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. 2019 Dec 24;29(6):1433–1464. doi: 10.1007/s11136-019-02393-5

Table 9.

Correlations reported in the included studies

Capabilities instrument Compared with (long name) Compared with (short name) Country Population Number of informants Measurement of correlation Value of correlation Reference
ACQ‐CMH‐104 WHOQOL‐Bref WHOQOL‐Bref Portugal Psychiatric patients participating in community mental health organisations 129 Pearson coefficient 0.60 [66]
ACQ‐CMH‐104 RAS-P Recovery assessment scale Portugal Psychiatric patients participating in community mental health organisations 92 Pearson coefficient 0.46 [66]
ASCOT EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK Day care for older people 224 Spearman Rank 0.47 [68]
ASCOT ICECAP-O ICECAP-O UK Older social care users 205 Spearman Rank 0.81 [21]
ASCOT EQ-5D-5L EQ-5D-5L UK Older social care users 205 Spearman Rank 0.63 [21]
ASCOT EQ-5D-VAS EQ-5D-VAS UK Older social care users 205 Spearman Rank 0.64 [21]
ASCOT Barthel Index Barthel Index UK Older social care users 205 Spearman Rank 0.45 [21]
ASCOT GDS-15 (negative correlation) GDS-15* UK Older social care users 205 Spearman Rank 0.69 [21]
ASCOT OPQOL-13 OPQOL-13 UK Older social care users 205 Spearman Rank 0.76 [21]
ASCOT SWLS SWLS UK Older social care users 205 Spearman Rank 0.74 [21]
ASCOT Cantril’s Ladder Cantril’s Ladder UK Older social care users 205 Spearman Rank 0.66 [21]
ASCOT Older People’s Quality-of-Life brief questionnaire OPQoL-Brief Australia Community-dwelling older people receiving aged care services 87 Spearman Rank 0.58 [69]
ASCOT EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK Older people receiving publicly funded home care services 301 Pearson correlation 0.40 [70]
ASCOT EQ-5D-5L EQ-5D-5L Australia Older adults in a day rehabilitation facility 22 Spearman Rank 0.24 [71]
ASCOT Brief Older People’s Quality of Life OPQOL-brief Australia Older adults in a day rehabilitation facility 22 Spearman Rank 0.38 [71]
ASCOT EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK Older home care residents 301 Pearson coefficient 0.41 [52]
ASCOT GHQ-12 (negative correlation) GHQ-12* UK Older home care residents 301 Pearson coefficient 0.58 [52]
ASCOT Control and autonomy subscale of CASP-12 CASP-12 UK Older home care residents 301 Pearson coefficient 0.58 [52]
ASCOT EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK General population 200 Gradient 0.98 [73]
ASCOT EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L Netherlands Frail older adults living at home 190 Spearman Rank 0.41 [74]
ASCOT ICECAP-O ICECAP-O Netherlands Frail older adults living at home 190 Spearman Rank 0.41 [74]
ASCOT EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK Community-based adult social care service users 748 Spearman Rank 0.37 [72]
ASCOT ICECAP-O ICECAP-O UK Community-based adult social care service users 748 Spearman Rank 0.67 [72]
ASCOT ICECAP-A ICECAP-A UK Community-based adult social care service users 748 Spearman Rank 0.62 [72]
ASCOT-Carer Carer Experience Scale (CES) CES UK Social care recipients 376 Spearman Rank 0.58 [76]
ASCOT-Carer Carer Strain Index (negative correlation) CSI UK Social care recipients 384 Spearman Rank − 59 [76]
ASCOT-Carer EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK Social care recipients 382 Spearman Rank 0.34 [76]
ASCOT-Carer QoL (single item using a 7-point Likert scale) QoL UK Social care recipients 384 Spearman Rank 0.62 [76]
ICECAP-A Assessment of Quality of Life AQoL-8D Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, USA Patients with seven chronic conditions and a sample of the ‘healthy’ public 8022 Spearman Rank 0.80 [20]
ICECAP-A EQ-5D-5L EQ-5D-5L Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, USA Patients with seven chronic conditions and a sample of the ‘healthy’ public 8022 Spearman Rank 0.60 [20]
ICECAP-A 15D 15D 6 countries (MIC) Representative healthy cohort and from patients in eight clinical areas 6756 Pearson coefficient (average of correlations among factors) 0.50 [24]
ICECAP-A AQoL-8D AQoL-8D 6 countries (MIC) Representative healthy cohort and from patients in eight clinical areas 6756 Pearson coefficient (average of correlations among factors) 0.31 [24]
ICECAP-A EQ-5D-5L EQ-5D-5L 6 countries (MIC) Representative healthy cohort and from patients in eight clinical areas 6756 Pearson coefficient (average of correlations among factors) 0.49 [24]
ICECAP-A HUI-3 HUI-3 6 countries (MIC) Representative healthy cohort and from patients in eight clinical areas 6756 Pearson coefficient (average of correlations among factors) 0.32 [24]
ICECAP-A SF-6D SF-6D 6 countries (MIC) Representative healthy cohort and from patients in eight clinical areas 6756 Pearson coefficient (average of correlations among factors) 0.47 [24]
ICECAP-A HUI-3 HUI-3 Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, and USA Individuals with self-reported depression 917 R2 0.46 [79]
ICECAP-A SF-6D SF-6D Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, and USA Individuals with self-reported depression 917 R2 0.36 [79]
ICECAP-A 15D 15D Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, and USA Individuals with self-reported depression 917 R2 0.42 [79]
ICECAP-A Assessment of Quality-of-Life Multi-Attribute Utility Instrument AQoL-8D Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, and USA Individuals with self-reported depression 917 R2 0.58 [79]
ICECAP-A EQ-5D-5L EQ-5D-5L Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, and USA Individuals with self-reported depression 917 R2 0.34 [79]
ICECAP-A EQ-5D-5L EQ-5D-5L Canada Patients with Spinal Cord Injury 364 Path analysis 0.37 [78]
ICECAP-A Assessment of Quality-of-Life Multi-Attribute Utility Instrument AQoL-8D Canada Patients with Spinal Cord Injury 364 Path analysis 0.54 [78]
ICECAP-A Leeds Dependence Questionnaire (negative correlation) LDQ* UK Individuals receiving opiate substitution treatment for more than 12 months 83 Pearson coefficient 0.48 [34]
ICECAP-A Social Satisfaction Questionnaire SSQ UK Individuals receiving opiate substitution treatment for more than 12 months 83 Pearson coefficient 0.43 [34]
ICECAP-A EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK Women with lower urinary tract symptoms 478 Pearson coefficient 0.53 [23]
ICECAP-A EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK Knee pain patients in primary care 500 Spearman Rank 0.49 [27]
ICECAP-A 36-Item Short Form Health Survey SF-36 Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, USA Patients with seven chronic conditions and a sample of the ‘healthy’ public 8022 R2 0.57 [116]
ICECAP-A 36-Item Short Form Health Survey AQoL-8D Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, UK, USA Patients with seven chronic conditions and a sample of the ‘healthy’ public 8022 R2 0.71 [116]
ICECAP-A EQ-5D-5L EQ-5D-5L Germany Healthy Samples and Seven Health Condition Groups 1212 Pearson coefficient 0.62 [108]
ICECAP-A SWLS SWLS Germany Healthy Samples and Seven Health Condition Groups 1212 Pearson coefficient 0.66 [108]
ICECAP-A SF-6D SF-6D Germany Healthy Samples and Seven Health Condition Groups 1212 Pearson coefficient 0.64 [108]
ICECAP-A Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale DASS-D 4 English speaking countries of MIC Individuals with depression 617 R2 ? [38]
ICECAP-A Kessler Psychological Distress Scale K10 4 English speaking countries of MIC Individuals with depression 617 R2 ? [38]
ICECAP-A EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L China General population 975 Polychoric correlation coefficient 0.45 [107]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK General population aged 65 and over 315 Chi-squared tests 0.42 (Attachment), 0.008** (Security), < 0.001** (Role), < 0.001** (Enjoyment), < 0.001** (Control) [40]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D EQ-5D-3L Australia Patients from an outpatient day rehabilitation unit 80 Spearman Rank 0.44 [22]
ICECAP-O CTM-3 CTM-3 Australia Patients from an outpatient day rehabilitation unit 82 Spearman Rank 0.23 [22]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D EQ-5D-3L Canada Participants visiting the Vancouver Falls Prevention Clinic 215 Spearman Rank 0.47 [25]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK Aged over 65 years, requiring a hospital visit and/or care home resident, and recruited to one of 3 studies forming the Medical Crisis in Older People (MCOP) programme 584 R2 0.35 [26]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D-5L EQ-5D-5L UK Older social care users 207 Spearman Rank 0.68 [21]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D-VAS EQ-5D-VAS UK Older social care users 208 Spearman Rank 0.66 [21]
ICECAP-O Barthel Index Barthel Index UK Older social care users 209 Spearman Rank 0.49 [21]
ICECAP-O GDS-15 (negative correlation) GDS-15* UK Older social care users 210 Spearman Rank 0.73 [21]
ICECAP-O OPQOL-13 OPQOL-13 UK Older social care users 211 Spearman Rank 0.80 [21]
ICECAP-O SWLS SWLS UK Older social care users 212 Spearman Rank 0.82 [21]
ICECAP-O Cantril’s Ladder Cantril’s Ladder UK Older social care users 213 Spearman Rank 0.74 [21]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D-5L EQ-5D-5L UK People aged 70 and older 516 Spearman Rank 0.63 [90]
ICECAP-O Barthel Index Barthel Index Germany Nursing Home Residents with Dementia 95 Pearson coefficient 0.72 [18]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L Germany Nursing Home Residents with Dementia 95 Pearson coefficient 0.69 [18]
ICECAP-O ADRQL ADRQL Germany Nursing Home Residents with Dementia 95 Pearson coefficient 0.53 [18]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L Australia Older people following surgery for hip fracture 87 Spearman Rank 0.53 [93]
ICECAP-O Western Ontario and McMaster Universities WOMAC UK Osteoarthritis patients requiring joint replacement 105 R2 0.40 [94]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L UK Participants aged 65 years and over with an intracapsular fracture of the hip 113 Pearson coefficient 0.34 [95]
ICECAP-O Oxford Hip Score OHS UK Participants aged 65 years and over with an intracapsular fracture of the hip 113 Pearson coefficient 0.38 [95]
ICECAP-O Barthel Index measure of activities of daily living Barthel Index Spain Nursing professionals serving as proxy respondents for dementia patients 217 Not reported 0.68 [87]
ICECAP-O Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Quality of Life ADRQL Spain Nursing professionals serving as proxy respondents for dementia patients 217 Not reported 0.61 [87]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D extended with a cognitive dimension EQ-5D + C Spain Nursing professionals serving as proxy respondents for dementia patients 217 Not reported 0.62 [87]
ICECAP-O EQ-5D-3L EQ-5D-3L Netherlands Frail older adults living at home 190 Spearman Rank 0.63 [74]
ICECAP-O Parkinson’s specific QoL PDQ-39 ? People with Parkinson’s 1023 Not reported 0.53 [96]
ICECAP-O family version EQ-5D family version EQ-5D family version Netherlands Nursing professionals of psycho-geriatric elderly 96 Pearson coefficient 0.57 [92]
ICECAP-O family version EQ-VAS family version EQ-VAS family version Netherlands Family members of psycho-geriatric elderly 68 Pearson coefficient 0.43 [92]
ICECAP-O nursing version EQ-5D nursing version EQ-5D nursing version Netherlands Nursing professionals of psycho-geriatric elderly 96 Pearson coefficient 0.48 [92]
ICECAP-O nursing version EQ-VAS nursing version EQ-VAS nursing version Netherlands Family members of psycho-geriatric elderly 68 Pearson coefficient 0.55 [92]
OxCAP-MH EQ-5D-index UK EQ-5D-index UK Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 159 Spearman Rank 0.67 [17]
OxCAP-MH EQ-5D-index DE EQ-5D-index DE Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 160 Spearman Rank 0.66 [17]
OxCAP-MH EQ-5D VAS EQ-5D VAS Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 161 Spearman Rank 0.58 [17]
OxCAP-MH BSI-18 BSI-18 Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 162 Spearman Rank − 67 [17]
OxCAP-MH WHOQOL-BREF Physical health WHOQOL-BREF Physical health Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 163 Spearman Rank 0.69 [17]
OxCAP-MH WHOQOL-BREF Psychological WHOQOL-BREF Psychological Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 164 Spearman Rank 0.75 [17]
OxCAP-MH WHOQOL-BREF Social relationships WHOQOL-BREF Social relationships Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 165 Spearman Rank 0.50 [17]
OxCAP-MH WHOQOL-BREF Environment WHOQOL-BREF Environment Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 166 Spearman Rank 0.69 [17]
OxCAP-MH Mini-ICF-APP Mini-ICF-APP Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 167 Spearman Rank − 0.47 [17]
OxCAP-MH Global Assessment of Functioning GAF Austria Patients in socio-psychiatric services 168 Spearman Rank 0.35 [17]
OxCAP-MH EQ-5D-3L Utility EQ-5D-3L UK Patients with psychosis 172 Pearson coefficient 0.45 [19]
OxCAP-MH EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale EQ-5D-VAS UK Patients with psychosis 172 Pearson coefficient 0.52 [19]
OxCAP-MH Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (negative correlation) BPRS* UK Patients with psychosis 172 Pearson coefficient 0.41 [19]
OxCAP-MH Global Assessment of Functioning GAF UK Patients with psychosis 172 Pearson coefficient 0.24 [19]
OxCAP-MH Objective Social Outcomes Index SIX UK Patients with psychosis 172 Pearson coefficient 0.12 [19]
Women’s Capabilities Index WHOQOL-Bref WHOQOL-Bref Malawi Women from Mchinji, Malawi 20 Pearson correlation 0.62 [64]