[Application of the Portuguese version of the instrument for the assessment of quality of life of the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-100)].
OBJECTIVE
The WHOQOL group have developed an instrument to evaluate Quality of Life, the WHOQOL-100, available in 20 different languages (WHOQOL Group, 1998). The field trial of the portuguese version of the instrument is presented.


METHODS
Two hundred and fifty patients from four main medical areas (Psychiatry, Clinical, Surgery and Ginecology) of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and 50 controls were evaluated with the Portuguese version of the WHO Quality of Life Instrument (WHOQOL-100), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) in Porto Alegre, south Brazil.


CONCLUSIONS
The instrument showed a good psychometric performance with good internal consistency, discriminant validity, criterion validity, concurrent validity and reliability. The authors conclude that the intrument is ready for use in Brazil, it being important to evaluate its performance in other regions and with different samples.
Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. mfleck@voyager.com.br
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Chachamovich
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D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D014944:World Health Organization
Aplicação da versão em português do instrumento de avaliação de qualidade de vida da organização mundial da saúde (WHOQOL-100).