Care, life quality and home help

Summary

Strengths: Data collection is based on the validated ASCOT method and covers internationally validated scores as Barthel and EQ5D. Weaknesses: The survey has a relatively low response rate (48 per cent) and covers only eight municipalities in Denmark.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Telephone
Other: Telephone interviews supplied with qualitative interviews and register data

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata and qualitative interviews

Formats available
N.A.

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was first collected in October 2012 and includes 698 individuals. The original sample was 1,200 individuals, but an additional sample of 430 respondents was added in order to reach a satisfactory number of replies. The response rate was 48 per cent.

First year of collection
2012

Stratification if applicable
N.A.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Covers eight different municipalities in Denmark, both urban and rural areas are represented.

Age range
65 and above

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Covers older people's wellbeing and their receiving home help, and eight domains including: control over daily life, personal care and wellbeing, food and drinks, housing, safety, activities, social contact and dignity.

Linkage

Standardisation
The data collection is a pilot test of the ASCOT (Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit) in Denmark. ASCOT quantifies care-dependent life quality according to eight specific dimensions by combining survey and observational data. Additional measures of wellbeing, such as Barthel scores and EQ5D are included.

Possibility of linkage among databases
Can be linked to anonymised microdata in the Statistics Denmark registries

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
N.A.

Breaks
N.A.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
N.A.

Governance

Contact information
Morten Højmose Andersen
Aalborg University
Fredrik Bajers Plads 5
9100 Aalborg Denmark Phone: (+45)99409921
Email: hoejmose(at)dps.aau.dk
Url: No website for the database

Timeliness, transparency
First results are expected to be published summer 2013.