Validation of WHO QOL-BREF instrument in Indian adolescents

[1] Reinfjell T.(2006)Measuring healthrelated quality of life in young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory? 4.0 (PedsQL) generic core scales Health Qual Life Outcomes 4 61-310

[2] Diseth T.H.(2004)The World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: Psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A Report from the WHOQOL Group Qual Life Res 13 299-147

[3] Veenstra M.(2001)Quality-of-life measures in chronic diseases of childhood Health Technol Assess 5 1-130

[4] Skevington S.M.(2004)Quality of life is a primary end-point in clinical settings Clin Nutr 23 121-318

[5] Lotfy M.(2006)Paediatric quality of life instruments: a review of the impact of the conceptual framework on outcomes Dev Med Child Neurol 48 311-59

[6] O’Connell K.A.(2006)Interpreting the WHOQOL-BREF: Preliminary Population norms and effect sizes Soc Indic Res 77 37-234

[7] Eiser C.(2006)Applicability of the WHOQOLBREF on early adolescence Soc Indic Res 79 215-165

[8] Morse R.(1998)WHOQOL-Hindi: A questionnaire for assessing quality of life in health care settings in India Natl Med J India 11 160-498

[9] Pais-Ribeiro J.L.(2008)Examining the content validity of the WHOQOL-BREF from respondents’ perspective by quantitative methods Soc Indic Res 85 483-502

[10] Davis E.(2004)Psychometric properties of the WHO Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-100) in patients with chronic diseases and their caregivers in China Bull World Health Organ 82 493-459

[1] Reinfjell T.(2006)Measuring healthrelated quality of life in young adolescents: Reliability and validity in the Norwegian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory? 4.0 (PedsQL) generic core scales Health Qual Life Outcomes 4 61-310

[2] Diseth T.H.(2004)The World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: Psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A Report from the WHOQOL Group Qual Life Res 13 299-147

[3] Veenstra M.(2001)Quality-of-life measures in chronic diseases of childhood Health Technol Assess 5 1-130

[4] Skevington S.M.(2004)Quality of life is a primary end-point in clinical settings Clin Nutr 23 121-318

[5] Lotfy M.(2006)Paediatric quality of life instruments: a review of the impact of the conceptual framework on outcomes Dev Med Child Neurol 48 311-59

[6] O’Connell K.A.(2006)Interpreting the WHOQOL-BREF: Preliminary Population norms and effect sizes Soc Indic Res 77 37-234

[7] Eiser C.(2006)Applicability of the WHOQOLBREF on early adolescence Soc Indic Res 79 215-165

[8] Morse R.(1998)WHOQOL-Hindi: A questionnaire for assessing quality of life in health care settings in India Natl Med J India 11 160-498

[9] Pais-Ribeiro J.L.(2008)Examining the content validity of the WHOQOL-BREF from respondents’ perspective by quantitative methods Soc Indic Res 85 483-502

[10] Davis E.(2004)Psychometric properties of the WHO Quality of Life questionnaire (WHOQOL-100) in patients with chronic diseases and their caregivers in China Bull World Health Organ 82 493-459