Development of the WHOQOL disabilities module

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 571-584

  Power, M J ^a   Green, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Physical disability; Psychometrics; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77956392206     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9616-6     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. The WHOQOL Group. (1998). The World Health Organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL): Development and general psychometric properties. Social Science and Medicine, 46, 1569-1585.
2. Power, M. J., Quinn, K., Schmidt, S., & The WHOQOL-OLD Group. (2005). Development of the WHOQOL-OLD module. Quality of Life Research, 14, 2197-2214.
3. Emerson, E., & Hatton, C. (1994). Moving out: Relocation from hospital to community. London: HMSO.
4. Schalock, R. L., & Keith, K. D. (1994). Quality of life questionnaire. Worthington, OH: IDS Publishing Corporation.
5. Cummins, R. A. (1997). Assessing quality of life. In R. I. Brown (Ed.), Quality of life for people with disabilities: Models, research and practice, 2nd edn. Cheltenham: Stanley Thornes.
6. The WHOQOL Group. (1998). Development of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment. Psychological Medicine, 28, 551-555.
7. Power, M. J., Bullinger, M., Harper, A., & The WHOQOL Group. (1999). The world health organization WHOQOL-100: Tests of the universality of quality of life in fifteen different cultural groups world-wide. Health Psychology, 18, 495-505.
8. The WHOQOL-DIS Group. Focus Group paper [in prep].
9. Hays, R. D., Hayashi, T., Carson, S., & Ware, J. E. (1988). User's guide for the multitrait analysis program (MAP). Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation (N-2786-RC).
10. Andrich, D. (2005). RUMM2020: Rasch unidimensional measurement models. Perth: RUMM Laboratory.
11. Bentler, P. M., & Wu, E. J. C. (2002). EQS 6 for windows user's guide. Encino, CA: Multivariate Software Inc.
12. Zumbo, B. D. (1999). A handbook on the theory and methods of differential item functioning (DIF): Logistic regression modelling as a unitary framework for binary and likert-type (ordinal) item scores. Ottawa, ON: Directorate of Human Resources Research and Evaluation, Department of National Defense.
13. Bjorner, J. B., Kosinski, M., & Ware, J. E. (2003). Calibration of an item pool for assessing the burden of headaches: An application of item response theory to the headache impact test (HITTM). Quality of Life Research, 12, 913-933.
14. Chachamovich, E., Fleck, M. P., Trentini, C., & Power, M. J. (2008). Brazilian WHOQOL-OLD module version: Rasch analysis of a new instrument. Revista de Saude Publica, 42, 308-316.
15. World Health Organization. (2001). The World Health Organization disability assessment schedule II (WHODAS II). Geneva: World Health Organization.
16. Bullinger, M., Power, M. J., Aronson, N. K., Cella, D. F., & Anderson, R. T. (1996). Creating and evaluating cross-cultural instruments. In B. Spilker (Ed.), Quality of life and pharmacoeconomics in clinical trials, 2nd edn. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott-Raven.
17. Ueda, S., & Okawa, Y. (2003). The subjective dimension of functioning and disability: What is it and what is it for? Disability and Rehabilitation, 25, 596-601.
18. Albrecht, G. L., & Devlieger, P. J. (1999). The disability paradox: High quality of life against all odds. Social Science and Medicine, 48, 977-988.
19. World Health Organization. (2001). International classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF). Geneva: World Health Organization.
20. Grundy, E., & Glaser, K. (2000). Socio-demographic differences in the onset and progression of disability in early old age: a longitudinal study. Age and Ageing;, 29, 149-157.
21. Perrig-Chiello, P., Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., Stähelin, H. B., & Perrig, W. J. (2009). Personality and health in middle age as predictors for well-being and health in old age. European Journal of Ageing, 6(1), 27-37.