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4.2.1 QOL – Quality of Life

Version 2.1 by Emily West on 2022/01/06 13:02

4.2.1 QOL - Quality of Life

TopicUrban challengesSub-challenges
Social4 - Public Health and Well-Being4.2 - Quality of Life
Description
WHO defines Quality of Life 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. It is a broad ranging concept affected in a complex way by the person's physical health, psychological state, personal beliefs, social relationships and their relationship to salient features of their environment (WHO, 1995)
Scale as linked to D2.2 framework
  • City
  • Neighborhood 
  • Street
  • Household
  • Object
Data source [ link to data framework]
  • response of the participant
Needs
  • response of the participant
Expected Outputs
  • The response is rated on a 5-point lickert scale from 1 = very poor to 5 = very good. 
  • Numerical score based on qualitative data
Calculation methods
  • None required
Links and references
  • The World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment (WHOQOL): position paper from the World Health Organization. (1995). Soc Sci Med, 41(10), 1403-1409
  • The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF © World Health Organization 1996, http://www.who.int/mental_health/media/en/76.pdf
  • The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF © World Health Organization 2004, http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/research_tools/en/en glish_whoqol.pdf http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/research_tools/who qolbref/en