title: Individualised Versus Standardised Assessment of Quality of Life in Eating Disorders.
abstract: Individualised measures of quality of life (QoL) refer to instruments that encourage the respondent to actively elicit which areas of their life are most relevant for his/her QoL. The aim of this study is to compare individualised versus standard measures of QoL in a sample of patients with eating disorder (ED). The Schedule for the Evaluation of the Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL) and a generic measure of QoL [World Health Organization Brief Quality of Life Assessment Scale (WHOQOL-BREF)] were applied on two occasions (one-year follow-up) to a sample of 165 patients with ED, 57 recovered patients with ED, and 349 women from the general population. The areas of 'family', 'education/career or job', 'friends', 'leisure', 'romantic partner' and 'health' were identified as the most important for their QoL for all groups, both times. The WHOQOL-BREF was more sensitive than the SEIQoL in detecting changes that occurred over time. Clinical interventions for ED should consider social components as objectives of intervention.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.|REDISSEC-Health Services Research on Chronic Patients Network, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlota
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Las Hayas
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Padilla
authors.affiliation: Center for Biomedical Research in Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Eating Disorders Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario Marqués Valdecilla, Cantabria, Spain.
authors.forename: Andrés Gómez
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: del Barrio
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Unit, General Hospital of Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain.
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beato-Fernandez
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Ortuella Mental Health Center, Ortuella, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gámez-Guadix
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: SEIQoL; WHOQOL-BREF; eating disorders; quality of life; recovery