WHOQOL-BREF
Generic-Specific Modules
Measure domains: Physical; psychological; social relationships; environmental; global QoL and health satisfaction
Summary of development: This was originally an adult measure, but it has been used and validated with adolescents. The measure is based on the World Health Organization definition of Quality of Life. The WHOQOL-BREF is 26 questions from the WHOQOL-100. Countries involved in the development of the WHOQOL-BREF were: Australia, Croatia, France, India, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Panama, Russia, Spain, Thailand, UK, USA, and Zimbabwe. Field Testing was done in all previously mentioned countries and Argentina, Canada, China, Brazil, Germany, Hong Kong, Norway, Pakistan, Hungary, Sweden, Turkey, Denmark, Malaysia. This summary includes only evidence of validity in adolescents where some of the validation data used the English version of the WHOQOL-BREF. There are several studies of the WHOQOL-BREF in other languages that are not included.
Izutsu T, Tsutsumi A, Islam MA, Matsuo Y, Yamada HS, Kurita H, et al. Validity and reliability of the Bangla version of WHO-QOL-BREF on an adolescent population in Bangladesh. Qual Life Res. 2005;14(7):1783–9
Additional information
| Number of Items | 26 |
|---|---|
| Time Frame/Recall Period | Past 2 Weeks |
| Measurement Type | Classical Test Theory, Rasch/Item Response Theory |
| Overall Score | Yes |
| Sub scores/Subscales | Physical; psychological; social relationships; environmental; global QoL and health satisfaction |
| Ages | 11-18 |
| Respondent | Self |
| Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Others, Spanish, Vietnamese |
| Development Used Experts | Jiroianakul 1998; Jiroianakul 2000 |
| Development Used Patient | Jiroianakul 1998; Skevington 2014 |
| Structural Validity | Skevington 2014 |
| Internal Consistency | Skevington 2014 |
| Known Groups Validity | Skevington 2014 |
| Convergent Validity with Other Measures | Donnelly 2018 |
| Licensing | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Intergovernmental Organization (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO) license |
| Fees | No, free and available to public provided WHO is acknowledged as the source |