Measurement properties of the Community Wellbeing Index in older adults

Forjaz, Maria João; Flores, María Eugenia Prieto-Flores; Ayala, Alba; Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Carmen; Fernández-Mayoralas, Gloria; Rojo-Pérez, Fermina; Martinez‐Martín, Pablo

doi:10.1007/s11136-010-9794-2

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“…Cronbach's α coefficients were used to assess internal consistency of the scales, except from CWI subscales, which were measured through the Person Separation Index (Forjaz et al, 2011b). All analyses were conducted using the PASW Statistics 18.0 software for Windows.…”

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Design, measures and sample characteristics of the CadeViMa-Spain survey on quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

Fernández-Mayoralas¹,

Giráldez‐García

Forjaz

et al. 2011

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Design, measures and sample characteristics of the CadeViMa-Spain survey on quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

Fernández-Mayoralas¹,

Giráldez‐García

Forjaz

et al. 2011

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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“…A description of the sample has been published previously (FernandezMayoralas et al 2012;Forjaz et al 2011;Prieto-Flores et al 2011;Rodriguez-Blazquez et al 2011). A representative sample was drawn from the total population in Spain, aged 60 years or older: 9,812,307 individuals (INE 2007).…”

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Components and determinants of quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

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The objectives of this study are to detect the main components of global quality of life (QoL) of community-dwelling older adults from their own perspective and to identify determinants of health-related and global QoL in the same population. This is a cross-sectional study covering a representative sample of 1,106 communitydwelling adults aged 60 years and older residing in Spain. The survey collected information on QoL through a face-toface interview asking for QoL components in free-format, as well as the completion of two QoL measures, the EQ-5D and the Personal Wellbeing Index. The most important QoL dimensions, according to the participants of this study, were health, family, and finances. Depression was the main determinant of both QoL indices, while functional independence and social support specifically influenced health-related and global QoL, respectively. Based on the perspective of the older adults as well as on statistical analysis, this work emphasizes the importance of health, family, and social support as areas of special interest in aging. There was a discrepancy when comparing findings related to the importance of financial status. Results also support that global and health-related QoL share some common determinants, but with different weights for functional independence and social support.Keywords Global quality of life Á Health-related quality of life Á Community-dwelling Á Older adults Á Multimethod data

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“…We agree with this viewpoint and think there are likely many factors, whether explicit or implicit that will influence individual and collective well-being. While many define community well-being as the overall satisfaction of residents regarding the physical, social, and environmental conditions of the community (Forjaz et al 2011), we also think it is more than an aggregate of individuals' satisfaction. It is more akin to the old adage -the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.…”

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Indicators and Community Well-Being: Exploring a Relational Framework

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Phillips

2018

Int. Journal of Com. WB

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Indicators are used in a variety of contexts for exploring community and regional conditions, progress towards goals, and gauging current conditions. We explore the role indicators play in aiding assessment of community well-being, including how they are applied. We consider community well-being to be a comprehensive concept in many dimensions of community life and explore its relations to indicators. Based on ideas around domains and sub-domains as well as relevant indicators, we find that indicators may serve a role in conceptualizing and assessing community well-being. It is a complex undertaking but there exists enough conceptualization and application that a relational framework is proposed with the intent of aiding in tying the use of indicators to assessment of community well-being. Keywords Quality of life. Community well-being. Indicators. Subjective and objective well-being Overview Community indicators can help deepen understanding of complex and interrelated aspects that are inherent in any area where people, nature, economies, politics, and any other dimension of life intersect. Communities are indeed complex by their very nature and represent a full range of interaction and relational effects. Indicators, by their nature, seek to break down these complexities for measurement to foster insight and understanding. This is typically done via subjective and objective data points that

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Measurement properties of the Community Wellbeing Index in older adults

Abstract: The CWI, made up of three subscales, is a valid and reliable measure of subjective wellbeing related to the community as assessed by older adults. Further research with this promising measure should focus on cross-national comparisons.

Cited by 71 publications

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Design, measures and sample characteristics of the CadeViMa-Spain survey on quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

Design, measures and sample characteristics of the CadeViMa-Spain survey on quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

Components and determinants of quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

Indicators and Community Well-Being: Exploring a Relational Framework

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