THE WORLD-HEALTH-ORGANIZATION QUALITY-OF-LIFE ASSESSMENT (WHOQOL) - DEVELOPMENT AND GENERAL PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES

Authors
POWER M KUYKEN W ORLEY J HERRMAN H SCHOFIELD H MURPHY B METELKO Z SZABO S PIBERNIKOKANOVIC M QUEMADA N CARIA A RAJKUMAR S KUMAR S SAXENA S CHANDIRAMANI K AMIR M BARON D TAZAKI M NOJI A VANHECK G DEVRIES J SUCRE JA PICARDAMI L KABANOV M LOMACHENKOV A BURKOVSKY G CARRASCO RL BODHARAMIK Y MEESAPYA K SKEVINGTON S PATRICK D MARTIN M WILD D ACUDA W MUTAMBIRWA J BULLINGER M HARPER A SARTORIUS N
Citation
M. Power et al., THE WORLD-HEALTH-ORGANIZATION QUALITY-OF-LIFE ASSESSMENT (WHOQOL) - DEVELOPMENT AND GENERAL PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES, Social science & medicine (1982), 46(12), 1998, pp. 1569-1585
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Biomedical","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Social science & medicine (1982) → ACNP
ISSN journal
02779536
Volume
46
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1569 - 1585
Database
ISI
SICI code
0277-9536(1998)46:12<1569:TWQA(->2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
This paper reports on the field testing, empirical derivation and psyc hometric propel ties of the World Health Organisation Quality of Life assessment (the WHOQOL). The steps are presented from the development of the initial pilot version of the instrument to the field trial vers ion, the so-called WHOQOL-100. The instrument has been developed colla boratively in a number of centres in diverse cultural settings over se veral years; data are presented on the performance of the instrument i n 15 different settings worldwide. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.