Journal article
Development of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Assessment
A Harper, M Power, J Orley, H Herrman, H Schofield, B Murphy, Z Metelko, S Szabo, M Pibernik-Okanovic, N Quemada, A Caria, S Rajkumar, S Kumar, S Saxena, K Chandiramani, M Amir, D Bar-On, M Tazaki, A Noji, G Van Heck Show all
Psychological Medicine | Published : 1998
Abstract
Background. The paper reports on the development of the WHOQOL-BREF, an abbreviated version of the WHOQOL-100 quality of life assessment. Method. The WHOQOL-BREF was derived from data collected using the WHOQOL-100. It produces scores for four domains related to quality of life: physical health, psychological, social relationships and environment. It also includes one facet on overall quality of life and general health. Results. Domain scores produced by the WHOQOL-BREF correlate highly (0.89 or above) with WHOQOL-100 domain scores (calculated on a four domain structure). WHOQOL-BREF domain scores demonstrated food discriminant validity, content validity, internal consistency and test-retest..
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