INSTRUMENT
TYPE |
DEVELOPMENT |
VALIDITY |
RELIABILITY |
GENERIC |
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SF-36 (McDowell & Newell, 1996) |
Ongoing development since
1970s, current form originated from 245-item questionnaire. 3,445 respondents in initial study |
SF-36 scales have been shown to achieve about 80-90% of their empirical validity |
Good to excellent (0.80)
Sensitive to change |
WHOQOL BREF
(Skevington et al.,
2004; The WHOQOL
Group, 2004) |
Multi-national project, 23 countries, 11,830 adults respondents;
Cross-culturally sensitive;
Sick & well respondents sampled |
Discriminant validity and construct validity determined through
confirmatory factor analysis
performs well (needs further
assessment of concurrent validity in comparison to relevant other measures) |
Internal consistency determined good to excellent |
EUROQOL/EQ-5D
(EuroQoL Group, 1990; McDowell & Newell, 1996) |
European project, 3 countries; 592 adult respondents; Cross culturally sensitive; Sick and well respondents sampled |
Intraclass correlation coefficient good to excellent demonstrated |
Studies of 87 and 104 respondents report good reliability |
Missoula - VITAS Quality of Life Index (MVQOLI) (Schwartz, Merriman, Reed, Ma & Byock, 2005) |
144 end-stage renal disease
on dialysis patients and 31 hospice or long-term
care patients |
Good (0.87) |
Good (0.77) |
SPECIFIC |
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DQLCTQ-R (Shen et al., 1999) |
Multi-national project, 4 countries; 942 patients |
Intraclass correlation coefficients range from good to excellent
(Intraclass correlation coefficients range from 0.74 to 0.90 and Cronbach's alphas range from 0.77 to 0.90) |
Good to excellent reliability demonstrated, responsive to change |
Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL) (Hays et al., 1994) |
Multi-national project, 165 individuals with kidney disease |
Intraclass correlation coefficients range from good to excellent (0.77) |
Good to excellent reliability demonstrated (0.76) |
WHOQOL-HIV Bref (O’ Connell et al., 2003) |
900 people from six culturally diverse sites completed the WHOQOL-100 along with 115 HIV specific items |
Excellent (0.89) |
Excellent (0.88) |
Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) (Rector et al., 1987) |
Patients with LV dysfunction participating
in several studies (83; 84% males) |
The instrument correlated highly with patients’ global assessments of restrictions on their lives (r = 0.80). |
Good results for the reliability of the instrument (correlation coefficient -0.43 to -0.73) |
EORTC QLQ-C30 (Aaronson et al., 1993, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Study Group on Quality of Life) |
305 patients with nonresectable lung cancer from centers in 13 countries |
Intraclass correlation coefficients range from good to excellent |
Good to excellent reliability demonstrated |
Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS) (Meenan et al., 1980) |
The self-administered AIMS questionnaire has been pilot tested in a mixed arthritis population |
Good to excellent |
Good to excellent reliability demonstrated (>0.80), responsive to change |
