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The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): Development and General Psychometric Properties

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Journal Soc Sci Med
Date 1998 Jul 22
PMID 9672396
Citations 985
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Abstract

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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