Whoqolbref the following questions ask how you feel about your quality of life, health, or other areas of your life. In all countries, mental health problems are much more prevalent among those who. Psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. 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. Mar 27, 2012 the short version of the world health organizations quality of life instrument whoqol bref is widely validated and popularly used in assessing the subjective quality of life qol of patients and the general public. Please choose the answer that appears most appropriate. Psychometric properties of the whoqolsrpb bref, brazilian. Whoqol tools are used in health care to help the professional make the best choices for patients and clients and monitor any change in quality of life over the course of treatment and recovery. Steps for checking and cleaning data and computing domain scores for the whoqol bref 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. If user thinks that changes are necessary for its work, or if translation is necessary, user must obtain written approval from who in advance of making such changes. World health organization quality of life assessment. If you are unsure about which response to give to a question, please choose the best one you can.
The criterion validation of the whoqol bref also proved to be adequate, presenting correlations ranging from moderate to high between all domains, without redundancy among them p whoqol bref are adequate, as well as its capacity to evaluate the quality of life in smokers. How is the total score calculated in who qolbref after having calculated the transformed scores for all four domains. Brief version in bahasa malaysia correlation coefficient ranged from 0. This is a specific complementary instrument for the assessment of quality of life in older adults that can provide additional information concerning quality of life in this specific population. The lowest correlation was found between the overall health. We examined its psychometric properties in a large sample of community residents in mainland china. Preliminary population norms and effect sizes accepted 1 november 2005 abstract. The world health organizations whoqolbref quality of life. Pdf aplicacao da versao em portugues do instrumento. Health organization quality of life questionnaire whoqol100 in portuguese. Scielo saude publica development and validation of the. Quality of life whoqol bref world health organization. Whoqolold manual portugues free download as pdf file.
Cutoff point for whoqolbref as a measure of quality of life of older adults. Scielo saude publica cutoff point for whoqolbref as a. The paper reports on the development of the whoqolbref, an abbreviated version of the whoqol100 quality of life assessment. The chinese version of the world health organization quality. 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.
Whoqol bref domain scores demonstrated good discriminant validity, content validity, internal consistency and test retest reliability. Whoqolbref and to assess additional psychometric properties of the. The world health organizations whoqolbref quality of life assessment. Oconnell1 1who centre for the study of quality of life, department of psychology, university of bath, bath, uk e. Whoqolbref introduction, administration, scoring and generic version of the assessment introduction the whoqol100 quality of life assessment was 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. Desenvolvimento e validacao da versao em portugues do modulo whoqol old. Usefulness of the whoqolbref questionnaire in assessing the quality of life of.
I will read out each question to you, along with the response options. Besides the whoqolold module, the whoqolbref, bdi and bhs. It produces scores for four domains related to quality of life. In all countries, mental health problems are much more prevalent among those who are most deprived. Jun 12, 2014 however, an abbreviated world health organization quality of life questionnaire whoqol bref, a generic hindi hrqol measure, has been developed and validated in india. Previous studies of the hrqol using the whoqol bref mainly focused on adult. Cutoff point for whoqolbref as a measure of quality of life of older. The need of short instruments to evaluate quality of life determines world health organization quality of life group whoqol group to develop an abbreviated version of the whoqol 100, the whoqol bref.
This study aimed at describing the development and validation of the whoqol old module in brazil. Domain scores produced by the whoqol bref correlate highly with whoqol 100 scores. Convergent validity between sf36 and whoqolbref in older adults. Whoqol old, os instrumentos whoqol bref, bdi e bhs.
Whoqolbref psychometric properties in a sample of smokers. Application of the portuguese version of the abbreviated. The highest correlation was found between the environment domain domain 4 and the psychological domain domain 2. The whoqolbref was derived from data collected using the whoqol100.
Whoqol abreviado fleck et al, 2000 versao em portugues. Quality of life of chinese urban community residents. Application of the portuguese version of the abbreviated instrument of quality life. The paper reports on the development of the whoqol bref, a 16 item short form version of the whoqol 100 quality of life assessment. To select one, researchers should consider which aspects of quality of life they aim to capture because of weak convergent validity signs. O whoqolbref 26 questoes 6 dominios pontuacao final aplicacao do questionario nos coleguinhas analise. The sf36 and whoqol bref are reliable instruments for clinical and research uses in brazilian older women. The objective is to present the brazilian field trial of the whoqol bref. The whoqol bref was administered to 1052 adult community residents in a major. It also includes a generic english language version of the whoqol bref, instructions for administering and scoring, and proposed uses for this short form of the whoqol.
The whoqol old module is an additional tool to the whoqol 100 or whoqol bref as a useful alternative in the investigation of quality of life in older adults, including relevant aspects not covered by the instruments originally designed for nonelderly populations. However, an abbreviated world health organization quality of life questionnaire whoqolbref, a generic hindi hrqol measure, has been developed and validated in india. The whoqol bref is one of the crosscultural and widely used measures for assessing healthrelated quality of life hrqol. Crosssectional study with 391 older adults registered in the northwest health district in belo horizonte, mg, southeastern brazil, between october 8, 2010 and may 23, 2011. The world health organization quality of life brief version whoqolbref is an. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
Development of the world health organization whoqolbref. To propose a cutoff for the world health organization quality of life bref whoqol bref as a predictor of quality of life in older adults. Applicability of the whoqolbref on early adolescence. On the way to solve this problem, it is inextricable to measure qol for older people accurately at onset. English pdf portuguese pdf press release in english portuguese.
The whoqol bref was derived from data collected using the whoqol 100. Marcelo p fleck development and validation eduardo. Whoqol bref the following questions ask how you feel about your quality of life, health, or other areas of your life. Abbreviated world health organization quality of life. Mental disorders are one of the top public health challenges in the who european region, affecting about 25% of the population every year. Psychometric properties and results of the international. To investigate health care practice, health and health related services.
Search search whoqolold manual portugues methodology quality business manual whoqolold este manual foi escrito pelo professor mick power e pela dra. These data suggest that the whoqol bref provides a valid and reliable alternative to the assessment of domain profiles using the whoqol 100. This study is aimed at evaluating the reliability and validity of the chinese version of the world health organization quality of life. Whoqol100 february 1995 the whoqol100 has been developed from an extensive pilot test of some 300 whoqol questions in 15 centres around the world.