Summary of assessment tools for measuring Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in people living with schizophrenia (QCMR-HRQoL-Table)

The Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMR), Physical and Mental Health Team has explored the different assessment measures that have been used for Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in people living with schizophrenia. Please click this link for a table that they have developed and kindly shared in partnership with MAGNET for the wider community. The table provides a summary of a selection of these assessment tools, as well as citation recommendations for each measure. Whilst focusing on schizophrenia, the table references the following domain’s of instruments: Schizophrenia-specific, Severe mental illness-specific, Mental health-specific, and Generic.

Administration format for the different measures varies, and this is referred to within the table.