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Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI)

 
Distributed by MAPI Research Trust
Developed in 1971
 

Author(s)

Dupuy Harold J

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Generic

  • Disease:

All

  • Objective:

To measure self-representations of intrapersonal affective or emotional states reflecting a sense of subjective well-being or distress

  • Population for intended use:

Adult

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)

  • Administration mode:

Interviewer-administered

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

22

  • Recall/Observation period:

The past month / The last four weeks / The past week (Acute version)

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the USA

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

Standard version (Past month)

Afrikaans* French for Belgium* Japanese for Japan* Spanish for Chile*
Catalan French for Canada* Korean* Spanish for Mexico*
Croatian* French for France* Latvian* Spanish for Peru*
Czech* French for Switzerland* Lithuanian* Spanish for Spain*
Danish for Denmark* German for Austria* Norwegian for Norway* Spanish for the USA*
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* German for Germany* Polish for Poland* Swedish for Sweden*
Dutch for the Netherlands* German for Switzerland* Portuguese for Portugal* Tamil*
English for Australia* Greek* Romanian* Telugu*
English for Canada* Hebrew Russian for Latvia* Turkish for Turkey*
English for Ireland Hindi for India* Russian for Russia* Ukrainian*
English for the UK* Hungarian* Slovak*
Estonian* Italian for Italy* Slovenian*
Finnish for Finland* Italian for Switzerland* Spanish for Argentina*

Acute version (Past week)

Afrikaans English for the UK* Italian for Italy* Spanish for the USA*
Bulgarian* Finnish for Finland* Norwegian for Norway* Swedish for Finland*
Czech* French for Belgium* Polish for Poland* Swedish for Sweden*
Danish for Denmark* French for Canada* Romanian* Tswana*
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* French for France* Russian for Russia* Turkish for Turkey*
Dutch for the Netherlands* German for Germany* Sesotho* Xhosa*
English for Australia* Greek* Slovak* Zulu*
English for Canada* Hungarian* Spanish for Spain*

Last four-week version

Bulgarian
Czech
Turkish for Turkey
Ukrainian

14-item version

Cantonese for Hong Kong*
Greek
Mandarin for Hong-Kong
Spanish for Mexico*
Spanish for Puerto Rico*

* Performed by the MAPI Institute

 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Dupuy HJ. The Psychological general Well-Being (PGWB) Index. In: Assessment of Quality of Life in clinical trials of cardiovascular therapies. Edited by Wenger NK, Mattson ME, Furberg CD, Elinson J. Le Jacq Publishing 1984; Chap 9:170-183

Last update: April 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: April 2008