World Health Organization Quality of Life - abbreviated.

WHOQOL-BREF

What it measures

Generic quality of life across 4 domains (Physical health, Psychological, Social relationships, Environment) + 2 standalone items (overall QoL, general health)

Length and format

26 items. 5-point Likert, recall 2 weeks; domain scores 4-20 or transformed 0-100 (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

40+ languages; among the most cross-culturally validated QoL measures

Normative data

Languages	Countries	Breakdown	Status	Grade	N
en	general	none	HELD_PLACEHOLDER	-	-
multi	23 countries	age/sex-adjusted total	COLLECTED	B	11830
en	AU	total	COLLECTED	B	-
en	AU	total+sex	COLLECTED	A	1759
no	NO	sex+3age	COLLECTED	B	654
fr	FR	sex+age (3 of 4 domains)	COLLECTED	A	16450
zh	CN	total	COLLECTED	B	1052
mn	MN	total+sex+age	COLLECTED	A	714
ar	KW	general	FOUND_RESTRICTED	-	3303
pt	BR	total+sex+3age	COLLECTED	A-	751
ru	RU	general	SEARCHED_NONE	-	-
es,pt	multi	general all-ages	FOUND_RESTRICTED	C	-
ar	KW	total+sex+6age	COLLECTED	B	3303
sr	RS	4 domains (DERIVED means)+Q1/Q2+24 items	COLLECTED	C	760

Licence

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Reference

Skevington, S. M., Lotfy, M., & O'Connell, K. A. (2004). The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. Quality of Life Research, 13(2), 299-310.