O instrumento de avaliação de qualidade de vida da Organização Mundial da Saúde (WHOQOL-100): características e perspectivas

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Marcelo Pio De Almeida Fleck¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal Porto Alegre,Brasil

关键词: Quality of Life;    World Health Organization;    Rating Scale;    Qualidade de vida;    Organização Mundial da Saúde;    Escala de Avaliação;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-81232000000100004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Quality of life evaluation has been growing in importance as a measure to evaluate results in medicine. Taking into account the absence of a quality of life instrument with a cross-cultural approach, World Health Organization developed a unique methodology to create it. Initially, the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument (WHOQOL-100), with a hundred questions, was elaborated. The need of a short instrument to be used in extensive epidemiological studies caused WHO to develop a short 26-question version (WHOQOL-bref). Nowadays, a specific module to evaluate quality of life in HIV/Aids patients and a module to evaluate spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs are being developed.

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