Health organizations qualityoflife selfassessment instrument whoqol, the swedish whoqolbref, was completed by 254 next of kin of older persons in 30 nursing homes. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the whoqol bref tw in a. World health organization quality of life assessment. Pdf quality of life qol assessments that are easily administered and which do not impose. The whoqolbref is an abbreviated 26item version of the whoqol100 containing items that were extracted from the whoqol100. All topics a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. Pdf whoqol100 and psychometric characteristics of whoqolbref. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
The whoqol is a quality of life assessment developed by the whoqol group with fifteen international field centres, simultaneously, in an attempt to develop a quality of life assessment that would be applicable crossculturally. Methods a crosssectional study was conducted in june 2011. The whoqol study group then simplified the whoqol100 to a short form called whoqolbref,11,12 which was translated later in taiwan to the whoqolbref, taiwan version whoqolbreftw, with two local items added. Whoqol100 february 1995 the whoqol100 has been developed from an extensive pilot test of some 300 whoqol questions in 15 centres around the world. Jun 12, 2014 there is no diseasespecific instrument to describe healthrelated quality of life hrqol in indian patients with asthma. The world health organization quality of life instrument. Whoqolbref questionnaire as a measure of quality of life. Although scoring the bref is identical to scoring the whoqol100, there are some differences that need to be addressed. Whoqolbref scoring the whoqolbref, still in field trials, is a subset of 26 items taken from the whoqol100. Development of the world health organization whoqolbref quality of life assessment. The outcome of the two rounds of data collection and analysis is a 12item module that can be used in conjunction with the whoqolbref or the whoqol100 for assessment of quality of life in physically or intellectually disabled people.
The taiwan version of the world health organization quality of life assessment whoqol bref tw has been developed and studied in various groups, but not specifically in a population of injection drug users. Bref, useful in clinical and service evaluations was used in this study for reasons of brevity. Please refer back to the post marked best answer for more information. For the purposes of assessing scale construct validity, who. The whoqol100 and whoqolbref have many uses, including use in medical practice, research, audit, policy makingand in assessing the effectiveness and relative merits of different. The uk whoqol bref instructions please read this carefully this questionnaire asks how you feel about your quality of life, health and other areas of your life. Validation of the whoqolbref and shorter versions using.
Whoqol100 and psychometric characteristics of whoqolbref. This study provides preliminary population norms for this purpose. Both the whoqol100 and the whoqolbref have been shown to display good discriminant validity, content validity and testretest reliability. Performance of the whoqolbref among norwegian substance. This survey has been used in large epidemiological studies and clinical trials. New centres using the field version of the whoqol100 are.
Quality of life whoqol bref world health organization. The second aims compare it with irdqol questionnaire in diabetic patients. Following publication of the whoqol 100, subsequent data analysis excluding the culturally specific items yielded a common fourfactor model. The first aim of this study was to reliability and validity of the persian version of whoqol bref 26. Comparison of sf36 and whoqol100 in patients with stroke. First one was a questionnaire from the world health organization quality of life whoqol bref 26 and the second one, the iranian diabetics quality of life irdqol. Adaptations have been developed for people with hiv whoqol hiv and an additional 32 item instrument has been.
Whoqolbref were calculated by multiplying the mean of all items included within the domain by four. Comparison of the whoqol100 and the whoqolbref 26 items. This study used the whoqol bref, which is a crosscultural, multidimensional instrument with acknowledged trustworthiness. It enables detailed assessment of 24 specific facets of quality of life, as well as.
Based on this fourfactor model, and in the interests of parsimony, the 26item whoqol br. In 1991, the world health organization who initiated a crosscultural project to develop a qualityoflife qol questionnaire whoqol. Potential scores for all domain scores, therefore, range from 420. Additional modules hiv, old, srpb, dis some country versions have optional additional national items including new zealand with 5. The whoqol bref addresses four quality of life domains. However, as yet no population norms have been published as a reference point against which researchers can interpret their findings. Phungrassami t, katikarn r, watanaarepornchai s, sangtawan d. The world health organization quality of life assessment. In the guideline provided by who, we can transform the raw score by using a calculation formula as well as using a. Because the whoqol 100 is too long for practical purposes such as clinical evaluation or epidemiologic surveys, the whoqol group later simplified the standard whoqol 100 to a short form called the whoqol bref. Quality of life qol is an important outcome measure in the treatment of heroin addiction. It is a generic english version and should not be used as it stands, nor just be translated.
The questionnaire basically derived from whoqol 100. The world health organizations whoqolbref quality of life assessment. I will read out each question to you, along with the response options. The whoqolsrpb bref was administered to a uk community sample n 230 either with an adapted whoqolsrpb importance measure or the swbq. Application of whoqolbref in measuring quality of life in. This questionnaire was translated to marathi and then back to english to assess the liability of the instrument. They can also be used to assess variation in quality of life across different cultures, to. The study population was composed of 1686 medical students in years 1 to 5 at china medical university. This document gives a conceptual background to the whoqol definition of quality of life and describes the development of the whoqolbref, an abbreviated version of the whoqol100. It consists of two instruments for measuring quality of life the whoqol 100 and the whoqol bref. Who the world health organization quality of life whoqol. Psychometric properties of the world health organization. Quality of life assessment in radiotherapy patients by whoqolbrefthai. Psychometric properties of the who quality of life.
Whoqol bref the following questions ask how you feel about your quality of life, health, or other areas of your life. Psychometric properties and results of the international. This article examines the scaling qualities of the whoqolbref in a norwegian substance use disorder population, and explores relationships with. I have one question regarding the transformation of whoqolbref to whoqol100.
Jul 01, 2011 suitability of the whoqol bref and whoqol old for spanish older adults. The modified scale had good construct validity for. The whoqol bref, an abbreviated 26 item version of the whoqol 100, was developed using data from the fieldtrial version of the whoqol 100. Besides broader coverage than the core whoqolbreftw, the dialysis module of the whoqolbreftw is a valid, reliable and sensitive qol instrument for the assessment of hd patients in taiwan. Using whoqol in nz mental health and addiction services. Confirmatory factor analysis of the whoqol bref structure 36 comparison between whoqol 100 and whoqol bref scores 39 internal consistency 39 discriminant validity 40 importance of domains in assessing overall quality of life 41. We first administered the whoqolbreftw and symptomproblem scale to. The same steps for the scoring whoqol100 should be followed to achieve scores for the bref. Two main generic instruments are the whoqol100, which consists of 24 facets grouped into six domains, and the whoqolbref, which is a reduced 26. Wua validity study of the whoqolbref assessment in persons with traumatic spinal cord injury arch phys med rehabil, 85 2004, pp.
Randomly sampled community residents from two studies were pooled and used to examine the properties of the whoqolbref by age group. Does anyone have an arabic version of qolq or whoqolbref. Pdf the world health organizations whoqolbref quality of. Objective the aim of this study was to assess the quality of life qol of medical students during their medical education and explore the influencing factors of the qol of students.
The lowest correlation was found between the overall health. Effect sizes between different health status levels are reported. A validity study of the spanishworld health organization. It outlines the reasons that the project was undertaken, the thinking that underlies the project, the method that has been followed in its development and the current status of the project. The world health organization quality of life whoqol assessment is an instrument to measure the quality of life qol, which was developed by the world health organization who, with the aid of 15 collaborating centers around the world world health organization who, 1997. Whoqolbref has also been used in numerous studies to evaluate.
Development and psychometric properties of the dialysis. An assessment of quality of life using the whoqolbref. To maintain the comprehensiveness of the questionnaire, the whoqol bref contains 26 items. Whoqol spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs. People are living longer and healthier than at any other time point in history. Brief version in bahasa malaysia correlation coefficient ranged from 0.
These results indicate that both versions are useful tools in assessing these groups, as the whoqol includes. Quality of life qol is an established outcome measure of substance use disorder treatment. The validated whoqolbref hong kong version was used to measure qol 1, 21. Domain scores produced by the whoqolbref have been shown to correlate at around 0. This questionnaire is a shortened version of the whoqol 100 developed by the who in 1998 to estimate qol across different cultures and societies whoqol group, 1998.
Whoqol 100 has been developed from an extensive pilot test of some 300 whoqol questions in 15 centers around the. Jan 31, 2014 whoqol bref is the short version of the whoqol 100 and is recommended for use when time is restricted or the burden on the respondent needs to be minimized. Who quality of life 100 whoqol100 instrument i am undertaking a study and i need the who quality of life 100 whoqol100 instrument with all the relevant psychometric properties and scoring. This manual includes information about the development, psychometrics, and scoring of the. In this study the transformation of the results in each domain was performed for the. Their sensitivity to change is currently being assessed. Quality of life and its determinants of hemodialysis. Assessment of quality of life with the whoqolbref in a. The uk whoqolbref instructions please read this carefully this questionnaire asks how you feel about your quality of life, health and other areas of your life. If you are unsure about which response to give to a question, please choose the best one you can. This manual was drafted by alison harper on behalf of the whoqol group. The whoqol is a quality of life assessment developed by the whoqol group with. The highest correlation was found between the environment domain domain 4 and the psychological domain domain 2.
Citeseerx scientific documents that cite the following paper. World health organization quality of life whoqol100. Traducido y adaptado por gonzlez celis y snchez sosa 2003. The whoqolbref is a 26item version of the whoqol100 assessment. The world health organizations whoqolbref quality of life. I am undertaking a study and i need the who quality of life 100 whoqol100 instrument with all the relevant psychometric properties and scoring manual. The world health organization quality of life whoqol. Whoqolbref is a short version of whoqol100 developed under the supervision of who 2. Suitability of the whoqolbref and whoqolold for spanish. The whoqol100 and whoqolbref have many uses, including use in medical practice, research, audit, policy makingand in assessing the effectiveness and relative merits of different treatments. This paper describes the world health organizations project to develop a quality of life instrument the whoqol. Patients with endstage renal disease esrd have the general manifestation of uremic syndrome and need renal replacement therapy.
Data quality was assessed via the mean, median, item response, missing values, and floor and ceiling effects. However, an abbreviated world health organization quality of life. Many qol studies have used the world health organization qol whoqol100, a questionnaire consisting of 100 items divided into multiple domains, which has demonstrated discrimination between healthy and ill populations whoqol group, 1998. The hindi versions of the 100item world health organization quality of life scale whoqol100 and its 26item abbreviated version whoqol. They provide additional information to the numerous national studies already reporting on the validity of the whoqol bref.
The whoqolbref instrument consists of 24 itemsthe most general item i. Mahatnirunkul s, pumpisanchai w, tuntipivatanakul w. The world health organization quality of life brief version whoqol bref is an abbreviated, 26item version of the 100 item whoqol 100 quality of life measure. The whoqol instruments can be used in particular cultural settings, but at the same time results are comparable across cultures. Because of increasing trend toward using functional outcome scores beside the clinical scores in outcome analysis of acetabular fractures, the present study was designed to provide needed experience and to put reference values for use of whoqol bref hindi score in qol assessment in patients with acetabular fractures and to analyze the. Whoqolbref is the short version of the whoqol 100 and is recommended for use when time is restricted or the burden on the respondent needs to be minimized. Spanish field trials are the first to report on use of the whoqol in persons with schizophrenia and caregivers. Validation of functional assessment of cancer therapy with. Qol100 into a brief version called the whoqolbref 15. The development of the whoqol100, has been detailed elsewhere i. World health organization quality of life bref whoqolbref. Healthrelated quality of life among undergraduate dentistry. Manual do whoqol old menputhehal pages 1 3 text version.
Brefdata derived from the whoqol100 or obtained from the whoqolbref are. Although it is a relatively brief instrument, its structure allows one to acquire specific information covering many aspects of life. Although scoring the bref is identical to scoring the whoqol 100, there are some differences that need to be addressed. The world health organizations whoqolbref quality of. Awadalla who is the author of the whoqol arabic version. Oconnell1 1who centre for the study of quality of life, department of psychology, university of bath, bath, uk e.
The same steps for the scoring whoqol 100 should be followed to achieve scores for the bref. It measures the individuals perceptions of qol under the different context of their culture and value systems and. Steps for checking and cleaning data and computing domain scores for the whoqolbref prepared by alison harper and mick power on behalf of the whoqol group steps spss syntax for carrying out data checking,cleaning and computing total scores check all 26 items from assessment have a range of 15 recode q1 q2 q3 q4 q5 q6 q7 q8 q9 q10 q11 q12 q. The whoqolsrpb fieldtest instrument is to be used in conjunction with the whoqol100 the manual of whoqol100 is available from who in geneva. For the following analysis, the whoqol100 is based on a four domain solution, so as to be comparable with the whoqolbref domain scores.
The whoqolbref was modified by dropping item 3 and rescoring category structures of 16 items. Assessment of quality of life with the whoqolbref in a group. The whoqolbref contains one item from each of the 24 facets of qol included in the whoqol100, plus two benchmark items from the general facet on overall qol and general. Assessment 100item version whoqol100, however, these tools have not been compared for patients with stroke to date. Depression affects the scores of all facets of the whoqolbref. Whoqol bref scoring the whoqol bref, still in field trials, is a subset of 26 items taken from the whoqol 100. The initial development of the generic whoqol measures of quality of life occurred in fifteen different centres worldwide see table 1 with over forty centres now involved in the project. Since publication use of the whoqolbref has rapidly risen. The world health organization quality of life whoqolbref world health organization. Whoqolbref can provide data for both research and clinical purposes. These preliminary norms and effect sizes may be used as reference points for interpreting whoqol bref scores.
Whoqol100 core generic instrument whoqolbref abbreviated 26item version. Abbreviated world health organization quality of life. The whoqolbref is the gold standard tool, but its appropriateness for particularly vulnerable patient populations must be further explored. A validity study of the whoqolbref assessment in persons with. Development of the world health organization whoqolbref. Assessment 100 item version whoqol 100, however, these tools have not been compared for patients with stroke to date. World health organization quality of life whoqol assessment.
The whoqol srpb fieldtest instrument is to be used in conjunction with the whoqol 100 the manual of whoqol 100 is available from who in geneva. Bref provides a valid and reliable alternative to the assessment of domain profiles using the whoqol. Development of the world health organization whoqol bref quality of life assessment. Psychometric properties of the whoqolbref among next of. The whoqolbref questionnaire contains two items from the overall qol and. The whoqol 100 was developed within a multicentre study to measure perceived qol in the context of the culture and value system in which a person lives, and in relation to own goals, expectations, standards and concerns. The whoqol100 and whoqolbref are suitable to use in patients with different health conditions, including schizophrenia, and in different populations, including caregivers. A selfreport questionnaire that contains 26 items and addresses 4 qol domains. These were integrated with the 26 whoqolbref items to give 34 items in the whoqolsrpb bref. Whoqolbref questionnaire as a measure of quality of life in.
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