title: [Measurements of quality of life, construction and validation of an instrument].
abstract: Developing and validating an instrument to measure quality of life is a complexundertaking. The main stages of such a process extend from the creation of a tool through conceptual, qualitative and quantitative phases to the main notions relating to its validation: reliability and validity of the measurement, sensitivity to changes.
authors.affiliation: Département d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité. alain.leplege@univ-paris-diderot.fr
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leplège
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires