title: Psychometric properties of quality of life (qls) scale : a brief report.
abstract: Quality of life research in chronic schizophrenia has not adequately focussed upon psychometric properties of the disease specific scales (including Quality of Life Scale); especially in the cross-cultural perspective. The authors attempted to assess certain psychometric properties of the Quality of Life Scale (QLS); modified as per the Indian cultural background Fifteen patients of ICD-10 chronic schizophrenia and their key relatives were administered QLS and rated by two investigators. Patients were also administered Lehman's Quality of Life Interview-Brief Version. Correlation coefficients were high for inter-rater reliability and divergent validity and inconsistent for convergent validity. Results support the original construct of QLS and demonstrate its easy crosscultutral applicability to key relatives by clinicians.
authors.affiliation: NITIN GUPTA, MD., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mattoo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lobana