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© The Author(s) 2023. Objectives: We aimed to co-produce and validate an accessible, evidence-based questionnaire measuring ‘living well’ with dementia that reflects the experience of people with mild-to-moderate dementia. Methods: Nine people with dementia formed a co-production group. An initial series of workshops generated the format of the questionnaire and a longlist of items. Preliminary testing with 53 IDEAL cohort participants yielded a shortlist of items. These were tested with 136 IDEAL cohort participants during a further round of data collection and assessed for reliability and validity. The co-production group contributed to decisions throughout and agreed the final version. Results: An initial list of 230 items was reduced to 41 for initial testing, 12 for full testing, and 10 for the final version. The 10-item version had good internal consistency and test-retest reliability, and a single factor structure. Analyses showed significant large positive correlations with scores on measures of quality of life, well-being, and satisfaction with life, and expected patterns of association including a significant large negative association with depression scores and no association with cognitive test scores. Conclusions: The co-produced My Life Questionnaire is an accessible and valid measure of ‘living well’ with dementia suitable for use in a range of contexts.
Author(s): Clare L, Pentecost C, Collins R, Martyr A, Litherland R, Morris RG, Quinn C, Gamble LD, Sabatini S, Victor C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Dementia
Year: 2023
Pages: Epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 12/07/2023
Acceptance date: 02/04/2018
Date deposited: 09/08/2023
ISSN (print): 1471-3012
ISSN (electronic): 1741-2684
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012231188502
DOI: 10.1177/14713012231188502
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