Possible error in the Danish version of the WHO Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) Questionnaire. (3rd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thomsen, Ane Søndergaard; Bech, Per
• Is Part Of: Nordic journal of psychiatry. Volume 71:Number 7(2017)
• Page Start: 549
• Page End: 550
• Publication Date: 2017-10-03
• Subjects: WHOQOL-BREF -- quality of life -- Danish; Psychopharmacology -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2017.1352025
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0803-9488

Abstract

Abstract: Background: The WHOQOL-BREF is widely used to measure quality of life. Aims: The goal of the present study was to use the questionnaire in a doctoral study. Methods: We studied all the instructions provided by the WHO. Results: In the Danish version of the WHOQOL-BREF there is a discrepancy between the negatively phrased question 9 and both the syntax file and the verbal instructions for coding the data provided by the WHO. Conclusions: This is a notification of possible error interpretations in projects that use the questionnaire. This could be corrected by manual correction in the coding process or by changing the negatively phrased question 9.