ICECAP-O

The ICECAP-O (ICEpop CAPability measure for Older people) is a measure of capability in older people for use in economic evaluation.

Unlike most profile measures used in economic evaluations, the ICECAP-O focuses on wellbeing defined in a broader sense, rather than health. The measure covers attributes of wellbeing that were found to be important to older people in the UK. ICECAP-O is free to use, but the use of the measure must be registered with us first. More details on the registration, index values and applications of the ICECAP-O can be found on this website.

The ICECAP-O descriptive system was developed in the UK using in-depth interviews with older people (aged 65+) and Framework analysis to generate conceptual attributes, with further semi-structured interviews to generate meaningful wording. A set of index values for the ICECAP-O have been estimated from a best-worst scaling study of older people in England.  Anchors for the measure are at full capability and no capability.  Qualitative and quantitative studies of the validity of the ICECAP-O have been conducted with both general population and patient samples.

 

Before using ICECAP-O in your study please register with us first. You do not have to pay to use the measure, but please complete the ICECAP-O User Agreement Form (Office document, 149kB)

Once you have completed the form please email a copy to Katie Breheny.

You can download a sample copy of the ICECAP-O questionnaire by clicking on the following link: ICECAP-O sample (PDF, 43kB)‌

Please remember to register with us before you start using the questionnaire

If you have any questions about using ICECAP-O in your study please contact katie.breheny@bristol.ac.uk

Download the Stata code to score the ICECAP-O instrument 

ICECAP-O Stata Scoring (Office document, 20kB)

Mirjam van Manen from Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, has developed the following syntax ICECAP-O SPSS (Office document, 13kB) for scoring ICECAP-O in SPSS.  Whilst we are sharing this syntax as a common resource, it is the responsibility of individual research teams to check the accuracy of the syntax should they choose to use it.

See translations here 

See References here