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  1. World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL)-100
    Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
    Format: Text
    Annotation: The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) instrument is a generic, patient-completed measure of health-related quality of life that was simultaneously developed in 15 sites worldwide. It is focused around the definition of quality of life advocated by the World Health Organization, which includes culture and context that influence an individual's perception of health. The instrument has a modular structure and is organized into five broad domains: physical health (bodily states and functions), psychological health, level of independence and social relationships, and environment. The WHOQOL-100 is one of the most commonly used standard QOL measures in existence. This resource was identified by the NIH Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) for researchers looking for pre- and post-disaster data collection instruments.

    Ease of Use in Disaster Setting: Difficult
    Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: Grade 9.9
    Population: Adults only
    Length: 100 questions, 24 subscales, six domains
    Time to Complete: 10-20 minutes
    Administered by: Self administered/self report, Lay Interviewer, Specialist/Doctor/Expert
    Language(s): English, Greek, Estonian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, German, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Zambia, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Shona, Slovak, Swedish, Spanish, Tamil, Urdu, and Turkish    ...[See more] [See less]
    URL: https://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/WHOQOL_100.pdf?ua=1
    Type: Guideline/Assessment Tool
    Access Notes: Permission/Request required

    Citation(s):
    Osofsky HJ, Osofsky JD, Hansel TC. Deepwater horizon oil spill: mental health effects on residents in heavily affected areas. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2011 Dec;5(4):280-6. PubMed PMID: 22146666. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22146666. Subscription required.

    Study protocol for the World Health Organization project to develop a Quality of Life assessment instrument (WHOQOL). Qual Life Res. 1993 Apr;2(2):153-9. PubMed PMID: 8518769. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8518769. Subscription required.

    The World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment (WHOQOL): position paper from the World Health Organization. Soc Sci Med. 1995 Nov;41(10):1403-9. PubMed PMID: 8560308. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8560308. Subscription required.

    The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): development and general psychometric properties. Soc Sci Med. 1998 Jun;46(12):1569-85. PubMed PMID: 9672396. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9672396. Subscription required.

    Bonomi AE, Patrick DL, Bushnell DM, Martin M. Validation of the United States' version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) instrument. J Clin Epidemiol. 2000 Jan;53(1):1-12. PubMed PMID: 10693897. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10693897. Subscription required.

    The WHOQOL-100 and WHO-BREF (another available version of the WHOQOL) require permission to use, so please reference contact information for additional details. The WHOQOL-HIV and the WHOQOL-SRPB are freely available and accessible to the public through the official WHO site.

    Contact information:

    Institution: World Health Organization, WHOQOL Group, Program on Mental Health, Division of Mental Health and Prevention of Substance Abuse
    Address: CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Phone: 41 22 791 3610 or 4739 or 3634
    Fax: 41 22 791 4160
    Email: whoqol@who.ch, WHOQOL@who.int, or chatterjis@who.int
    Web: https://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/whoqol/en/
    Includes Research Tools: Yes.
    ID: 8989. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF)
    Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
    Format: PDF
    Annotation: The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF instrument comprises 26 items, which measure the following broad domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. The WHOQOL-BREF is a shorter version of the original instrument that may be more convenient for use in large research studies or clinical trials. This resource was identified by the NIH Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) for researchers looking for pre- and post-disaster data collection instruments.

    Ease of Use in Disaster Setting: Moderate
    Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: Grade 5.9
    Population: All/Anyone
    Length: 26 questions
    Administered by: Self Report/Self Administered, Lay Interviewer, Specialist/Doctor/Expert
    Language(s): English, Chinese, Czech, Farsi, Indonesian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Persian, Hindi, Malay/Malayalam, Korean, Dutch, and Danish    ...[See more] [See less]
    URL: https://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/whoqol/en/
    Type: Guideline/Assessment Tool
    Access Notes: Permission/Request required

    Citation(s):
    Suzuki Y, Tsutsumi A, Fukasawa M, Honma H, Someya T, Kim Y. Prevalence of mental disorders and suicidal thoughts among community-dwelling elderly adults 3 years after the niigata-chuetsu earthquake. J Epidemiol. 2011;21(2):144-50. Epub 2011 Feb 12. PubMed PMID:21325733. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21325733. Subscription not required.

    Development of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment. The WHOQOL Group. Psychol Med. 1998 May;28(3):551-8. PubMed PMID: 9626712. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9626712. Subscription required.

    Skevington SM, Lotfy M, O'Connell KA; WHOQOL Group. The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A report from the WHOQOL group. Qual Life Res. 2004 Mar;13(2):299-310. PubMed PMID: 15085902. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15085902. Subscription required.

    Vahedi S. World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF): Analyses of Their Item Response Theory Properties Based on the Graded Responses Model. Iran J Psychiatry. 2010 Fall;5(4):140-53. PubMed PMID: 22952508; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3395923. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952508. Subscription not required.

    The WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-100 (another available version of the WHOQOL) require permission to use, so please reference contact information for additional details. The WHOQOL-HIV and the WHOQOL-SRPB are freely available and accessible to the public through the official WHO site.

    Contact information:

    Institution: World Health Organization, WHOQOL Group, Program on Mental Health, Division of Mental Health and Prevention of Substance Abuse
    Address: CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Phone: 41 22 791 3610 or 4739 or 3634
    Fax: 41 22 791 4160
    Email: whoqol@who.ch, WHOQOL@who.int, or chatterjis@who.int
    Web: https://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/whoqol/en/
    Includes Research Tools: Yes.
    ID: 8990. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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