Application of the Portuguese version of the abbreviated instrument of quality life WHOQOL-bref

被引：833

作者：

Fleck, MPA ^{[1
]}

Louzada, S ^{[1
]}

Xavier, M ^{[1
]}

Chachamovich, E ^{[1
]}

Vieira, G ^{[1
]}

Santos, L ^{[1
]}

Pinzon, V ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Fed Rio Grande Sul, Fac Med, Dept Psiquiatria & Med Legal, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

来源：

REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICA | 2000年 / 34卷 / 02期

关键词：

quality of life; evaluation; World Health Organization; validity;

D O I：

10.1590/S0034-89102000000200012

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Introduction The need of short instruments to evaluate Quality of life determines World Health Organization Quality of Life Group, (WHOQOL Group) to develop an abbreviated version of the WHOQOL-100, the WHOQOL-bref: The objective is to present the Brazilian field trial of the WHOQOL-bref Methods WHOQOL-bref is composed by 26 questions divided in four domains: physical, psychological, social relationships and environment. The evaluation instrument, BDI (beck depression inventory) and BHS (Deck hopelessness scale) were used in a 300 subjects sample in Porto Alegre, South Brazil. Results/Conclusions The instrument showed a good performance concerning internal consistency, discriminant validity, criterion validity: concurrent validity and test-retest reliability. The instrument allies good psychometric performance and practicity for use which puts it as an interesting option to evaluate quality of life in Brazil.

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页码：178 / 183

页数：6

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