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The World Health Organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL): Development and general psychometric properties

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This paper reports on the field testing, empirical derivation and psychometric properties of the World Health Organisation Quality of Life assessment (the WHOQOL). The steps are presented from the development of the initial pilot version of the instrument to the field trial version, the so-called WHOQOL-100. The instrument has been developed collaboratively in a number of centres in diverse cultural settings over several years; data are presented on the performance of the instrument in 15 different settings worldwide.

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Authors: The Whoqol Group
Corresponding author: The Whoqol Group
Venue: Social Science & Medicine
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1998-06
Volume: 46
Issue: 12
Pages: 1569-1585
ISSN: 0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(98)00009-4
OpenAlex: W2153037374
Cited by: 3,802
References: 13
Citations by year: 2026: 129 · 2025: 164 · 2024: 219 · 2023: 280 · 2022: 274 · 2021: 247 · 2020: 271 · 2019: 218 · 2018: 193 · 2017: 189 · 2016: 177 · 2015: 148 · 2014: 148 · 2013: 155 · 2012: 145
FWCI: 56.63
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
Keywords: WHOQOL, quality of life assessment, psychometric properties, WHOQOL-100, instrument development, field testing, cross-cultural validation, health-related quality of life
MeSH terms: Adult, Aged, Cross-Sectional Studies, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Health Status Indicators, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Pilot Projects, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Translations, World Health Organization, Reproducibility of Results, Chi-Square Distribution, Cultural Diversity, Quality-Adjusted Life Years

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