ASCOT instruments for service users and carers
German version of ASCOT – information and how to obtain a licence: https://www.pssru.ac.uk/ascot/translations/ or https://www.wu.ac.at/en/altersoekonomie/ascot . For Information in German see https://www.wu.ac.at/altersoekonomie/ascot
Publications:
*Preference studies
Batchelder, Laurie, Malley, Juliette, Burge, Peter, Lu, Hui, Saloniki, Eirini-Christina, Linnosmaa, Ismo, Trukeschitz, Birgit, Forder, Julien. 2019. Carer Social Care-Related Quality of Life Outcomes: Estimating English Preference Weights for the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Carers. Value in Health. 22 (12), 1427-1440. – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109830151932337X
Saloniki, Eirini-Christina, Malley, Juliette, Burge, Peter, Lu, Hui, Batchelder, Laurie, Linnosmaa, Ismo, Trukeschitz, Birgit, Forder, Julien. 2019. Comparing internet and face-to-face surveys as methods for eliciting preferences for social care-related quality of life: evidence from England using the ASCOT service user measure. Quality of Life Research. 28 2207-2220. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-019-02172-2
Hajji, Assma, Trukeschitz, Birgit, Malley, Juliette, Batchelder, Laurie, Saloniki, Eirini, Linnosmaa, Ismo, Lu, Hui. 2020. Population-based preference weights for the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) for service users for Austria: Findings from a best-worst experiment. Social Science and Medicine. 250 (11279), 1-10. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953620300113
*Quality of life outcomes of long-term care services
Trukeschitz, Birgit, Hajji, Assma, Litschauer, Judith, Kieninger, Judith, Linnosmaa, Ismo. 2018. Wie wirken sich Pflegedienste auf die Lebensqualität aus? [The effects of long-term care services on quality of life in Austria] Trendreport 1/2018, 20.06.18 https://www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu/d/ri/altersoekonomie/Trendreport_1_2018_ASCOT.pdf
Translation of ASCOT into German and construct validity
Trukeschitz Birgit, Litschauer Judith, Hajji Assma, Kieninger Judith, Schoch Adiam, Malley Juliette, Rand Stacey, Linnosmaa Ismo and Forder Julien (2020) Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Construct Validity of the German Version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Service Users (German ASCOT). Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 18:326, 1-19
Translation of ASCOT-Carer into German and construct validity
Trukeschitz, Birgit; Hajji, Assma; Litschauer, Judith; Malley, Juliette; Schoch, Adiam; Rand, Stacey; Linnosmaa, Ismo; Forder, Julien (2021) Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Construct Validity of the German Version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Informal Carers (German ASCOT-Carer). Quality of Life Research, 30: 905-920, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-020-02682-4
Quality of life of home care service users – summary of results for Austria:
Trukeschitz, Birgit; Hajji, Assma; Litschauer, Judith; Kieninger, Judith; Linnosmaa, Ismo.2018. Wie wirken sich Pflegedienste auf die Lebensqualität aus? [How do care services affect quality of life?] Trendreport 1/2018, 20.06.18 (Report in German only)
Factors influencing the effects of home care services on service users’ quality of life in Austria, England and Finland
Trukeschitz Birgit, Hajji Assma, Kieninger Judith, Malley Juliette, Linnosmaa Ismo and Forder Julien (accepted for publication) Investigating factors influencing quality-of-life effects of home care services in Austria, England, and Finland: a comparative analysis. European Journal of Social Policy – link to the paper will be provided when published
Which areas of life are important to people in Austria in case of care dependency (preference weights for ASCOT SCT4 and INT4 for Austria):
Hajji, Assma; Trukeschitz, Birgit; Malley, Juliette; Batchelder, Laurie; Saloniki, Elrini; Linnosmaa, Ismo; Lu, Hui.2020. Population-based preference weights for the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) for service users for Austria: Findings from a best-worst experiment. Social Science and Medicine. 250 (112792), 1-10.
Which areas of life are important to people in Austria in case of caring for a relative (preference weights for ASCOT-Carer SCT4 and INT4 for Austria):
Trukeschitz, Birgit; Hajji, Assma; Batchelder, Laurie; Saloniki, Eirini; Linnosmaa, Ismo; Malley, Juliette. (2021). What’s important when caring for a loved one? Population-based preference weights for the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for informal carers (ASCOT-Carer) for Austria, Quality of Life Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-02775-8.
EXCELC-ASCOT INT4: study design and descriptives – Austria
Trukeschitz Birgit, Litschauer Judith, Kieninger Judith, Hajji Assma, and Schoch Adiam (2018): Study Design and Descriptive Statistics for the Austrian Sample of Adult Users of Home Care Services, EXCELC-Discussion Paper No. 2/2018 and Discussion Paper No. 4/2018 of the WU Research Institute for Economics of Aging, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.
EXCELC-ASCOT-Carer INT4: study design and descriptives – Austria
Trukeschitz Birgit, Litschauer Judith, Kieninger Judith, Hajji Assma, and Schoch Adiam (2018): Study Design and Descriptive Statistics for the Austrian Sample of Informal Carers, EXCELC-Discussion Paper No. 3/2018 and Discussion Paper No. 5/2018 of the WU Research Institute for Economics of Aging, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.