Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 16, 2016
Last Modified: January 01, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements the (US English Version) of World Health Organization Quality of Life scale (an abbreviated generic Quality of Life Scale developed through the World Health Organization)
The instrument (US English Version) can be downloaded from: https://depts.washington.edu/seaqol/WHOQOL-BREF
3 minutes
self-administered questionnaire with 26 5-point Likert questions
https://depts.washington.edu/seaqol/WHOQOL-BREF
"This assessment asks how you feel about your quality of life, health, or other areas of your life. Please answer all the
questions. If you are unsure about which response to give to a question, please choose the one that appears most
appropriate. This can often be your first response.
Please keep in mind your standards, hopes, pleasures and concerns. We ask that you think about your life in the last
two* weeks."
•to change the instructions to the "last 4 weeks", change instructions under section SURVEYPAGES
26 questions, questions 3, 4, 26 automatically reversed scored
SCORING
scoring of the questions follows the guidelines posted on:
https://depts.washington.edu/seaqol/docs/Wq_bref.txt
File Name: whoqol_bref_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| inquisit.version | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| startDate | Date the session was run |
| startTime | Time the session was run |
| subjectId | Participant ID |
| groupId | Group number |
| sessionId | Session number |
| elapsedTime | Session duration in ms |
| completed | 0 = Test was not completed 1 = Test was completed |
Raw Scores |
|
| domain1Raw | Calculates the raw score for Domain1 (PHYSICAL) by adding the responses to the Domain 1 questions (reversed items are automatically reversed scored) if 1 item is missing: the score gets replaced with the mean of the remaining 6 scores if more than 1 item is missing: no raw score is calculated Range: 7-35 |
| domain2Raw | Calculates the raw score for Domain2 (PSYCHOLOGICAL) by adding the responses to the Domain 2 questions (reversed items are automatically reversed scored) No raw score is calculated if not all questions are answered Range: 6-30 |
| domain3Raw | Calculates the raw score for Domain3 (SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP) by adding the responses to the Domain 3 questions (reversed items are automatically reversed scored) No raw score is calculated if not all questions are answered Range: 3-15 |
| domain4Raw | Calculates the raw score for Domain4 (ENVIRONMENT) by adding the responses to the Domain 4 questions (reversed items are automatically reversed scored) if 1 item is missing: the score gets replaced with the mean of the remaining 7 scores if more than 1 item is missing: no raw score is calculated Range: 8-40 |
Transformed Scores |
|
| domain1TS100 | Transformed score for Domain 1 (PHYSICAL) on the scale 0-100 ((Raw Score - 7)/28) * 100 => lowest score (7) gets transformed to 0 => highest score (35) gets transformed to 100 |
| domain2TS100 | Transformed score for Domain 2 (PSYCHOLOGICAL) on the scale 0-100 ((Raw Score - 6)/24) * 100 => lowest score (6) gets transformed to 0 => highest score (30) gets transformed to 100 |
| domain3TS100 | Transformed score for Domain 3 (SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP) on the scale 0-100 ((Raw Score - 3)/12) * 100 => lowest score (3) gets transformed to 0 => highest score (15) gets transformed to 100 |
| domain4TS100 | Transformed score for Domain 4 (ENVIRONMENT) on the scale 0-100 ((Raw Score - 8)/32) * 100 => lowest score (8) gets transformed to 0 => highest score (40) gets transformed to 100 countValid1- |
| countValid4 | Store the number of questions that were answered for domain1-domain4 |
File Name: whoqol_bref.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date the session was run |
| time | Time the session was run |
| subject, group, session | With the current subject/groupnumber/session id |
| build | Inquisit version number |
| q*_response | Response given (in assigned values) Scale: 1 (most negative response) - 5 (most positive response) - wording depends on question R = automatically reversed coded questions (here: q3R, q4R, q26R) |
| q*_latency | How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited) |