WHOQOL-100: Measuring Quality of Life
2012
Link to the resource: https://www.who.int/tools/whoqol/whoqol-100
- Format:
- Downloadable questionnaire
- Target population:
- General population
- Objetive:
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WHOQOL assesses people’s quality of life, including aspects such as perceived health, social support, access to basic services or ease of performing tasks of daily living.
- Methodology:
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It consists of a questionnaire with items that can be answered by rating from 1 (minimum) to 5 (maximum) the frequency, importance or degree of satisfaction with aspects of the respondent’s life.
The WHO has published a short version of this tool (WHOQOL-BREF) with a total of 26 questions, which are also answered with ratings from 1 (minimum) to 5 (maximum).
- Opportunities and limitations:
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It can be used to evaluate variations in the quality of life between cultures, to compare subgroups in the same culture or to measure change over time in response to changes in the conditions or circumstances of life.
The full version provides a large amount of information, while the short version allows a more flexible, suitable alternative for certain cases.
- Indicators:
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Unemployment rate. Income level. Percentage of housing for social rent at an affordable price. Number of trips on public transport/inhabitant. Level of population diversity. m2 of green space/inhabitant.
- Thematic:
- Cohesion and social capital Public space Green infrastructure Mobility and accessibility Equipment and services Housing and neighbourhood communities
- Link to health:
- Social Physical Mental
- Scale of the field of study:
- Neighbourhood (or higher) Housing / street / building / bounded public space Block - set of buildings or spaces
- Implementation phase:
- Diagnosis / pre-project Monitoring and evaluation
- Methodological approach:
- Questionnaire
