World Health Organization Quality of Life - abbreviated.
WHOQOL-BREF
Generic quality of life across 4 domains (Physical health, Psychological, Social relationships, Environment) + 2 standalone items (overall QoL, general health)
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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
- 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.
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