The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of a short form of the WHOQOL questionnaire, the WHOQOL-BREF, which consists of 24 questions, in evaluating quality of life (QOL) in sarcoidosis patients. A group of 97 sarcoidosis patients and a matched group of 97 healthy controls took part in the study. Their QOL was examined by means of the WHOQOL-BREF, and the respiratory functions were ...

1 يوجشناد سانشراک ی ،هیذغت مولع دشرا ،نارهت یکشزپ مولع هاگشناد ،یسانش میژر و هیذغت هدکشناد ناریا 2 لوئسم هدنسیون : هورگ رایداتسا هیذغت هعماج ،ناریا ،نارهت یکشزپ مولع هاگشناد ،یسانش میژر و هیذغت هدکشناد ، یکینورتکلا تسپ : [email protected] 3 داتسا هورگ هیذغت هعماج هدکشناد، هیذغت میژرو هاگشناد،ینامرد مولع یکشزپ ،نارهت ناریا 4 يارتکد تملاس تاقیقحت یلم وتیتسنا ،ناهفصا یتشادهب ت...

BACKGROUND To assess the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Older Adults Module (WHOQOL-OLD). METHODS The psychometric properties of the Dutch WHOQOL-OLD were examined in a cross-sectional study using a sample of 1,340 people aged 60 years or older. Participants completed a Web-based question...

OBJECTIVE To construct versions of the WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-DIS instruments in Brazilian sign language to evaluate the Brazilian deaf population's quality of life. METHODS The methodology proposed by the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-DIS) was used to construct instruments adapted to the deaf community using Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). The research for constructing ...

This study describes the Statistical Package for Social Sciences' (SPSS) syntax commands for analysing WHOQOL-100 data. It was concluded that understanding syntax is a factor limiting WHOQOL-100 use. Analysing partial or complete WHOQOL-100 data can be accomplished by other software.

The aim of this instrumental study was to compare the psychometric properties between World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument, short form (WHOQOL-BREF), data derived from the WHOQOL-100 and data directly from the WHOQOL-BREF and to assess additional psychometric properties of the WHOQOLBREF in women with breast problems. One group (n = 607) completed the WHOQOL100 four times, anoth...

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BACKGROUND In recent decades there has been increasing focus on developing and localizing quality of life (QOL) instruments in different societies. In this study, we aim to translate WHO's Quality of Life WHOQOL-100 questionnaire into the Persian language and assess the validity and reliability of the translated version. METHODS   We used a forward-backward procedure to translate the question...

BACKGROUND The WHOQOL-BREF is one of the best-known instruments that have been developed for cross-cultural comparisons of quality of life and currently it is available in more than 40 languages. Current study was done to provide: (1) the psychometrics properties of the Iranian version of WHOQOL-BREF and (2) the norm scores for satisfaction with life overall and satisfaction with specific Life ...

WHOQOL-100, a 100 items quality of life assessment by WHO is too lengthy to be applicable in researches where the quality of life is one of the many variables of interest. The abbreviated version with 26 items is more acceptable by subjects, especially those with illness. The generic and the abbreviated Malay version were given to subjects who were healthy and with illness. Results showed that ...