WHO – Quality of Life – Brief (WHOQOLBREF)
Assessments
Description
The WHOQOL-BREF was developed by the Word Health Organisation as a quality of life assessment that would be applicable cross-culturally. It is a 26 item self report measure, especially useful for measuring outcomes with adults with a psychosocial disability.
The scale is designed to measure the impact of disease and impairment on daily activities and behaviour, perceived health, disability and functional capacity.
The WHOQOL-BREF measures four factors:
1.Physical health
2.Psychological Health
3.Social relationships
4.Environment
Validity
The WHOQOL-BREF is a shorter version of the WHOQOL-100, and has been independently validated among people with disability as well as normative samples. Shawver et al. (2016) evaluated the internal consistency of the scales and validated the four domain factor structure.
Normative data in an Australian representative sample was collected by Hawthorne et al. (2006). The mean age of the sample was 48 years with educational and occupational patterns that generally mirror the Australian population.
The study found that the mean Transformed Score for each domain where:
1.Physical health. 73.5 (SD = 18.1)
2.Psychological Health. 70.6 (SD = 14)
3.Social relationships. 71.5 (SD = 18.2)
4.Environment. 75 (SD = 13)
Interpretation
The total score is presented between 26 and 156, where higher scores represent higher levels of quality of life. A quality of life profile is also produced by examining the four domain scores.
1. Physical Health – (Q 3, 4, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18). Raw scores between 7 and 35.
2. Psychological Health – (Q 5, 6, 7, 11, 19, 26). Raw score between 6 and 30
3. Social relationships – (Q 20, 21, 22). Raw score between 3 and 15.
4. Environment – (Q 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25). Raw score between 8 and 40
As well as raw scores being presented, a transformed score between 0 and 100 is computed based on methodology published in the WHOQOL-BREF manual. This allows domain scores to be compared to each other. Higher transformed scores are indicative of higher level of quality of life.
Scores are also presented a percentile rank against the normative Australian population. Higher percentiles represent higher quality of life, and a percentile 50 represents average quality of life.
Developer
The WHOQOL Group. (1994). The development of the World Health Organization quality of life assessment instrument (the WHOQOL). In J. Orley and W. Kuyken (Eds) Quality of Life Assessment: International Perspectives. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag
Try it and see how BetterMind can enhance your practice
Support
Frequently Asked Questions
You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. Below you can find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions. If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for, please feel free to reach out to us at info@betterworldhealthcare.com.
I can’t open test results within the Web Browser
Assessment result PDFs are opened in a new tab within the web browser. If you click the results but they do not open, your browser will be blocking the popup. To resolve this, after you have pressed the test result, look out for an alert at the top of your browser notifying you that a pop-up has been blocked, then click "Allow".
I have forgotten my password. How can I reset it?
If you have forgotten your password please press “forgot password” within the app, or on the Web Browser App login page (https://app.bettermind-app.com/login). You will receive a new temporary password via email.
Can a Practitioner access BetterMind from their Smartphone?
No, A Client /Patient can answer assessment questions on a smartphone but the Practitioners/ Users can't administer BetterMind using a Smartphone. A computer, laptop or tablet will have to be used.