WHOQOL: Measuring Quality of Life
WHO defines Quality of Life as an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns.
 

Introducing the instruments

The WHOQOL is a quality of life assessment developed by the WHOQOL Group with fifteen international field centres, simultaneously, in an attempt to develop a quality of life assessment that would be applicable cross-culturally.

Please note that the translations available via the links opposite (WHOQOL-BREF / WHOQOL-100) were not created by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO is not responsible for the content or accuracy of these translations. In the event of any inconsistency between the English and the translated version, then the original English versions (in the Publications section below) shall be the binding and authentic versions.

Publications

1 March 2012

The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)

14 November 2012

Field trial WHOQOL-100 February 1995 : the 100 questions with response scales, 2012 revision

16 June 2012

WHOQOL-BREF : introduction, administration, scoring and generic version of the assessment : field trial version, December 1996

21 December 2012

WHOQOL-HIV BREF, 2012 revision

21 December 2012

WHOQOL-HIV instrument : the 120 questions with response scales and 38 importance items, 2012 revision

21 December 2012

WHOQOL-HIV instrument : scoring and coding for the WHOQOL-HIV instruments : users manual, 2012 revision

21 December 2012

WHOQOL-SRPB : scoring and coding for the WHOQOL SRPB field-test instrument : users manual, 2012 revision

21 December 2012

WHOQOL-SRPB field-test instrument : WHOQOL spirituality, religiousness and personal beliefs (‎SRPB)‎ field-test instrument : the WHOQOL-100 questions plus 32 SRPB questions, 2012 revision