scholarly journals The World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument for people with intellectual and physical disabilities (WHOQOL-Dis): evidence of validity of the Brazilian version

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Bredemeier ◽  
Gabriela Peretti Wagner ◽  
Marilyn Agranonik ◽  
Tatiana Spalding Perez ◽  
Marcelo P Fleck
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Life Instrument ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
The World ◽  
Organization Quality ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals Lazer e Qualidade de Vida na Percepção de Indivíduos com Lesão da Medula Espinal Traumática

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-50
Author(s):  
Danyane Simão Gomes ◽  
Rodrigo Fenner Bertani ◽  
Maria Georgina Marques Tonello ◽  
Marisa Afonso Andrade Brunherotti
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Life Instrument ◽  
Organization Quality ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Total P

Este estudo teve por objetivo investigar as atividades de lazer e a percepção de qualidade de vida de indivíduos com lesão medular. Foi realizado um estudo analítico observacional (quali-quantitativo), com oito participantes. Foram aplicados o questionário sociodemográfico e o World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument – Physical Disabilities (WHOQOL-DIS-PD) e uma entrevista semiestruturada. Para a análise dos dados foram utilizados software MAXQDA e os testes de Friedman e Wilcoxon (p<0,05). Observou-se significância estatística entre os domínios de QV da amostra total (p=0,017), entre os indivíduos com até 40 anos de idade (p=0,025) e entre os participantes com até 11 anos de lesão (p=0,002). A principal atividade de lazer identificada foi assistir televisão. Diante disso, pôde-se concluir que os indivíduos com lesão medular apresentaram uma boa QV, apesar de apresentarem restrição em suas atividades de lazer. 

scholarly journals Application of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument, Short Form (WHOQOL-BREF) to patients with cataract

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. e2016005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Gholami ◽  
Mahmood Tavakoli Araghi ◽  
Fatemeh Shamsabadi ◽  
Mahdiye Bayat ◽  
Fatemeh Dabirkhani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Short Form ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Life Instrument ◽  
The World ◽  
Organization Quality ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Abbreviated version in Portuguese-speaking adults from three different countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanderson Roberto da Silva ◽  
Fernanda Salloume Sampaio Bonafé ◽  
João Marôco ◽  
Benvindo Felismino Samuel Maloa ◽  
Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini Campos
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
World Health ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Life Instrument ◽  
The World ◽  
Organization Quality ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the validity, reliability and invariance of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Abbreviated version (WHOQOL-Bref) in Portuguese-speaking adults from three different countries. Methods: A total of 4,020 Brazilian, Portuguese, and Mozambican individuals participated in the study. The total sample was divided into four samples: Brazilian patients (n = 1,120), Brazilian students (n = 1,398), Portuguese students (n = 1,165) and Mozambican students (n = 337). Factorial validity of the WHOQOL-Bref was assessed by confirmatory factor analysis. The convergent and discriminant validities of the instrument were assessed using the average variance extracted (AVE) and the square of Pearson's correlational coefficient (r2), respectively. Composite reliability and ordinal alpha were used as measures of reliability. The metric, scalar, and strict invariance of WHOQOL-Bref was evaluated by multi-group analysis in independent subsamples (within each sample) and only between Brazil and Portugal (transnational invariance), because the configural model of Mozambique was different. Results: The original model of the WHOQOL-Bref did not show a good fit for the samples. Different items were excluded to fit the instrument in each sample (different models for WHOQOL-Bref among Brazilian, Portuguese, and Mozambican samples). AVE and r2 were not adequate; however, the reliability of the WHOQOL-Bref was good, except in the Mozambican sample. Invariance was observed only in independent subsamples. Conclusion: The WHOQOL-Bref fitted models showed adequate factorial validity and invariance in independent subsamples. The transnational non-invariance of the WHOQOL-Bref shows the influence of culture on the operationalization of the quality of life construct.

scholarly journals WHOQOL-BREF psychometric properties in a sample of smokers

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria da Graça Castro ◽  
Margareth da Silva Oliveira ◽  
Alessandra Cecília Miguel ◽  
Renata Brasil Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Life Instrument ◽  
The World ◽  
Organization Quality ◽  
Health Organization

OBJECTIVE: To study the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref psychometric properties in a sample of smokers. It is a self-administered instrument to evaluate quality of life. It contains 26 questions allocated to 4 domains: Social, Psychological, Physical and Environmental, there are 2 questions related to the Global domain. METHOD: The sample was formed by 276 tobacco users selected at random. The instruments applied were: World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref, Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, and Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-item. The statistical analysis was accomplished up by ANOVA, Cronbach's alpha, Pearson's Coefficient and Multiple Regression. RESULTS: The World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref presented good reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.9207), converging validation (0.382 < r < 0.753; p < 0.001), discriminant validation and criterion validation (0.554 < r < 0.778; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument Bref proved to be an adequate instrument, with a good level of reliability, being easily and quickly administered.

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