I will read out each question to you, along with the response options. The objective is to present the brazilian field trial of the whoqol bref. 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. Psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. 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. Whoqolbref psychometric properties in a sample of smokers. This study is aimed at evaluating the reliability and validity of the chinese version of the world health organization quality of life. It produces scores for four domains related to quality of life.
Scielo saude publica cutoff point for whoqolbref as a. 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. Whoqol bref the following questions ask how you feel about your quality of life, health, or other areas of your life. If you are unsure about which response to give to a question, please choose the best one you can.
Oconnell1 1who centre for the study of quality of life, department of psychology, university of bath, bath, uk e. 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. Applicability of the whoqolbref on early adolescence. Brief version in bahasa malaysia correlation coefficient ranged from 0. To select one, researchers should consider which aspects of quality of life they aim to capture because of weak convergent validity signs. Besides the whoqolold module, the whoqolbref, bdi and bhs. Quality of life of chinese urban community residents. The highest correlation was found between the environment domain domain 4 and the psychological domain domain 2. In all countries, mental health problems are much more prevalent among those who. World health organization quality of life assessment.
How is the total score calculated in who qolbref after having calculated the transformed scores for all four domains. The world health organizations whoqolbref quality of life. The world health organization quality of life brief version whoqolbref is an. Quality of life whoqol bref world health organization. Sep 16, 20 under the circumstance of global population aging, the issue on how to facilitate the quality of life qol for older people brings us grand challenge. Domain scores produced by the whoqol bref correlate highly with whoqol 100 scores. Abbreviated world health organization quality of life. 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. 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 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. The whoqol bref is one of the crosscultural and widely used measures for assessing healthrelated quality of life hrqol.
The chinese version of the world health organization quality. 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. Mental disorders are one of the top public health challenges in the who european region, affecting about 25% of the population every year. The paper reports on the development of the whoqolbref, an abbreviated version of the whoqol100 quality of life assessment. The whoqol bref was administered to 1052 adult community residents in a major. The whoqolbref was derived from data collected using the whoqol100. User shall not reproduce whoqol100 or bref, except for the limited purpose of. 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 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.
Whoqolbref and to assess additional psychometric properties of the. Cutoff point for whoqolbref as a measure of quality of life of older. However, an abbreviated world health organization quality of life questionnaire whoqolbref, a generic hindi hrqol measure, has been developed and validated in india. Convergent validity between sf36 and whoqolbref in older adults. Pdf aplicacao da versao em portugues do instrumento.
Whoqolbref the following questions ask how you feel about your quality of life, health, or other areas of your life. Usefulness of the whoqolbref questionnaire in assessing the quality of life of. 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. The world health organizations whoqolbref quality of life assessment. The sf36 and whoqol bref are reliable instruments for clinical and research uses in brazilian older women. Whoqol old, os instrumentos whoqol bref, bdi e bhs. On the way to solve this problem, it is inextricable to measure qol for older people accurately at onset. Health organization quality of life questionnaire whoqol100 in portuguese. Cutoff point for whoqolbref as a measure of quality of life of older adults. Whoqol bref domain scores demonstrated good discriminant validity, content validity, internal consistency and testretest reliability. Scielo saude publica development and validation of the.
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. 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. Marcelo p fleck development and validation eduardo. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Psychometric properties of the whoqolsrpb bref, brazilian. Application of the portuguese version of the abbreviated. English pdf portuguese pdf press release in english portuguese. Psychometric properties and results of the international. This study aimed at describing the development and validation of the whoqol old module in brazil. However, as yet no population norms have been published as a reference point against which researchers can interpret their findings. To investigate health care practice, health and health related services. Whoqol bref domain scores demonstrated good discriminant validity, content validity, internal consistency and test retest reliability. The whoqol bref was derived from data collected using the whoqol 100.
In all countries, mental health problems are much more prevalent among those who are most deprived. O whoqolbref 26 questoes 6 dominios pontuacao final aplicacao do questionario nos coleguinhas analise. The lowest correlation was found between the overall health. 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. Whoqolold manual portugues free download as pdf file. Whoqol abreviado fleck et al, 2000 versao em portugues.
The paper reports on the development of the whoqol bref, a 16 item short form version of the whoqol 100 quality of life assessment. Previous studies of the hrqol using the whoqol bref mainly focused on adult. Preliminary population norms and effect sizes accepted 1 november 2005 abstract. Application of the portuguese version of the abbreviated instrument of quality life. Desenvolvimento e validacao da versao em portugues do modulo whoqol old. Whoqol100 february 1995 the whoqol100 has been developed from an extensive pilot test of some 300 whoqol questions in 15 centres around the world. These data suggest that the whoqol bref provides a valid and reliable alternative to the assessment of domain profiles using the whoqol 100. Development of the world health organization whoqolbref. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site.