title: The New Zealand World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) Group.
abstract: With the approval of the World Health Organization (WHO), AUT University has established a new centre to develop and promote the use of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) assessment instruments for health and health-related studies in New Zealand. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the NZ WHOQOL Group and to describe the structure and properties of the questionnaires in order to help the reader decide whether the instruments are suitable for their research and their use.
authors.affiliation: NZ WHOQOL Group, Department of Psychology, AUT University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Rex.Billington@aut.ac.nz
authors.forename: D Rex
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Billington
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Landon
authors.forename: Christian U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Krägeloh
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shepherd
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014944:World Health Organization / Q000458:organization & administration*