Quality of life (QoL) is fast becoming a standard measure of outcomes in clinical trials, cost effectiveness analysis and clinical practice. This Quality of Life Assessment Manual is an introduction to seven QoL assessment measures developed by the Quality of Life Assessment Project at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The manual provides an overview of QoL assessment for three distinct groups including families, older adults and adults with serious mental illness. This document also describes the conceptual framework for the instruments and illustrates some of the ways that outcome data may be presented and used. The manual includes the questionnaires, validity of instrument, cultural appropriateness, and taxonomy of goals.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Preface ... 1
- Historical Context ... 1
- The Wisconsin Quality of Life Index ... 2
- Validation of the Instruments ... 2
- Cultural Translations ... 3
- Introduction to Coding and Scoring... 4
- W-QLI Conceptual Model... 5
- Example of Individual QoL Data from Client and Provider Perspectives ... 6
- Example of Aggregate QoL Data Display ... 7
- Taxonomy of Goals... 8
- Wisconsin Quality of Life Index (W-QLI) Client Questionnaire
- Conceptual Framework ... 9
- Questionnaire ... 12
- Wisconsin Quality of Life Index (W-QLI) Provider Questionnaire
- Conceptual Framework ... 21
- Questionnaire ... 23
- Wisconsin Quality of Life Index (W-QLI) Caregiver Questionnaire
- Conceptual Framework ... 29
- Questionnaire ... 31
- Quality of Life Index for Adults (A-QLI) Questionnaire
- Conceptual Framework ... 39
- A-QLI Conceptual Model ... 41
- Questionnaire ... 42
- Quality of Life Index for Adults (A-QLI) Provider Questionnaire
- Conceptual Framework ... 52
- Questionnaire ... 53
- The Family Quality of Life Index (F-QLI)
- Conceptual Framework ... 60
- F-QLI Conceptual Model ... 62
- Questionnaire ... 63
- The Family Quality of Life Index (F-QLI) Provider Questionnaire
- Conceptual Framework ... 75
- Questionnaire ... 76
- W-QLI User Agreement... 82
- A-QLI and F-QLI User Agreement ... 83
- Requesting an Index ... 84
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Preferred citation:
Becker, Marian A., Shaw, Bret R., Reib, Lisa M. Quality of Life Assessment Manual. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin - Madison, Quality of Life Assessment Team. [Available online: http://www.fmhi.usf.edu/institute/pubs/pdf/qol.pdf]
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