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