Questioning the Questionnaire: Methodological Challenges in Measuring Subjective Quality of Life in Nursing Homes Using Cognitive Interviewing Techniques
| Autor: | Torsten Hovorka, Liane Schenk, Daniel Drewniak, Roger Meyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Research design
Male Process (engineering) media_common.quotation_subject Applied psychology Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Germany Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine Cognitive interview Qualitative Research media_common Aged Aged 80 and over 030504 nursing Perspective (graphical) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Test (assessment) Nursing Homes Quality of Life Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Nursing homes |
| Zdroj: | Qualitative health research. 29(7) |
| ISSN: | 1049-7323 |
| Popis: | Although the concept of subjective quality of life in the nursing home setting is seen as a promising approach to discovering opportunities for improvement from the resident’s perspective, it appears problematic in classical surveys that self-reported quality ratings on the basis of satisfaction questions tend to turn out overly positive. The aim of this article is to analyze how people in residential care facilities interpret and process response stimuli received from a questionnaire on subjective quality of life. In this analysis, we aim to gain methodological insights into the way a survey instrument on subjective quality of life can adequately represent individual ratings, as well as expectations regarding different aspects of quality of life. To test the feasibility of the proposed approach, we employed a range of probing techniques from the cognitive interviewing approach. The result is a promising design principle for constructing survey instruments to measure subjective quality of life. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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