Het is alweer enige tijd geleden sinds ons laatste bericht.Wij konden u toen melden dat 75 ouderen en 64 mantelzorgers uit de regio's Nijmegen, Groningen, Leiden en Amsterdam hadden deelgenomen aan het project. Inmiddels hebben we de laatste ouderen, die deelnamen aan het onderzoek, thuis opgezocht en staat de teller op 124 ouderen en 76 mantelzorgers!
Momenteel zijn we druk bezig met het analyseren van de gegevens die we hebben verzameld. Zodra de eerste resutaten bekend zijn en gepresenteerd mogen worden, kunt u dit op deze website terugvinden.
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Summary of the OPROCS project:
The Older persons Relevant Outcome of Care Score (OPROCS) project has the aim to construct a preference-weighted composite endpoint (CEP) based on the health state preferences of older persons, informal caregivers and healthcare professionals.
The CEP is multidimensional and combines eight components derived from the TOPICS-MDS*: morbidities, functional limitations, emotional well-being, pain experience, cognitive functioning, self-perceived health, and self-perceived quality of life.
Benefits of using this CEP (called TOPICS-CEP) is that the overall value of interventions can be indexed in a standardized manner which makes the evaluation process of various interventions or research projects easier and more objective.
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*TOPICS-MDS
The Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey - Minimal DataSet (TOPICS-MDS) was developed within the National Care for the Elderly Program (NCEP). It is a measurement instrument that includes multiple validated instruments which are used to assess various outcome domains.
For more information about TOPICS-MDS, please click here.
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