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World Health Organization Quality of Life — BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), ready to run

A 26-item abbreviated version of the WHOQOL-100, measuring quality of life across four domains (Physical Health, Psychological, Social Relationships, Environment) plus two overall items on general QoL and general health. Response anchors vary by item (intensity, frequency, capacity, evaluation).

26 items · 5 sections · 5-point Likert scale (anchors vary by item)

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Read-only. Nothing is saved until you have an account. Then the WHOQOL-BREF is imported into a new study with its full item wording, in the structure shown below.

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Item wording for the WHOQOL-BREF is available inside Folio Surveyor, subject to the instrument's licensing. The structure below (its sections, items and response scale) is what gets built for you.

The instrument

Overall · 2 items
Physical Health · 7 items
Psychological · 6 items
Environment · 8 items
Social Relationships · 3 items

Reverse-scored: items 3, 4 and 15. Surveyor scores them for you.

Each item is answered on this scale:

Varies by item — see items for specific anchors

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Creating an account builds this study for you (the full wording of all 26 items, scoring, reverse-keyed items and subscale totals already wired up) and gives you a link to send participants.

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← Back to the WHOQOL-BREF reference page · Metadata and item wording are provided for research use; cite the original publication.