Human Quality-of-Life (QoL) Measure

A Human Quality-of-Life (QoL) Measure is a QoL measure that is a human health measure.

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• Example(s):
  • a Human Health-Related QoL.
  • one based on a QLQ-C30 Questionnaire.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Human Life Expectancy Measure.
  • Cow Quality-of-Life Measure.
• See: Health-Related Quality of Life, Serious Adverse Event, Patient-Reported Outcome.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_life Retrieved:2021-12-24.
  • Quality of life (QOL) is defined by the World Health Organization as "an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns". Standard indicators of the quality of life include wealth, employment, the environment, physical and mental health, education, recreation and leisure time, social belonging, religious beliefs, safety, security and freedom. QOL has a wide range of contexts, including the fields of international development, healthcare, politics and employment. Health related QOL (HRQOL) is an evaluation of QOL and its relationship with health.

2020

• https://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/concept.htm
  • QUOTE: ... Quality of life (QOL) is a broad multidimensional concept that usually includes subjective evaluations of both positive and negative aspects of life.2 What makes it challenging to measure is that, although the term “quality of life” has meaning for nearly everyone and every academic discipline, individuals and groups can define it differently. Although health is one of the important domains of overall quality of life, there are other domains as well—for instance, jobs, housing, schools, the neighborhood. Aspects of culture, values, and spirituality are also key domains of overall quality of life that add to the complexity of its measurement. Nevertheless, researchers have developed useful techniques that have helped to conceptualize and measure these multiple domains and how they relate to each other. ...

1998

• (WHOQOL Group, 1998) ⇒ The WHOQOL Group. (1998). “The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): Development and General Psychometric Properties.” In: Social Science & Medicine, 46(12).

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