Assessing intrinsic capacity in Taiwan: initial psychometric properties of the Integrated Care for Older People Screening Tool for Taiwanese (ICOPES-TW)

Su, H.-C., Liu, C.-H., Chen, H.-Y., Wu, Y.-L., Griffiths, M.D. ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524, Li, C.-Y., Hou, W.-H., Lin, C.-Y. and Yang, Y.-C., 2024. Assessing intrinsic capacity in Taiwan: initial psychometric properties of the Integrated Care for Older People Screening Tool for Taiwanese (ICOPES-TW). BMC Geriatrics, 24: 477. ISSN 1471-2318

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Abstract

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed the concept of intrinsic capacity (comprising composite physical and mental capacity) which aligns with their concepts of healthy aging and functional ability. Consequently, the WHO promotes the Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework as guidance for geriatric care. Consequently, each government should have a screening tool corresponding to ICOPE framework to promote geriatric care. The present study examined the initial psychometric properties of the Taiwan version of ICOPE (i.e., ICOPES-TW).

Methods: Older people (n = 1235; mean age = 72.63 years; 634 females [51.3%]) were approached by well-trained interviewers for participation. A number of measures were administered including the ICOPES-TW, WHOQOL-AGE (assessing quality of life [QoL]), Clinical Frailty Scale (assessing frailty), Barthel Index (assessing basic activity of daily living [BADL]), and Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (assessing instrumental activity of daily living [IADL]).

Results: The ICOPES-TW had a two-factor structure (body functionality [eigenvalue = 1.932] and life adaptation [eigenvalue = 1.170]) as indicated by the results of exploratory factor analysis. Internal consistency of the ICOPES-TW was low (Cronbach’s α = 0.55 [entire ICOPES-TW], 0.45 (body functionality factor), and 0.52 (life adaptation factor). ICOPES-TW scores were significantly (i) positively correlated with age (r = 0.321), IADL (r = 0.313), and frailty (r = 0.601), and (ii) negatively correlated with QoL (r=–0.447), and BADL (r=–0.447), with all p-values < 0.001.

Conclusion: The ICOPES-TW could be a useful screening tool for healthcare providers to quickly evaluate intrinsic capacity for Taiwanese older people given that it has moderate to strong associations with age, BADL, IADL, QoL, and frailty.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	BMC Geriatrics
Creators:	Su, H.-C., Liu, C.-H., Chen, H.-Y., Wu, Y.-L., Griffiths, M.D., Li, C.-Y., Hou, W.-H., Lin, C.-Y. and Yang, Y.-C.
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date:	31 May 2024
Volume:	24
ISSN:	1471-2318
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1186/s12877-024-05071-5 DOI 1899726 Other
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2024. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	03 Jun 2024 08:24
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2024 08:24
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51508

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