WHO Quality of life-Brief

WHOQOL-BREF

Quality of life

Problems associated with use

General

To assess quality of life in different areas of the user's life.

NI

1998

THE WHOQOL GROUP

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26 items with 5 response options, which change according to the type of item

Alphas between 0.66 and 0.84; Significant differences were found when compared between patients and healthy populations. It obtains a CFI of .906 in a model that explains 62.9% of variance

26

Self-administered

All items are added to calculate a composite.

Residential and ambulatory settings

Adults

THE WHOQOL GROUP. (1998). Development of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment. The WHOQOL Group. Psychological Medicine, 28 (3), 551-8.