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Table 1.

Summary of reviewed papers with conceptual frameworks, concept used, definitions, and methodological considerations about older people

	Study	Conceptual framework	Definition	Concept used		Considerations about older people
	Study	Conceptual framework	Definition	QoL	HRQoL	Age-specific content/instrument adaption	Administration method	Cognitive status
1	Grimby et al. (1994)		×		x	x^a	I	nr
2	Berlowitz (1995)				x	x^a	I	Excluded
3	Kumar et al. (1995)		×	x			I, R	nr
4	Noro et al. (1996)		×		×	×^ab	I, S	Excluded
5	Roderiguez et al. (1996)			×			I, R	nr
6	Brazier et al. (1996)				×	×^a	I, S	nr
7	Hanlon et al. (1996)				×		I, Ph	nr
8	MacRae et al. (1996)			×			I,R	Excluded
9	McHugh et al. (1997)		×	×			I,R	Excluded
10	Finkel et al. (1999)			×			I	Excluded
11	De Leo et al. (1998)		×	×		×^a	S	Measured
12	Livingston et al. (1998)		×		×		I	Measured
13	Berkman (1999)		×		×		S	nr
14	Byles (1999)				×	×^a	S	nr
15	Grundy et al. (1999)	×	×	×		×^a	I	nr
16	Varma et al. (1999)			×			I, S	Excluded
17	Gagnon et al. (1999)			×			I,R	Excluded
18	Dempster et al. (2000)		×	×		×^a	I	Excluded
19	McFall (2000)		×		×		S	nr
20	Nesbitt et al. (2000)	×	×	×			I	Excluded
21	Sarvimäki et al. (2000)	×	×	×		×^a	I	nr
22	Burns et al. (2000)			×			I	Excluded
23	Fry (2001)	×			×		S	Excluded
24	Bowling et al. (2002)			×		×^a	I	nr
25	Jenkins (2002)				×		S	nr
26	Assantachai et al. (2003)			×			I	nr
27	Higgs et al. (2003)	×	×	×		×^ab	S	nr
28	Pfisterer et al. (2003)			×			S	nr
29	Beaumont (2004)	×		×		×^ab	I	Excluded
30	Bonders (2004)				×	×^a	Ph	Excluded
31	Brand et al. (2004)			×			Ph, R	nr
32	Byles et al. (2004)				×		S, Ph	Measured
33	Feldman et al. (2004)			×			I, Ph, R	Measured
34	Fletcher et al. (2004)			×			I,R	nr
35	Hellstrøm et al. (2004a)		×	×	×	×^a	S	nr
36	Hellstrøm et al. (2004b)		×	×		×^ab	S	nr
37	Nelson et al. (2004)			×			S	Excluded
38	Peek (2004)				×	×^a	I	Excluded
39	Reeves et al. (2004)			×	×		I	Excluded
40	Tidermark et al. (2004)				×	×^b	I	Excluded
41	Akifusa et al. (2005)		×	×			nr	nr
42	Borglin et al. (2005)		×	×	×	×^a	S	Excluded
43	Lui-Ambrose et al. (2005)		×		×	×^a	I	Excluded
44	Stenzelius et al. (2005)		×	×		×^a	S	nr
45	Andersson et al. (2006)			×		×^a	S,I	Measured
46	Byles et al. (2006)				×		S	nr
47	Lee (2006)		×	×		×^a	I	Excluded

nr not reported

Face-to face interview, I; written self-report, S; phone interview, Ph; patient`s health, death and laboratory records, R

^aAge-specific content area

^bInstrument adaptation