WHOQOL-BREF
Performance of the WHOQOL-BREF among Norwegian substance use disorder patients
... The WHOQOL-BREF performed well as a whole, with the exception of the social relationships domain. Ex- pected social variables such as isolation or relationship status did not explain observed variance in ...
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Measurement equivalence of the English, Chinese and Malay versions of the World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaires
... In both general population and clinic samples, to be eligible, the participant must be a Singapore Resident (including Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents) aged 21 years and above who speaks English, ...
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Development of diabetes-specific quality of life module to be in conjunction with the World Health Organization quality of life scale brief version (WHOQOL-BREF)
... Although numerous disease-specific HRQoL measures (Additional file 1: Appendix 1) exist for patients with diabetes, the length of these measures (e.g., up to 39 – 51 items [13 – 16]) may limit their feasibility to ...
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Profile of subjective quality of life and its correlates in a nation wide sample of high school students in an Arab setting using the WHOQOL Bref
... The major limitation of the study is that it was cross- sectional; hence the results support an association, not causality. Moreover, the variables not measured, such as parental age, and monogamy/polygamy family setting ...
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KAP STUDY Quality of life of post-graduate medical students working in private and public hospitals in Punjab as measured by WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire
... This cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2016 to January 2017at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad; Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad; Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF) Hospital, Wah; Mayo ...
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Evaluating a new methodology for providing individualized feedback in healthcare on quality of life and its importance, using the WHOQOL BREF in a community population
... Procedure: Participants assessed their QoL by completing the WHOQOL-BREF [23] and abbreviated WHOQOL-Importance scales [18]. They received individualised graphical profiles of their results (an ...
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Psychometric evaluation, using Rasch analysis, of the WHOQOL-BREF in heroin-dependent people undergoing methadone maintenance treatment: further item validation
... However, using only CTT methods is insufficient for clinicians to understand the psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF. Specifically, CTT methods treat raw scores and item responses to rating scales as ...
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<p>Comparison of SF-36 and WHOQoL-BREF in Measuring Quality of Life in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes</p>
... whereas WHOQoL-BREF focuses on individual opinions about QoL and so the SF-36 questions are more objective in comparison to the completely subjective ques- tions of the ...that WHOQoL-BREF is ...
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<p>The effects of sociodemographic factors on quality of life among people aged 50 years or older are not unequivocal: comparing SF-12, WHOQOL-BREF, and WHOQOL-OLD</p>
... the WHOQOL-BREF, and the WHOQOL-OLD, using ...the WHOQOL-BREF, both the physical and the mental domain of the SF-12, and the death and dying and intimacy domains of the WHOQOL- ...
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Psychometric evaluation of an interview administered version of the WHOQOL BREF questionnaire for use in a cross sectional study of a rural district in Bangladesh: an application of Rasch analysis
... the WHOQOL-BREF (physical, psychological, so- cial and environmental) was ...the WHOQOL-BREF are not part of any domain, these were not examined ...
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Life satisfaction two-years after stroke onset: the effects of gender, sex occupational status, memory function and quality of life among stroke patients (Newsqol) and their family caregivers (Whoqol-bref) in Luxembourg
... Methods: All stroke patients admitted to all hospitals in Luxembourg were identified by the ‘ Inspection Général de la Sécurité Sociale ’ using the only national system database for care expenditure reimbursement. Their ...
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Assessing the quality of life among Pakistani general population and their associated factors by using the World Health Organization’s quality of life instrument (WHOQOL-BREF): a population based cross-sectional study
... Methodology: A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in all 52 Union Councils of District Abbottabad, Khaber Pkutunkhua province, Pakistan from March 2015 to August 2015. Multi-stage cluster sampling ...
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Assessment of quality of life among parents of children with congenital heart disease using WHOQOL-BREF: a cross-sectional study from Northwest Saudi Arabia
... The WHOQOL-BREF instrument consists of four do- mains: physical health (7 items, Q 3, 4, 10, 15, 16, 17, and 18), psychological health (6 items, Q 5, 6, 7, 11, 19, and 26), social relationships (3 items, Q ...
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Psychometric properties of the Iranian interview administered version of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL BREF): A population based study
... was satisfactory [12]. Internal consistency was measured using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The study findings indicated satisfactory alpha coefficients in all domains except for the social relationships. This ...
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Confirmatory factor analytical study of the WHOQOL-Bref: experience with Sudanese general population and psychiatric samples
... the WHOQOL-Bref provides a compelling rationale to assess its factor struc- ture across culturally diverse ...the WHOQOL-Bref in factor analysis could lead to the generation of factors from ...
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WHOQOL-BREF among Singaporean Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus: What Does It Measure?
... the WHOQOL-BREF domains to discriminate between respondents with good and poor diabetes control as reflected by ...the WHOQOL-BREF Physical domain was explored by examining its ability to ...
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Assessment of quality of life using WHOQOL-BREF in patients with visceral leishmaniasis
... that WHOQOL-BREF is a reliable instrument to measure QOL among VL ...life. WHOQOL group Instruments were found to be the best tools as far as simplicity and scope of response is ...
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Application of Fuzzy System in Psychological Tests: Optimize the Number of Questions for WHOQOL-BREF
... The WHOQOL-BREF is one of the best known questionnaires for measuring the quality of ...the WHOQOL-BREF questions to reduce some unclear or doubtful ...questions.The ...
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Development, reliability and validity of the Chichewa WHOQOL BREF in adults in lilongwe, Malawi
... Conclusion: This study demonstrates that the new Chichewa WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire is acceptable and comprehensible to respondents in Malawi. The questionnaire also passed a number of tests of the validity ...
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Utility of WHOQOL-BREF in measuring quality of life in Sickle Cell Disease
... for WHOQOL-Social rela- tions were also high similar to studies in patients with chronic obstructive airway disease where the ceiling effect was ...the WHOQOL-Bref showed lower effects than the ...
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