Second, the current study aims to determine the metric properties associated with three short versions of the whoqolold with a view to determining which short version would be most suitable when used in conjunction with the whoqol100 or bref the latter is a more elaborate qol instrument, also developed by the whoqol group. Psychometric properties of the complete version of the world health. A selfreport questionnaire that contains 26 items and addresses 4 qol domains. The whoqolold module manual 2 this manual was written by mick power and silke schmidt on behalf of the whoqolold group. We randomly sampled twothirds of respondents from the data of whoqolold field study n 5,566, as a developmental sample, and the remaining third as a validation sample. The seaqol group is the location of the us whoqol center and distributes the us english version of the whoqol 100 and whoqol bref. The whoqolold module is an additional tool to the whoqol100 or whoqolbref 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.
World health organization quality of life scale whoqolbref. Due to the comprehensiveness of whoqol 100 100 questions it takes between 30 and 90 minutes to be completed. Over past decade various functional scoring systems have been used for acetabular fracture patients musculoskeletal function assessment score, short form sf36, sf12 score, eq5d score and world health organizationqol whoqol score 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, but most were devised in the developed countries and their crosscultural. The whoqolold is an instrument for the assessment of subjective quality of life in elderly people. A partial validation of the whoqolold in a sample of. 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. To develop an instrument for assessing quality of life among elderly adults whoqolold, from the starting point of quality of life measurements for younger adults whoqol100, recently published in its original version whoqol group,12 1998 and also in the form of the brazilian version. As you know there are 26 questions on the whoqolbref, each scored from 15, comprising 4 domains. Pdf whoqolbref questionnaire as a measure of quality of. This survey has been used in large epidemiological studies and clinical trials.
Brief version whoqol bref in a homeless substance dependent veteran population. It is based on the who definition of quality of life and is available in more than 20 languages. Please choose the answer that appears most appropriate. Psychometric properties of the dutch whoqolold health. Whoqol instruments, describing their psychometric properties and facilitating administration and scoring. World health organization qualityoflife scale whoqolbref. Brief version in bahasa malaysia correlation coefficient ranged from 0. The chinese version of the world health organization. Functioning of the senses, autonomy, past, present and future activities, social participation, death and dying, and intimacy4. The psychometric properties of the dutch whoqolold were examined in a crosssectional study using a sample of 1,340 people aged 60 years or older. World health organization quality of life assessment. The sixth census conducted by the chinese government indicates that life expectancy of chinese people has increased from 71.
The whoqolold consists of 24 questions divided into six facets, forming additional domains that account for specific issues related to aging. Whoqolbref questionnaire as a measure of quality of life in sarcoidosis article pdf available in collegium antropologicum 373. The world health organization quality of life assessment. The study was funded by the european commission fifth. Quality of life among older adults resident in longstay care. Jan 31, 2014 whoqol bref is the short version of the whoqol 100 and is recommended for use when time is restricted or the burden on the respondent needs to be minimized. The aim of this study was to examine the associations among qol, gender, and physical and psychosocial health in older brazilian communitydwelling adults to identify factors that are associated with better qol. Assessing quality of life in people with hiv in spain. However, in most countries, the psychometric properties of the whoqol old have been assessed only on the basis of small local samples and not in representative studies.
The seaqol group is the location of the us whoqol center and distributes the us english version of the whoqol100 and whoqolbref. The three versions of shortform whoqolold contained the best items of. The steps are presented from the development of the initial pilot version of the instrument to the field trial version, the socalled whoqol 100. The world health organization who recently developed a generic quality of life qol measure, the whoqol. World health organization quality of life instruments whoqol bref whoqol bref is an abbreviated generic quality of life scale developed through the world health organization. Jul 15, 2016 to assess the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the dutch version of the world health organization quality of life instrumentolder adults module whoqol old. Pdf development of short versions for the whoqolold module. The purpose of this study was to investigate quality of life qol and attitudes toward aging in older adults in a province in turkey.
Pdf development of the whoqolold module researchgate. If you are interested in translations of the whoqolbref. We present the validation data of the french version of a new quality of life questionnaire, specifically developed for use with older adults 60 years old. A priori expected associations were found between whoqol bref and whoqol old with the sf12 and the gds30, indicating good construct validity. The psychometric properties of the german version of the. Who quality of lifebref whoqolbref rehabmeasures database. The whoqol 100 is, to the extent that the data have permitted analysis, a reliable and valid instrument that can be used in a diverse range of cultures. Development of short versions for the whoqol old module.
The addon module, known as the whoqol old, was derived following standard whoqol methodology. This questionnaire, which contains 24 items in six domains, is a complementary module of the whoqol bref quality of life questionnaire. The highest correlation was found between the environment domain domain 4 and the psychological domain domain 2. Accordance and reproducibility of the electronic version of. Whoqol old manual pdf, 345kb world health organization. The development of the whoqol 100, has been detailed elsewhere i. Whoqol is a generic quality of life scale developed through the world health organization.
Along with the rising life expectancy and decreasing fertility rate, another inevitable problem comes outpopulation aging. The lowest correlation was found between the overall health. We found no ceiling and floor effects, and missing data was low. Three approaches item response theory irt and regression analysis reg, classical test theory ctt and reg, and ctt and irt and reg were performed to develop three shortform scales with six items. This investigation aims to validate the psychometric properties of the modified 19item bengali version world health organization quality of life whoqol instrument in a typical healthy rural population in bangladesh. The study was developed with two different samples of elderly residents in the countryside of paraiba, brazil. This manual was written by mick power and silke schmidt on behalf of the. Who the world health organization quality of life whoqol. Therefore, in the last decade, international interest has focussed on the study of quality of life qol in older people.
Whoqolbref questionnaire as a measure of quality of life in. Whoqolold assessment of quality of life in elderly patients with parkinsons disease. For both samples, we used a nonprobabilistic approach with. Besides the whoqolold module, the whoqolbref, bdi and bhs instruments were also applied. The estimated internal consistency measures of reliability cronbachs alpha coefficient for the total and subscales of the whoqololdp in the present study were in the acceptable range 0. People are living longer and healthier than at any other time point in history. The psychometric properties of the german version of the whoqol.
Psychometric properties of the whoqol instruments both the whoqol 100 and the whoqol bref have been shown to display. This study is aimed at evaluating the reliability and validity of the chinese version of the world health organization quality of life. Psychometric properties of the whoqol instruments both the whoqol100 and the whoqolbref have been shown to display. Scielo saude publica development and validation of the. Prior to the focus group exercise the iterative delphi process. Development of short versions for the whoqolold module the. The three versions of shortform whoqol old contained the best items of the original module, much shorter, and. To assess the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the dutch version of the world health organization quality of life instrumentolder adults module whoqol old. Reliability and validity of the world health organization quality of life. Adaptations have been developed for people with hiv whoqolhiv and an additional 32 item instrument has been. Development of short versions for the whoqolold module. Crosscultural adaptation and psychometric validation of. Methods the psychometric properties of the dutch whoqol old were examined in a crosssectional study using a sample of 1,340 people aged 60 years or older.
Scoring and coding for the whoqol srpb fieldtest instrument. Wed like to understand how you use our websites in order to improve them. Abstractpurpose of the study to explore shortform versions of world health organization quality of life whoqolold with acceptable. Participants completed a webbased questionnaire, the.
In brazil, a rapidly aging country suffering from large inequalities, the study of the quality of life qol of aged people is important for the future health. To assess the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the dutch version of the world health organization quality of life instrumentolder adults module whoqolold. 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. Quality of life whoqol bref world health organization. The whoqol old is an instrument for the assessment of subjective quality of life in elderly people.
These facets are sensory abilities, autonomy, past, present, and future activities, social participation, death and dying, and intimacy. The who developed a shorter form of the 701 received for publication may 8, 2010. To assess the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the dutch version of the world health organization quality of. In the pilot phase of the study, 22 centres from around the world carried out focus groups with older adults, with carers, and with professionals working with older adults in order to identify gaps in the coverage of the whoqol 100 that were relevant. The steps are presented from the development of the initial pilot version of the instrument to the. The world health organization who has developed a quality of life instrument, the whoqol, which captures many subjective aspects of quality of life 35. If you are unsure about which response to give to a. Our aim was to study the psychometric properties of the generic qol measure whoqolbref whoqol, world health organization quality of life and specific older adult module whoqolold. Pdf psychometric properties of the complete version of. Psychometric properties of the dutch whoqolold health and. The crosssectional investigation collected 300 adults aged 1885 years from narail, a rural district of bangladesh using a multistage cluster random sampling technique.
The whoqolold is a multidimensional measure of quality of life in older persons and comprises 24 items divided into six facets or subscales of four items each. This is a quantitative and descriptive study of qol and the attitudes toward aging in older adults. This paper describes the development of an addon module for the whoqol measures of quality of life qol for use with older adults. Syntax files for checking and cleaning data, and for computing facet and domain scores are also available from the whoqol group. Download fulltext pdf development of the whoqolold module article pdf available in quality of life research 1410. The steps presented in this paper do of course represent an intermediate stage in the development of the whoqol. Whoqolold, elderly quality of life index eqoli i the quality of life scale for elderly qolse 24. I will read out each question to you, along with the response options. It is a generic english version and should not be used as it stands, nor just be translated. The chinese version of the world health organization quality. The aim of this study was to develop the items for a new quality of life assessmentthe whoqolwhich would simultaneously create a uk national instrument as well as contribute to an international pool of items for a cross. Psychometric properties of the dutch whoqolold robbert j.
Old demonstrated good performance on tests of reliability and validity and had features that made it a more suitable outcome measure of qol in older people compared with the frequently used measure, the sf. Gobbens and van assen health and quality of life outcomes psychometric properties of the dutch whoqolold robbert j. This document gives a conceptual background to the whoqol definition of quality of life and describes the development of the whoqol bref, an abbreviated version of the whoqol 100. The world health organization quality of life whoqol. To present the psychometric properties of a new measure of quality of life in older age, the older peoples quality of life opqol questionnaire, compared with the capse19 and the whoqolold. This paper reports on the field testing, empirical derivation and psychometric properties of the world health organisation quality of life assessment the whoqol. Second, the current study aims to determine the metric properties associated with three short versions of the whoqol old with a view to determining which short version would be most suitable when used in conjunction with the whoqol 100 or bref the latter is a more elaborate qol instrument, also developed by the whoqol group. Skala whoqolage jest wynikiem analizowania przydatnosci poszczegolnych wymiarow skal whoqol 100 i whoqolbref w odniesieniu do badania osob starszych. Psychometric properties of the complete version of the world health organization quality of life assessment whoqolold. The goals of this study are to analyze the psychometric properties and evidence of the validity of the spanish version of whoqolhivbref in a sample of plhiv in spain and to examine the more impaired hrqol facets and dimensions and identify the plhiv who. By 2010, the number of people aged 65 and older in china is about 118. The whoqol old is an international cooperation of 22 research centres under the sponsorship of the who for the development of an intercultural instrument for the assessment of quality of life in. Whoqol group, programme on mental health, world health organisation, ch1211 geneva 27, switzerland. This pilot study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the new measure to determine its suitability for evaluating outcomes of healthy ageing interventions.
Whoqol bref the following questions ask how you feel about your quality of life, health, or other areas of your life. Suitability of the whoqolbref and whoqolold for spanish. Studies that used the whoqol 100 in sarcoidosis patients found the whoqol 100 to be a useful measure of qol. Brief version whoqolbref in a homeless substance dependent veteran population. In this context, the present study aims to verify the accordance and reproducibility of the whoqol bref and whoqol old quality of life assessment instruments between the paper version pv and the electronic version ev, called whoqol bref web and whoqol old web. The assessment of healthrelated quality of life hrqol in people living with hiv plhiv has become crucial to evidencebased practice. Whoqolbref the following questions ask how you feel about your quality of life, health, or other areas of your life. A study carried out among 286 elderly persons concluded that both whoqol old and whoqolbref have good internal consistency and. The instruments internal consistency was assessed using.
Whoqolbref is an abbreviated generic quality of life scale developed through the world health organization. The domain scores are not averages, they are the sum total score for each question within the domain. Psychometric properties of the dutch whoqolold pdf. A study carried out among 286 elderly persons concluded that both whoqolold and whoqolbref have good internal consistency and. Oct 21, 2011 the correlations between the total scores of the three versions and those of whoqol old, whoqol bref, and sf12, and the reliability values based on the validation sample are shown in table 6. Bref included an analysis of internal consistency, discriminate validity, convergent validity and an examination of the domain structure. The development of the whoqol100, has been detailed elsewhere i. Assessment of whoqolold death and dying dimension in. World health organization quality of life instruments. The results showed that general norms for the whoqol bref domains were 73. In the pilot phase of the study, 22 centres from around the world carried out focus groups with older adults, with carers, and with professionals working with older. The study was funded by the european commission fifth framework, qlrt200000320, and was carried out under the auspices of the world health organization quality of life group whoqol group. 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.
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 whoqolold, was derived following standard whoqol methodology. Validation of an instrument to evaluate quality of life in. The whoqol 100 assesses individuals perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. The world health organization quality of life assessment whoqol. Bref met reliability standards alpha coefficient exceeding 0.
Accordance and reproducibility of the electronic version. Psychometric evaluation of the modified 19item bengali. The whoqol bref is one of the best known instruments that has been developed for crosscultural comparisons of quality of life and is available in more than 40 languages. The reliability values of the three versions were all greater than. The whoqol is a quality of life assessment 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. The whoqol hiv has been developed from an extensive test of 115 questions, plus the whoqol 100 in 10 centres around the world. The seaqol group is the location of the us whoqol center and distributes the us english version of the whoqol100. The three versions of shortform whoqolold contained the best items of the original module, much shorter, and. Current gerontology and geriatrics research hindawi. World health organization quality of life instruments whoqol. This document gives a conceptual background to the whoqol definition of quality of life and describes the development of the whoqolbref, an abbreviated version of the whoqol100. To develop an instrument for assessing quality of life among elderly adults whoqolold, from the starting point of quality of life measurements for younger adults whoqol100, recently published in its original version whoqol group, 12 1998 and also in the form of the brazilian version.
A partial validation of the whoqolold in a sample of older. Oct 23, 20 there is a need for short, specific instruments that assess quality of life qol adequately in the older adult population. The internal consistency measured by cronbachs alpha was 0. The whoqol100 assesses individuals perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. The whoqol 100 produces scores relating to particular facets of quality of life e. Th ese questions represent the finalised version of the whoqol hiv to be used for field trials. The vehicle was three national population surveys of older people living at home in britain, including a survey of ethnically diverse older people.
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