WHOQOL: Measuring Quality of Life (Bref) (WHOQOL-BREF)

The WHOQOL-BREF is a self-report evaluation of subjective quality of life. It produces scores for four domains related to quality of life: physical health, psychological, social relationships and environment. It also includes one facet on overall quality of life and general health. The WHOQOL-BREF is a shortened version of the WHOQOL-100.The WHOQOL-BREF is a self-report evaluation of subjective quality of life. It produces scores for four domains related to quality of life: physical health, psychological, social relationships and environment. It also includes one facet on overall quality of life and general health. The WHOQOL-BREF is a shortened version of the WHOQOL-100.

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• The WHOQOL Group. (1998). Development of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment. Psychological Medicine, 28(3), 551-558. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291798006667

• Manual is available for free here: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-HIS-HSI-Rev.2012.03

• Oliveira, S. E., Carvalho, H., & Esteves, F. (2016). Toward an understanding of the quality of life construct: Validity and reliability of the WHOQOL-BREF in a psychiatric sample. Psychiatry Research, 244, 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.007
• Skevington, S. M., Lotfy, M., & O'Connell, K. A. (2004). 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. Quality of Life Research, 13(2), 299-310. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:QURE.0000018486.91360.00

• Australia - adults, community sample: Hawthorne, G., Herrman, H., & Murphy, B. (2006). Interpreting the WHOQOL-BREF: Preliminary population norms and effect sizes. Social Indicators Research, 77(1), 37-59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-5552-1