The Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale: A Psychometric Evaluation with an Adolescent Sample

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Gullone ◽  
Robert A. Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Adolescent Sample ◽  
Fear And Anxiety

AbstractThe term quality of life (QOL) generally refers to the overall evaluation of an individual's life condition, on both objective and subjective dimensions. Quality of life research has focused on global evaluations of life satisfaction in adults. The life quality of adolescents and the performance of central life domains have largely been ignored. This study describes the psychometric properties of the Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale (ComQol) with an adolescent sample. In line with recent conceptualisations of QOL, ComQol assesses subjective and objective QOL on seven life domains. ComQol was administered along with two other self-report instruments (measuring fear and anxiety) to a sample of 264 school-based adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years. The scale yielded life satisfaction data that lay within the normative range for adults. Test-retest reliability and internal consistency analyses indicated that the scale has adequate reliability. In support of convergent validity, fear and anxiety were generally found to be significantly associated with lower levels of life quality. The present study supports the psychometric adequacy of ComQol as an instrument to measure the life quality of adolescents.

Adaptation and validation of the quality-of-life scale: Satisfaction with Life Domains Scale by Baker and Intagliata

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janina Carlson ◽  
Susana Ochoa ◽  
Josep Maria Haro ◽  
Gemma Escartín ◽  
Maribel Ahuir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale

scholarly journals Evaluation of a Novel Quality of Life Scale for Schoolchildren with Nonstrabismic Binocular Vision Anomalies

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jiali Hu ◽  
Guokun Wang ◽  
Zhe Zhou ◽  
Yan Sun ◽  
Qingling Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Binocular Vision ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale

Background. The professional Quality of Life Scale (QLS) can provide a valuable reference for the diagnosis of visual function anomalies. In the present study, we aimed to design a novel QLS to specially quantify the life quality of schoolchildren with nonstrabismic binocular vision anomalies (NSBVAs) in China. Methods. The novel QLS, named QOL-CVF20, was established based on classical vision-related scales and the administration of the questionnaire to 116 schoolchildren with NSBVAs and 100 healthy schoolchildren in China. The diagnostic reference value between QOL-CVF20 and VF-14 was evaluated on the questionnaires to 240 schoolchildren with NSBVAs and 238 healthy schoolchildren. Results. All the subjects could complete the QOL-CVF20 questionnaires independently. QOL-CVF20 had good structural validity, content validity, and discriminant validity, when it was applied in Chinese schoolchildren. The average score of the NSBVA group was significantly lower than that of the control group (49.0±6.9 vs. 69.7±6.7, respectively; P<0.01). Moreover, the average score of cured NSBVA schoolchildren after treatment (61.8±22.6) was significantly improved (P<0.01). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that QOL-CVF20 reflected strong separation between the NSBVA and healthy groups (AUC=0.901). Meanwhile, QOL-CVF20 could detect individuals with NSBVAs with specificity of 0.847 and sensitivity of 0.846. The critical value of 58.50 in QOL-CVF20 could be effectively applied for quality of life assessment in schoolchildren with NSBVAs. Conclusions. QOL-CVF20 could quantify the life quality of schoolchildren with NSBVAs and might be served as a valuable reference for early diagnosis and clinical evaluation of NSBVAs.

scholarly journals The Gilles De La Tourette Syndrome-Quality of Life Scale for Children and Adolescents (C&A-GTS-QOL): Development and Validation of the Italian Version

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea E. Cavanna ◽  
Chiara Luoni ◽  
Claudia Selvini ◽  
Rosanna Blangiardo ◽  
Clare M. Eddy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Tourette Syndrome ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Principal Component Factor Analysis ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Disease Specific

Background:Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) is a chronic childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorder with a significant impact on patients’ health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). Cavanna et al. (Neurology 2008; 71: 1410–1416) developed and validated the first disease-specific HR-QOL assessment tool for adults with GTS (Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome-Quality of Life Scale, GTS-QOL). This paper presents the translation, adaptation and validation of the GTS-QOL for young Italian patients with GTS.Methods:A three-stage process involving 75 patients with GTS recruited through three Departments of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry in Italy led to the development of a 27-item instrument (Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome-Quality of Life Scale in children and adolescents, C&A-GTS-QOL) for the assessment of HR-QOL through a clinician-rated interview for 6–12 year-olds and a self-report questionnaire for 13–18 year-olds.Results:The C&A-GTS-QOL demonstrated satisfactory scaling assumptions and acceptability. Internal consistency reliability was high (Cronbach’s alpha > 0.7) and validity was supported by interscale correlations (range 0.4–0.7), principal-component factor analysis and correlations with other rating scales and clinical variables.Conclusions:The present version of the C&A-GTS-QOL is the first disease-specific HR-QOL tool for Italian young patients with GTS, satisfying criteria for acceptability, reliability and validity.

scholarly journals Correlates of quality of life in adulthood: Socio-demographic correlates

2018 ◽  
pp. 111-129
Author(s):  
Ivana Davidovic ◽  
Jelica Petrovic
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Demographic Correlates ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Sociodemographic Correlates

The main purpose of this research was testing the quality of life in adults in Serbia. In order to obtain a more detailed picture, the sociodemographic correlates of quality of life were examined. The sample included 153 participants of both genders, aged 30-50 with different professional qualifications. The research involves both objective and subjective evaluation of quality of life in seven domains: material well-being, health, productivity, intimacy, safety, well-being inside a larger community and emotional well-being. For the purpose of the research an adapted version of the instrument ComQol (Comprehensive Quality of Life Scale, Adult, fifth edition, Cummins, 1997) was used. The highest level was estimated in areas such as intimacy, health, safety and productivity whereas the lowest level outcame for material well-being and content with a place in a community. Results also show significant differences in quality of life among certain socio-demographic groups, mainly between younger and older, examinees of different genders, educational degrees and marital statuses. Given results provide guidelines for future researches of quality of life in Serbia, therefore they are practical implications important for designing and implementing of programmess for advancement of weak domains in life quality for adults, beside the preventive programmes which would maintain higher quality levels of life already achieved.

scholarly journals Neki tipovi valjanosti i pouzdanosti dviju skala vjerovanja u pravedan svijet

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Ćubela ◽  
Ana Proroković ◽  
Ljiljana Gregov
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Just World ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Personal Domain ◽  
Life Scale

Almost three decades of research on individual differences in the Belief in a Just World (BJW) provided strong evidence of their relationship with measurements of a number of other constructs such as authoritarianism, religiosity, locus of control, attitudes toward (under)privileged, neuroticism, life satisfaction and other indicators of well-being. This paper presents some psychometric characteristics of the General BJW scale (Dalbert et al., 1987) and the Personal BJW scale (Dalbert, 1993) that were established in their first administration to a group of 206 students at the Faculty of Science and Arts in Zadar. Both scales were found to be reliable, one-factor measures of two relatively separated aspects of the BJW. Consistently with findings at previous studies, the level of endorsement of BJW statements in our study was significantly higher for the Personal than the General BJW scale. The analysis of BJW scales correlations with the ratings of different aspects of life satisfaction, as measured by the Quality of Life scale (Krizmanić and Kolesarić, 1992), supported lite assumption that the BJW (especially in the personal domain) is a significant contributor in explaining the variance of life satisfaction ratings.

scholarly journals Life quality of 9-11 year-old children: Family functionality and demographic variables

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 697-724
Author(s):  
Zeynep Çihangir Çankaya ◽  
Tuğba Tümer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year

In this study, the relationship between the quality of life levels of children aged 9-11 and their perception of family functions and some demographic characteristics was investigated. The sample of the study included six primary schools and six secondary schools in the central districts of a metropolitan city located in the west of Turkey in the 2017-2018 academic year. Participants were 783 children, 396 girls and 387 boys. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the data collected by using the General Quality of Life Scale for Children and Family Relationship Scale for Children. The results of the analysis showed that supportive and discouraging family relationships scores significantly predicted the quality of life of the children and explained 35.80% of change in their quality of life. In addition, the predictive power of supporting family relationships (28.70%) was significantly higher than that of the discouraging family relationships (-7.10%) in explaining children’s quality of life. Gender, age and number of siblings were not significantly correlated with life quality of children.

A Methodological Review of Quality of Life Scales Used in Schizophrenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-52
Author(s):  
Tanya Park ◽  
Saima Hirani
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Measurement Instruments ◽  
Health Measurement ◽  
Methodological Review ◽  
Cosmin Checklist ◽  
Report Quality ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale

Background and PurposeEvidence is lacking with regard to the most suitable instrument for measuring quality of life (QOL) in patients with schizophrenia. The researchers carried out a methodological review of literature pertaining to scales used to measure QOL in this population.MethodsTwenty-eight studies, assessing nine different QOL scales, were reviewed using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist.ResultsWhile the content of most scales proved valid, the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (LQOLP), Self-Report Quality of Life Scale (SQOL), and Quality of Life in Schizophrenia (QLiS) outscored the other scales in almost every other domain measured by COSMIN.ConclusionLQOLP and SQOL stand out among QOL scales for patients with schizophrenia, but further evidence is required to verify this finding, and no one scale appears ideal for all patients with schizophrenia.

scholarly journals Adaptação Cultural da Escala de Qualidade de Vida Familiar (Family Quality of Life Scale) para o Português Brasileiro

CoDAS ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 534-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Miguel Jorge ◽  
Cilmara Cristina Alves da Costa Levy ◽  
Lídio Granato
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Family Quality Of Life ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Report Measure

RESUMO Objetivo Adaptar culturalmente a Escala de Qualidade de Vida Familiar (Family Quality of Life Scale - FQOLS) para a versão em Português Brasileiro (PB), avaliar a confiabilidade do instrumento e a qualidade de vida familiar (QVF) das famílias que possuem filhos com deficiência auditiva. Métodos: O processo de adaptação cultural da escala seguiu os passos doGuidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measure. Realizada em três momentos: tradução, retrotradução e aplicação na amostra piloto como forma de verificar dificuldades de compreensão dos itens. Quando finalizada foi aplicada em 41 famílias que possuem filhos com deficiência auditiva e, com os seus resultados, foram analisadas a qualidade de vida (QV) e a confiabilidade, a partir do teste estatístico alfa de Cronbach (α). Resultados: Na primeira versão (tradução), dentre os 25 itens presentes, apenas em 4 houve divergências entre as tradutoras; após as correções, houve a segunda versão (retrotradução), em que foram identificadas mais 4 divergências. Por fim, após as correções finais, a última versão foi elaborada e usada na amostra piloto sem divergências, e, dessa forma, foi aplicada nas famílias de filhos surdos, as quais se consideraram satisfeitas em relação à QV. Com o teste alfa de Cronbach (α) foi verificado que a escala tem confiabilidade satisfatória. Conclusão: A versão em PB da FQOLS é um instrumento de fácil aplicação e com confiabilidade satisfatória. As famílias estão satisfeitas com sua QVF.

scholarly journals The prevalence of vertigo among high school students and an evaluation of quality of life

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 3050
Author(s):  
Ramazan Saglan ◽  
Saniye Goktas ◽  
Gulsum Ozturk Emiral ◽  
Egemen Unal ◽  
Didem Arslantas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Study Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quality Of Life Scale ◽  
Life Scale

Background: The purpose of the study is to determine the prevalence of vertigo among secondary and high school students, to examine the variables thought to be related and to evaluate the quality of life.Methods: This study was carried out between 1st November-30th December 2016 on secondary and high school students in Beylikova and Sivrihisar counties which is located at the research area of the Department of Public Health Eskisehir Osmangazi University. Those who had dizziness within the last three months have been assumed as having vertigo. Visual Analog Scale has been used in order to evaluate the severity of vertigo. The life quality of children has been evaluated through Quality of Life Scale (QoL) for Children.Results: The study group has been composed of 911 males (46.5%) and 1.047 females (53.5%). The prevalence of vertigo has been determined as 30.8%. The most common concomitant symptoms of students are headache (22.6%), staggering while walking (15.8%), and tinnitus (10.3%).It has been found that the QoL of students having complaints of vertigo is lower than that of those not having complaints of vertigo. The most common type of vertigo within the study group has been Orthostatic Dizziness (70.0%). There has been no correlation between types of vertigo and QoL; however, when the severity of vertigo is considered, it has been found within our study group that the QoL of the students having mild vertigo is higher than that of those having moderate or higher severity of vertigo(p<0.05.Conclusions: Vertigo is one of the most common symptoms among children and adolescents and may result from many factors. It may be useful to carry out screening with the purpose of early diagnosis and treatment parentheses, direct diagnosed cases to specialist physicians and organize events to create awareness. More comprehensive studies are needed to reveal the relationship between vertigo and QoL.

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