Running head: quality of life of frail older people in residential aged care Results: There was a large divergence in mean (SD) utility scores at baseline for the EQ-5D-5Land DEMQOL-U [EQ-5D-5L mean 0.21 (0.19); DEMQOL-U mean 0.79 (0.14)]. However, at 4 weeks a stronger degree of convergence was evident [EQ-5D-5L mean 0.45(0.38); DEMQOL-U mean 0.58 (0.38). The EQ-5D was more responsive to the physical recovery trajectory experienced by frail older people following surgery to repair a fractured hip, whereas the DEMQOL-U and DEMQOL-Proxy-U instruments were more responsive to the changes in cognitive functioning often experienced by frail older people in this period.
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