Objectives: The World Health Organization (WHO) recently developed a generic Quality of
Life (QOL) measure, the WHOQOL‐OLD, specifically for use with older adults. This pilot …

Promoting quality of life in older age is an internationally recognized priority, requiring valid
measurement. We present a short version of the established Older People's Quality of Life …

Background There is a need for short, specific instruments that assess quality of life (QOL)
adequately in the older adult population. The aims of the present study were to obtain …

Background To assess the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Dutch
version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Older Adults Module …

Abstract The World Health Organization has developed a brief generic questionnaire to
assess quality of life, the WHOQOL-BREF. It has been studied in diverse groups, but not …

Purpose. To present the psychometric properties of a new measure of quality of life in older
age, the Older People′ s Quality of Life (OPQOL) Questionnaire, compared with the CAPSE …

Background Most measures of quality of life (QoL) are based on 'expert'opinions. This study
describes a new measure of QoL in older age, the Older People's QoL Questionnaire …

Background Under the circumstance of global population aging, the issue on how to
facilitate the quality of life (QOL) for older people brings us grand challenge. On the way to …

Background: while life expectancy among older people has been lengthened due to
improved public health and medical interventions, the importance of health-related quality of …

Purpose We present the validation data of the French version of a new quality of life
questionnaire, specifically developed for use with older adults (> 60 years old): the …