ICECAP-A (ICEPop CAPability measure for Adults)

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Al-Janabi H, Flynn T, Coast J. (2012) Development of a self-report measure of capability wellbeing for adults: the ICECAP-A. Quality of Life Research 21: 167-176 (DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9927-2).
General information
Purpose The ICECAP-A is a measure of capability for the general adult 18+ population for use in economic evaluation. Unlike most profile measures used in economic evaluations, the ICECAP-A focuses on wellbeing defined in a broader sense, rather than health.
Domain(s) Goal Pursuit
Life Satisfaction
Positive Affect
Quality of Life
Sense of Meaning
Target population Adult
Number of items 20
Administration format self-report
Additional formats
Alternate forms

The ICECAP-O (ICEpop CAPability measure for Older people)

Availability in other languages Welsh, Dutch, Chinese, German, Danish, Persian, Italian, French, Hungarian, Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Japanese
Fee for use
Free
Related information on use of the measure

If you wish to translate the ICECAP measure, or if you have a query that is not covered by the Frequently Asked Questions, please contact:

Jo.Coast@bristol.ac.uk or P.Kinghorn@bham.ac.uk

User Agreement forms should be sent to: P.Kinghorn@bham.ac.uk, or posted to:

Dr Philip Kinghorn
Health Economics Unit
Institute of Applied Health Research
Public Health Building
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, UKB15 2TT

Non-exhaustive list of psychometric studies

Al-Janabi, H., Peters, T. J., Brazier, J., Bryan, S., Flynn, T. N., Clemens, S., . . . Coast, J. (2013). An investigation of the construct validity of the ICECAP-A capability measure. Quality of Life Research, 22(7), 1831-1840. doi:10.1007/s11136-012-0293-5


Baji, P., Farkas, M., Dobos, Á., Zrubka, Z., Gulácsi, L., Brodszky, V., . . . Péntek, M. (2020). Capability of well-being: Validation of the Hungarian version of the ICECAP-A and ICECAP-O questionnaires and population normative data. Quality of Life Research, 29(10), 2863-2874. doi:10.1007/s11136-020-02542-1


Baji, P., Farkas, M., Dobos, Á., Zrubka, Z., Kovács, L., Gulácsi, L., & Péntek, M. (2021). Comparing the measurement properties of the ICECAP-A and ICECAP-O instruments in ages 50–70: A cross-sectional study on a representative sample of the Hungarian general population. European Journal of Health Economics, 22(9), 1453-1466. doi:10.1007/s10198-021-01325-w


Goranitis, I., Coast, J., Al-Janabi, H., Latthe, P., & Roberts, T. E. (2016). The validity and responsiveness of the ICECAP-A capability-well-being measure in women with irritative lower urinary tract symptoms. Quality of Life Research, 25(8), 2063-2075. doi:10.1007/s11136-015-1225-y


Holst-Kristensen, A. W., Fonager, K., & Pedersen, K. M. (2020). Test–retest reliability of ICECAP-A in the adult Danish population. Quality of Life Research, 29(2), 547-557. doi:10.1007/s11136-019-02331-5


Mitchell, P. M., Al-Janabi, H., Byford, S., Kuyken, W., Richardson, J., Iezzi, A., & Coast, J. (2017). Assessing the validity of the ICECAP-A capability measure for adults with depression. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1) doi:10.1186/s12888-017-1211-8


Shahtaheri, R. S., Nikfar, S., Sari, A. A., & Yekani Nejad, M. S. (2020). Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric analysis of the Persian version of the ICEpop CAPability measure for adults capability measure in the Iranian general population. Value in Health Regional Issues, 21, 188-193. doi:10.1016/j.vhri.2020.01.001


Xiong, Y., Wu, H., & Xu, J. (2021). Assessing the reliability and validity of the ICECAP-A instrument in Chinese type 2 diabetes patients. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 19(1) doi:10.1186/s12955-020-01632-5

Additional information

If you are interested please complete a user agreement and send the form to: Dr Samantha Husbands E-mail: samantha.husbands@bristol.ac.uk for a copy of the measure