Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument.
The WHOQOL instrument was adapted as a health-related QOL instrument for a population-based epidemiologic study of eye diseases in southern India, the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study (APEDS). A follow-up question was added to each item in WHOQOL to determine whether the decrease in QOL was due to a...
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| description | The WHOQOL instrument was adapted as a health-related QOL instrument for a population-based epidemiologic study of eye diseases in southern India, the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study (APEDS). A follow-up question was added to each item in WHOQOL to determine whether the decrease in QOL was due to any health reasons including eye-related reasons. Modifications in WHOQOL and translation in local language were done through the use of the focus groups including health professionals and people not related to health care. The modified instrument has 28 items across 6 domains of the WHOQOL and was translated into the local language, Telugu, using the pragmatic approach. It takes 10-20 minutes to be administered by a trained interviewer. Reliability was within acceptable range. This health-related QOL instrument is being used in the population-based study APEDS to develop a vision-specific QOL instrument which could potentially be used to assess the impact of visual impairment on QOL across different cultures and for use in evaluating eye-care interventions. This health-related QOL instrument could also be used to develop other disease-specific instruments as it allows assessment of the extent to which various aspects of QOL are affected by a variety of health problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa0c312cb3034f278f8f9ecab3db626b2022-12-21T17:32:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47382000-01-014816570Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument.Dandona LalitMcCarty CatherineRao GullapalliThe WHOQOL instrument was adapted as a health-related QOL instrument for a population-based epidemiologic study of eye diseases in southern India, the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study (APEDS). A follow-up question was added to each item in WHOQOL to determine whether the decrease in QOL was due to any health reasons including eye-related reasons. Modifications in WHOQOL and translation in local language were done through the use of the focus groups including health professionals and people not related to health care. The modified instrument has 28 items across 6 domains of the WHOQOL and was translated into the local language, Telugu, using the pragmatic approach. It takes 10-20 minutes to be administered by a trained interviewer. Reliability was within acceptable range. This health-related QOL instrument is being used in the population-based study APEDS to develop a vision-specific QOL instrument which could potentially be used to assess the impact of visual impairment on QOL across different cultures and for use in evaluating eye-care interventions. This health-related QOL instrument could also be used to develop other disease-specific instruments as it allows assessment of the extent to which various aspects of QOL are affected by a variety of health problems.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2000;volume=48;issue=1;spage=65;epage=70;aulast=DandonaAdultAgedComparative StudyEye DiseasesepidemiologypsychologyFemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHumansIncidence |
| spellingShingle | Dandona Lalit McCarty Catherine Rao Gullapalli Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Adult Aged Comparative Study Eye Diseases epidemiology psychology Female Health Status Indicators Humans Incidence |
| title | Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument. |
| title_full | Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument. |
| title_fullStr | Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument. |
| title_short | Adaptation of WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument to develop a vision-specific instrument. |
| title_sort | adaptation of whoqol as health related quality of life instrument to develop a vision specific instrument |
| topic | Adult Aged Comparative Study Eye Diseases epidemiology psychology Female Health Status Indicators Humans Incidence |
| url | http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2000;volume=48;issue=1;spage=65;epage=70;aulast=Dandona |
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