Psychiatry Home

Grand Rounds
Faculty
Residents
Training
Clinics
Research
Campus Map
Sounding Board
Dept Intranet



Quality of Life questionnaire user kit


Interviewer Rating Version -- Semi-structured Interview including Guidelines

Interview Rating Version -- Scoring Guideline

Respondent Self-Report Version -- Guidelines

Respondent Self-Report Version -- Interview Schedule

Self-Report Version -- Addendum to Scoring



Reprints

Bigelow DA, Brodsky G, Stewart L, Olson M. 1982. The concept and measurement of quality of life as a dependent variable in evaluation of mental health services. In W. Tash and G. Stahler (eds.), Innovative Approaches to Mental Health Evaluation. New York: Academic Press. (Reliability of the Quality of Life Questionnaire--Respondent Self-Report Version)

Bigelow DA, Gareau MJ, Young DJ. 1990. A quality of life interview for chronically disabled people. Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal, 14:94-98. (Reliability of the Quality of Life Questionnaire--Interviewer Rating version)

Bigelow DA, McFarland BH, Olson M. 1991. Quality of life of community mental health program clients: validating a measure. Community Mental Health Journal, 27:43-55. (Validity of the Quality of Life Questionnaire--Respondent Self-Report Version).

Bigelow DA, McFarland BH, Gareau MJ, Young DJ. 1991. Implementation and effectiveness of a bed reduction project. Community Mental Health Journal, 27:125-133. (Validity of the Quality of Life Questionnaire--Interviewer Rating version)

Bigelow DA, Young DJ. 1991. Effectiveness of a case management program. Community Mental Health Journal, 27:115-123. (Validation and application of the Quality of Life Questionnaire-- Respondent Self-Report version)

Green CA, Fenn DS, Moussaoui D, Kadri N, Hoffman WF. 2001. Quality of life in treated and never-treated schizophrenic patients. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 103:131-142.

Lehman AF. 1996. Quality of Life Issues and Assessment Among Persons with Schizophrenia. In Moscarelli M, Rupp A, Sartorius N (eds.), Handbook of Mental Health Economics and Health Policy Volume I, Schizophrenia. New York: John Wiley & Sons.



Psychiatry Research Homepage


Web site revised 1/20/2004. Contact the Web Manager