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Table 5.

Construct validity of capability instruments for health economic evaluations

Capabilities instrument	Compared with… (full names in Appendix 5)	Value of correlation*	Population (country in Appendix 5)	Number of informants	References
ACQ‐CMH‐104	RAS	0.46*	Psychiatric patients	92	[66]
ACQ‐CMH‐104	WHOQOL‐Bref	0.60*	Psychiatric patients	129	[66]
ASCOT	Barthel Index	0.45	Older social care users	205	[21]
	Cantril’s Ladder	0.66	Older social care users	205	[21]
	CASP-12	0.58	Older home care residents	301	[52]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.41	Older home care residents	301	[52]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.40	Older home care residents	301	[70]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.47	Older home care residents	224	[68]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.41*	Frail older adults living at home	190	[74]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.37	Older social care users	748	[72]
	EQ-5D-5L	0.63	Older social care users	205	[21]
	EQ-5D-5L	0.24	Older adults in a day rehabilitation facility	22	[71]
	EQ-5D-VAS	0.64	Older social care users	205	[21]
	GDS-15	− 0.69	Older social care users	205	[21]
	GHQ-12	− 0.58	Older home care residents	301	[52]
	ICECAP-A	0.62	Older social care users	748	[72]
	ICECAP-O	0.81	Older social care users	205	[21]
	ICECAP-O	0.41*	Frail older adults living at home	190	[74]
	ICECAP-O	0.67	Older social care users	748	[72]
	OPQOL-13	0.76	Older social care users	205	[21]
	OPQOL-brief	0.38	Older adults in a day rehabilitation facility	22	[71]
	OPQoL-Brief	0.58	Older social care users	87	[69]
	SWLS	0.74	Older social care users	205	[21]
ASCOT-Carer	CES	0.58	Social care recipients	376	[76]
	CSI	− 0.59	Social care recipients	384	[76]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.34	Social care recipients	382	[76]
	QoL	0.62	Social care recipients	384	[76]
ICECAP-A	15D	0.50*	Healthy general public and patients from 8 disease areas	6756	[24]
	AQoL-8D	0.31*	Healthy general public and patients from 8 disease areas	6756	[24]
	AQoL-8D	0.80	Healthy general public and patients with 7 chronic conditions	8022	[20]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.53	Women with lower urinary tract infection	478	[23]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.49	Knee pain patients in primary care	500	[27]
	EQ-5D-5L	0.62*	Healthy general public and patients with 7 chronic conditions	1212	[108]
	EQ-5D-5L	0.49*	Healthy general public and patients from 8 disease areas	6756	[24]
	EQ-5D-5L	0.60	Healthy general public and patients with 7 chronic conditions	8022	[20]
	HUI-3	0.32*	Healthy general public and patients from 8 disease areas	6756	[24]
	LDQ	− 0.48	Opiate substitution recipients	83	[34]
	SF-6D	0.64*	Healthy general public and patients with 7 chronic conditions	1212	[108]
	SF-6D	0.47*	Healthy general public and patients from 8 disease areas	6756	[24]
	SSQ	0.43	Opiate substitution recipients	83	[34]
	SWLS	0.66*	Healthy general public and patients with 7 chronic conditions	1212	[108]
ICECAP-O	ADRQL	0.53*	Nursing home residents with dementia	95	[18]
	Barthel Index	0.49	Older social care users	209	[21]
	Barthel Index	0.72*	Nursing home residents with dementia	95	[18]
	Cantril’s Ladder	0.74	Older social care users	213	[21]
	CTM-3	0.23	Patients from outpatient day rehabilitation unit	82	[22]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.34	Older people with hip fracture	113	[95]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.69*	Nursing home residents with dementia	95	[18]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.53	Older people after hip fracture surgery	87	[93]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.44	Patients from outpatient day rehabilitation unit	80	[22]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.47	Patients visiting the clinic	215	[25]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.63	Frail older adults living at home	190	[74]
	EQ-5D-5L	0.68	Older social care users	207	[21]
	EQ-5D-5L	0.63	General population aged 70 or older	516	[90]
	EQ-5D-VAS	0.66	Older social care users	208	[21]
	GDS-15	− 0.73	Older social care users	210	[21]
	OHS	0.38	Older people with hip fracture	113	[95]
	OPQOL-13	0.80	Older social care users	211	[21]
	SWLS	0.82	Older social care users	212	[21]
ICECAP-O family version	EQ-5D family version	0.57*	Nursing professionals of psycho-geriatric elderly	96	[92]
ICECAP-O family version	EQ-VAS family version	0.43*	Family members of psycho-geriatric elderly	68	[92]
ICECAP-O nursing version	EQ-5D nursing version	0.48*	Nursing professionals of psycho-geriatric elderly	96	[92]
ICECAP-O nursing version	EQ-VAS nursing version	0.55*	Family members of psycho-geriatric elderly	68	[92]
OxCAP-MH	BPRS	− 0.41	Patients with psychosis	172	[19]
	BSI-18	− 0.67*	Patients in socio-psychiatric services	162	[17]
	EQ-5D VAS	0.58*	Patients in socio-psychiatric services	161	[17]
	EQ-5D-3L	0.45	Patients with psychosis	172	[19]
	EQ-5D-5L	0.66*	Patients in socio-psychiatric services	160	[17]
	EQ-5D-VAS	0.52	Patients with psychosis	172	[19]
	GAF	0.24	Patients with psychosis	172	[19]
	GAF	0.35*	Patients in socio-psychiatric services	168	[17]
	Mini-ICF-APP	− 0.47*	Patients in socio-psychiatric services	167	[17]
	SIX	0.12	Patients with psychosis	172	[19]
	WHOQOL-Bref Environment	0.69*	Patients in socio-psychiatric services	166	[17]
	WHOQOL-BREF Physical health	0.69*	Patients in socio-psychiatric services	163	[17]
	WHOQOL-Bref Psychological	0.75*	Patients in socio-psychiatric services	164	[17]
	WHOQOL-Bref Social relationships	0.50	Patients in socio-psychiatric services	165	[17]
Women’s Capabilities Index	WHOQOL-Bref	0.62*	Women from Malawi	20	[64]

Values in italic are Pearson’s coefficients, values in standard writing are Spearman rank correlations. A * behind the value means that the study used a non-English version of the capability instrument