Empowerment scores for self-or staff report and proxy respondents. Even so, proxy data and the two data sources should not be treated as being interchangeable. [AJ].
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