Quality of life (QOL) among community dwelling older people in Taiwan measured by the CASP-19, an index to capture QOL in old age

Association between frailty and quality of life among community-dwelling older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Three articles are from Taiwan,27 28 31 two each from Canada,29 30 the UK,25 33 Italy23 32 and the Netherlands,26 34 and one each from Germany24 and the USA 14. Sample sizes ranged from 8329 to 5703 30.…”

Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Quality of Life in Early Old Age (CASP- 19)

“…This tool has been translated into 12 languages and numerous studies have been carried out to standardize it and assess its psychometric features in different countries and cultures, including in Brazil (16), Taiwan (17), Ireland (18), and Ethiopia (19). In a study (2007), this inventory was used to evaluate aged men and women living in 10 European countries, including Sweden, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France, Denmark, Greece, and Switzerland (19).…”

Association of quality of life with laboratory measurements and lifestyle factors in community dwelling older people in Taiwan

“…The mean CASP-19 total score was 38.2 (SD 7.1, range 11À56) (Wu et al, 2013). There was no evident ceiling or floor effect as the scores were normally distributed ( Figure 2).…”

“…There was no difference between all the health examinees (n D 3680) and the sample drawn at random with regard to age and gender distribution (p D 0.91 and 0.82, respectively). In our previous work (Wu et al, 2013), we also compared our study participants to the rest of the health examinees. In brief, the two groups did not differ significantly in the following characteristics: age, gender, education, living status, etc.…”

“…CASP-19 has been used in many major international studies. CASP-19 Chinese Taiwan version is a validated standard instrument (Wu et al, 2013). The five-factor model of CASP-19 we proposed has varied items in each domain (2, 2, 5, 6 and 4 items for control, autonomy, self-realization, pleasure and participation, respectively), which makes comparison between domain scores difficult.…”