Ordinal-to-interval scale conversion tables and national items for the New Zealand version of the WHOQOL-BREF

About this item

Title

Ordinal-to-interval scale conversion tables and national items for the New Zealand version of the WHOQOL-BREF

Content partner

The University of Auckland Library

Collection

ResearchSpace@Auckland

Description

The World Health Organisation Quality of Life (WHOQOL) questionnaires are widely used around the world and can claim strong cross-cultural validity due to their development in collaboration with international field centres. To enhance conceptual equivalence of quality of life across cultures, optional national items are often developed for use alongside the core instrument. The present study outlines the development of national items for the New Zealand WHOQOL-BREF. Focus groups with members ...

Read more

Format

Research paper

Research format

Journal article

Date created

2016

Creator

Krägeloh, CU / Billington, DR / Hsu, PH-C / Feng, XJ / Medvedev, Oleg / Kersten, P / Landon, J / Siegert, RJ

URL

http://hdl.handle.net/2292/35509

Related subjects

Humans / Focus Groups / Psychometrics / Reference Standards / Quality of Life / Adult / Middle Aged / World Health Organization / New Zealand / Female / Male / Young Adult / Surveys and Questionnaires

What is the copyright status of this item?

Share, Modify, Use commercially

See below for specifics about how you may use this item.

More Information

The University of Auckland Library has this to say about the rights status of this item:

Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1932-6203/

You can learn more about the rights status of this item at:

• https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm
• https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with The University of Auckland Library to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

Share it

This item is suitable for copying and sharing with others, without further permission.

Modify it

This item is suitable for modifying, remixing and building upon, without further permission.

Use it commercially

This item is suitable for commercial use, without further permission.