- Designed to offer a new approach to measuring QOL that is grounded in and congruent with the perspective and experience of people with disabilities.
- Based on the Centre for Health Promotion (CHP) QOL model that views QOL as arising out of the ongoing relationship between the person and his/her environment. It is comprised of three domains:
1) Being
2) Belonging
3) Becoming
Clinical Considerations
This tool is a lengthy instrument that likely takes considerable time to administer.
ICF Domain
Quality of Life
Administration
- Can be interview-administered or self-reported.
- The items in the 3 domains are grouped into 9 sub-scores. All items are rated on a 5-point scale for satisfaction and importance – ranging from 1 (not at all satisfied/important) to 5 (extremely satisfied/important).
Number of Items
102
Equipment
None
Scoring
Overall scores are made more comprehensible by subtracting 3, leading to a range of scores from negative 10 (not at all satisfied/extremely important issues) to positive 10 (extremely satisfied/extremely important issues).
Languages
English
Training Required
Does not require advanced training.
Availability
Can be found by contacting the author (Rebecca Renwick, r.renwick@utoronto.ca).
Measurement Property Summary
# of studies reporting psychometric properties: 1
Interpretability
- No normative data have been established for the SCI population
- Published data for the SCI population are available for comparison (see the Interpretability section of the Study Details sheet).
MCID: not established in SCI
SEM: not established in SCI
MDC: not established in SCI
Reliability
Internal consistency is High for the QOLP-PD total score (Cronbach’s a = 0.98) and the QOLP-PD domains: Being (Cronbach’s a = 0.95), Belonging (Cronbach’s a = 0.95) and Becoming (Cronbach’s a = 0.97).
(Renwick et al. 2003)
Validity
Correlations between the adjusted QOLP-PD total score and QOLP-PD subscale are High (ranging from Pearson’s r = 0.63- Physical Being to Pearson’s r = 0.88 – Growth Becoming).
(Renwick et al. 2003)
Responsiveness
No values were reported for the responsiveness of the QOLP-PD for the SCI population.
Floor/Ceiling Effect
No values were reported for the presence of floor/ceiling effects in the QOLP-PD for the SCI population.
Reviewers
Dr. Ben Mortenson, Jeff Tan, John Zhu, Matthew Querée
Date Last Updated
16 March 2017
Renwick R, Brown I. The Centre for Health Promotion’s conceptual approach to quality of life: being, belonging, and becoming. In: Renwick R, Brown I, Nagler N (ed). Quality of life in health promotion and rehabilitation: Conceptual approaches, issues, and applications. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1996, p 75-86.
http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1996-97773-000
Renwick R, Nourhaghighi N, Manns P, Laliberté Rudman D. Quality of life for people with physical disabilities: a new instrument. Int J Rehab Research 2003;26:279-287.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14634362
