Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Respiratory tract diseases
Neoplasms
Cardiovascular diseases
Urologic diseases
- Disease:
Kidney diseases
Heart failure
Generic for neoplasms
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Objective:
To assist in the evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of interventions targeting improved care at the end of life
- Population for intended use:
Terminal patients
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Health-Related Quality of end of Life
- Administration mode:
Self-administered
- Number of items:
21 items + 5 global items
- Recall/Observation period:
Depending on the item
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.
QUAL-E
No translationsBibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
Steinhauser KE, Clipp EC, Bosworth HB, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, Voils CI, Tulsky JA. Measuring quality of life at the end of life: Validation of the QUAL-E. Palliative and Supportive Care. 2004;2:3-14
Steinhauser KE, Bosworth HB, Clipp EC, McNeilly M, Christakis NA, Parker J, Tulsky JA. Initial assessment of a new instrument to measure quality of life at the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2002 Dec;5(6):829-41
Last update: March 2007
Last update in collaboration with the author: March 2007
