To investigate health care practice, health and health related services. Who has accrued considerable experience in translating health status measures. Application of the whoqolhivbref questionnaire in hiv. Srpb is a distinctive dimension that is conceptually consistent with religious and existential beliefs. Whoqolhiv instrument the whoqolhiv has been developed from an extensive test of 115 questions, plus the whoqol100 in 10 centres around the world.
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. Abbreviated world health organization quality of life. Three of the eight facets of the whoqol srpb have been identified as potentially different from the others, and to date only a limited number of factor analyses of the. Comparison of sf36 and whoqol100 in patients with stroke. World health organizationworld health organization, 2002. If you are working with people who are over 60 years of age, then you should use either the whoqol 100 or the whoqol bref, together with the extra whoqol old questions. In order to take account of additional greenhouse gas emissions not reflected in the data for determining the benchmark values for some installations, in particular methane emissions, and to ensure that the allocation of free emission allowances on the basis of the product benchmark takes into account the greenhouse gas efficiency of the processes and does not provide incentives to increase.
World health organization quality of life assessment. The world health organizations whoqolbref quality of. World health organization quality of life instruments whoqolbref whoqolbref is an abbreviated generic quality of life scale developed through the world health organization. Terms and conditions of use of the whoqol tools centre for. The whoqolsrpb bref was administered to a uk community sample n 230 either with an adapted whoqolsrpb importance measure or the swbq. It follows that the measurement of health and the effects of health care must include not. A crosscultural study of spirituality, religion, and personal beliefs as components of quality of life. Whoqol dis is the project funded by the european commission. On the way to solve this problem, it is inextricable to measure qol for older people accurately at onset. The addon module, known as the whoqol old, was derived. Joint exploratory factorial analysis of the whoqolsrpb and whoqolbref with the same parameters resulted in 1 factor that explained 63.
Oconnell1 1who centre for the study of quality of life, department of psychology, university of bath, bath, uk e. Whoqolsrpb fieldtest instrument instructions this questionnaire asks how you feel about your quality of life, health, and other areas of your life. Introducing the whoqol instruments the constitution of the world health organization who defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing not merely the absence of disease. The aim was to develop and conduct preliminary testing of a shortform measure to assess spiritual, religious and personal beliefs srpb within quality of life qol. The world health organization quality of life instrument for. Whoqol srpb bref uk version department of mental health and substance abuse world health organisation geneva. The world health organization quality of life instrument for people with intellectual and physical disabilities whoqol dis. Participants sample of 1100 people living with hivaids plwha.
World health organization quality of life scale whoqolbref. Setting centers for disease control and prevention and infectious disease hospitals in three chinese provinces. Point of view explaining the meaning of the whoqolsrpb marcelo p. Development and general psychometric properties the whoqol groupabstractthis paper reports on the. Objectives this study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the chinese version of the whoqolhiv bref. Since publication use of the whoqolbref has rapidly risen. The seaqol group is the location of the us whoqol center and distributes the us english version of the whoqol100 and whoqolbref. A crossculturally comparable quality of life measure. Development of the world health organization whoqolbref quality of life assessment development of the world health organization whoqolbref quality of life assessmenttranscription.
The lowest correlation was found between the overall health. The highest correlation was found between the environment domain domain 4 and the psychological domain domain 2. These questions represent the finalised version of the whoqolhiv to be used for field trials. It should be noted that all cases with missing values were excluded from the analysis. The whoqol srpb is reliable, valid and applicable for chinese people with christian and traditional chinese spiritual beliefs to use. Permission to use the uk instruments must be obtained from professor suzanne skevington, who centre for the study of quality of. This study aimed to assess the measurement properties of the brazilian version of the whoqolbref using the rasch model item response theory in alcoholics. The whoqol srpb has been a useful module to measure aspects of qol related to spirituality, religiousness, and personal beliefs, but recent research has pointed to potential problems with its proposed factor structure. Randomly sampled community residents from two studies were pooled and used to examine the properties of the whoqol. Jan 31, 2014 the whoqol bref assesses quality of life qol within the context of an individuals culture, value systems, personal goals, standards and concerns. Psychometric properties and results of the international. Explaining the meaning of the whoqolsrpb the university. Explaining the meaning of the whoqolsrpb the university of. A third feature of the whoqol method is the use of a tried and tested who translation method.
Dec 15, 2014 carly jeffery and barbara hurtado ask whether maslows assessment of needs scale gives an accurate picture of clients requirements. Whoqolbref scoring the whoqolbref, still in field trials, is a subset of 26 items taken from the whoqol100. Whoqol and spirituality, religiousness and personal. The whoqol srpb fieldtest instrument is to be used in conjunction with the whoqol 100 the manual of whoqol 100 is available from who in geneva. As would be expected, the statistics show that there were some differences between the centres for these descriptive statistics.
There is no diseasespecific instrument to describe healthrelated quality of life hrqol in indian patients with asthma. Whoqol spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs. 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. Three of the eight facets of the whoqolsrpb have been identified as potentially different from the others, and to date only a limited number of. Information about the openaccess article whoqolbref hindi questionnaire. World health organization quality of life instruments.
Following publication of the whoqol100, subsequent data analysis excluding the culturally specific items yielded a common fourfactor model. Missing values accounted for less than 2% for all items, except for with the items physical safety and security 2. The maslow assessment of needs scale for learning disabilities mansld and the world health organization quality of life scale whoqol8 are measures to assess quality of life for people with learning disabilities. With total excel converter you can convert excel to pdf and add a digital signature in one go. The world health organization quality of life whoqolbref instrument is a widely used selfreport instrument that measures qol.
The world health organization quality of life bref whoqolbref is a selfreport questionnaire which assesses 4 domains of quality of life qol. Reliability and validity of the world health organization quality of life. Juliana bredemeier, gabriela peretti wagner, marilyn agranonik, tatiana spalding perez, marcelo p fleck. Whoqolsrpb is an instrument developed to evaluate how spirituality, religiosity and personal beliefs srpb are related to quality of life in health and health care. Whoqolold assessment of quality of life in elderly patients with parkinsons disease. Table 2 presents descriptive statistics of the whoqolhivbref domains and items. If you are unsure about which response to give to a question, please choose the one that appears most appropriate. It is possible to derive six domain scores, 32 facet scores, and one general facet score that measures overall quality of life and general health. Rasch analysis of the whoqolbref in post polio syndrome. Existing data from the 2 items of the whoqolsrpb n 5087 obtained in 18 cultures were first analysed to select the best performing item from each of the eight srpb facets. Whoqol focuses upon respondents perceived quality of life, it is not expected to provide a means of measuring in any detailed fashion symptoms, diseases or conditions, nor disability as objectively judged, but rather the perceived effects of disease and health interventions on the individuals quality.
Brief version whoqolbref in a homeless substance dependent veteran population. Cross cultural application of the whoqolsrpb in the chinese. Este modulo e complementar deve usado junto com o whoqolbref ou whoqol100. Overall, the participants reported the highest scores in most. Terms and conditions of use of the whoqol tools centre. The uk whoqolbref instructions please read this carefully this questionnaire asks how you feel about your quality of life, health and other areas of your life. Mar 28, 2016 the nine srpb facets and their importance scores discriminate well between csg and cg. It is a generic english version and should not be used as it stands, nor just be translated. The scale was posted to 319 volunteers, 271 85% completed the scale with a mean age of 66. The end point of the work however is the construction of an older adults whoqol module whoqolold.
Although scoring the bref is identical to scoring the whoqol100, there are some differences that need to be addressed. The world health organizations whoqolbref quality of life assessment. Psychometric properties of the chinese version of the. This study evaluated the validity of the whoqol bref in postpolio syndrome by testing it for fit against the rasch model. Rationale and current status the world health organizations whos initiative to develop an instrument for quality of life assessment has been based on several considerations.
The whoqolsrpb has been a useful module to measure aspects of qol related to spirituality, religiousness, and personal beliefs, but recent research has pointed to potential problems with its proposed factor structure. First is the fact that in recent years the focus in measuring health has been broadened to include more than just the traditional. World health organization quality of life assessment instrument whoqol 100 name of questionnaire world health organization quality of life assessment instrument whoqol 100 description the whoqol100 is a generic, patientcompleted measure of healthrelated quality of life that was simultaneously developed in 15 sites worldwide. This paper describes the development of an addon module for the whoqol measures of quality of life qol for use with older adults. The chinese version of the world health organization quality.
Comparison of sf36 and whoqol100 in patients with stroke unalan demet, soyuer ferhan, ozturk ahmet1, mistik selcuk2 erciyes university halil bayraktar health services vocational college, tr38039, kayseri, turkey, 1erciyes university school of medicine. Following publication of the whoqol 100, subsequent data analysis excluding the culturally specific items yielded a common fourfactor model. The items of the whoqol bref form four domains physical, psychological, social, and environment and are answered by using individualized five. The whoqol srpb bref was administered to a uk community sample n 230 either with an adapted whoqol srpb importance measure or the swbq. World health organization quality of life instruments whoqol. The data presented in table 2 provide summary descriptions of the samples from the 15 centres in terms of age, gender, health status, and sample size. If you are unsure about which response to give to a question, please choose the best one you can. Whoqol and spirituality religiousness and personal beliefs srpb whomsamhp98. The seaqol group is the location of the us whoqol center and distributes the us english version of the whoqol 100. If you are working with people who are over 60 years of age, then you should use either the whoqol100 or the whoqolbref, together with the extra whoqolold questions. Conclusions the present study shows that crosslanguage equivalence, internal consistency, splithalf reliability, and testretest reliability of the hindi version of srpb of whoqolsrpb are excellent. This study provides preliminary population norms for this purpose. Completed in 8 mins, the whoqolsrpb bref was acceptable and feasible. A crosscultural study of spirituality, religion, and.
Measurement properties of the whoqolbref in alcoholics. Based on this fourfactor model, and in the interests of parsimony, the 26item whoqol br. Quality of care and qality of life for people with intellectual and physical disabilities, acronym disqol. This study is aimed at evaluating the reliability and validity of the chinese version of the world health organization quality of life. Scoring of the whoqol srpb instrument the whoqol100 and whoqol srpb fieldtest instrument together produce a quality of life profile with detailed information on sprb aspects of quality of life. As members of the whoqol srpb group, we address some of the issues raised by them, and simultaneously aim to clarify the goals and limitations of the whoqol srpb instrument. The same steps for the scoring whoqol100 should be followed to achieve scores for the bref. Validation of hindi translation of srpb facets of whoqol. This may be a good pointer for further searches for certain file conversions and help you find the converter you are looking for if our search result is insufficient for you. However, an abbreviated world health organization quality of life. The whoqol bref, is a 26item instrument adapted from the larger whoqol 100 survey, a multilingual assessment for generic qol that was developed concurrently across 15 international field centers.
The whoqolbref instrument consists of 24 itemsthe most general item i. World health organization quality of life instruments whoqol whoqol is a generic quality of life scale developed through the world health organization. Developed collaboratively and fieldtested across a number of cultural contexts. Quality of life assessment in acetabular fracture patients in doaj.
Based on this fourfactor model, and in the interests of parsimony, the 26item whoqolbr. Whoqolold assessment of quality of life in elderly. A pdf creator and a pdf converter makes the conversion possible. The whoqolsrpb was grouped into four factors that are distinct from the six. Please answer the following statements according to how well they describe you in the last 30 days. This is a personal view of the authors who are members of the whoqol srpb group, not an official view from the world health organization. Completed in 8 mins, the whoqol srpb bref was acceptable and feasible. The whoqol group, department of mental health, who, ch1211, geneva 27, switzerland. Point of view explaining the meaning of the whoqol srpb marcelo p. The methods to create pdf files explained here are free and easy to use. The whoqol srpb, the whoqol hiv and the whoqol dis are available for specific use in relevant conditions. Assesses quality of life within six different contexts with. Brief version in bahasa malaysia correlation coefficient ranged from 0. Psychometric properties of the whoqolsrpb bref, brazilian.
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