Table 7.
Responsiveness of QoL measures by care recipient health status and hours of care provided per week.
| n | Baseline score, mean (SD) | Follow-up score, mean (SD) | Score change, mean (SD) | SRM | Effect size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care recipient health status (meaningful change at 0.063) | ||||||
| CES | ||||||
| Improved | 81 | 62.14 (17.41) | 66.03 (18.97) | 3.88 (17.67) | 0.22 | Small |
| No change | 73 | 65.18 (19.05) | 64.24 (19.51) | −0.94 (13.68) | −0.07 | |
| Worsened | 83 | 61.77 (19.15) | 66.11 (19.06) | 4.34 (20.44) | 0.21 | Small |
| CarerQoL | ||||||
| Improved | 82 | 72.75 (21.03) | 75.68 (18.11) | 2.94 (17.55) | 0.17 | |
| No change | 68 | 72.60 (22.13) | 72.99 (21.27) | 0.39 (13.80) | 0.03 | |
| Worsened | 82 | 70.99 (19.91) | 71.06 (20.90) | 0.07 (15.39) | 0.00 | |
| ASCOT-carer | ||||||
| Improved | 91 | 0.74 (0.21) | 0.76 (0.21) | 0.02 (0.15) | 0.10 | |
| No change | 75 | 0.77 (0.22) | 0.77 (0.21) | 0.00 (0.12) | 0.03 | |
| Worsened | 91 | 0.74 (0.21) | 0.76 (0.18) | 0.02 (0.18) | 0.08 | |
| EQ-5D-5L | ||||||
| Improved | 92 | 0.80 (0.21) | 0.74 (0.20) | −0.05 (0.20) | −0.26 | Small |
| No change | 79 | 0.80 (0.20) | 0.76 (0.22) | −0.04 (0.14) | −0.28 | Small |
| Worsened | 93 | 0.80 (0.22) | 0.72 (0.22) | −0.09 (0.16) | −0.54 | Moderate |
| ICECAP-A | ||||||
| Improved | 91 | 0.75 (0.21) | 0.81 (0.17) | 0.05 (0.16) | 0.31 | Small |
| No change | 76 | 0.76 (0.22) | 0.83 (0.16) | 0.07 (0.17) | 0.40 | Small |
| Worsened | 92 | 0.77 (0.21) | 0.81 (0.18) | 0.04 (0.18) | 0.21 | Small |
| Hours of care provided per week (threshold of ±20 h and ±50 h of care per week) | ||||||
| CES | ||||||
| Less hours | 44 | 59.34 (20.69) | 64.91 (21.05) | 5.38 (22.57) | 0.24 | Small |
| No change | 177 | 62.95(18.49) | 65.02 (19.39) | 1.53 (16.67) | 0.09 | |
| More hours | 45 | 64.95 (18.17) | 65.61 (18.69) | 0.57 (15.70) | 0.04 | |
| CarerQoL | ||||||
| Less hours | 43 | 68.68 (23.28) | 74.06 (18.82) | 6.02 (21.13) | 0.28 | Small |
| No change | 168 | 72.33 (21.56) | 73.44 (21.74) | 1.30 (14.54) | 0.09 | |
| More hours | 48 | 74.69 (20.84) | 74.15 (18.79) | −0.06 (13.50) | 0.00 | |
| ASCOT-Carer | ||||||
| Less hours | 45 | 0.70 (0.21) | 0.75 (0.19) | 0.05 (0.19) | 0.26 | Small |
| No change | 189 | 0.74 (0.23) | 0.74 (0.23) | 0.01 (0.14) | 0.07 | |
| More hours | 56 | 0.78 (0.20) | 0.75 (0.19) | −0.03 (0.13) | −0.25 | Small |
| EQ-5D-5L | ||||||
| Less hours | 48 | 0.77 (0.23) | 0.74 (0.18) | −0.04 (0.20) | −0.20 | Small |
| No change | 190 | 0.80 (0.21) | 0.74 (0.25) | −0.06 (0.17) | −0.36 | Small |
| More hours | 55 | 0.82 (0.19) | 0.73 (0.19) | −0.09 (0.20) | −0.45 | Small |
| ICECAP-A | ||||||
| Less hours | 45 | 0.74 (0.21) | 0.83 (0.14) | 0.08 (0.21) | 0.40 | Small |
| No change | 184 | 0.75 (0.22) | 0.81 (0.19) | 0.06 (0.15) | 0.36 | Small |
| More hours | 57 | 0.80 (0.19) | 0.78 (0.19) | −0.02 (0.19) | −0.11 | |
QoL indicates quality of life; SRM, standardized response mean.