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Women’s Health Questionnaire (WHQ)

 
Distributed by MAPI Research Trust
 

Author(s)

Hunter Myra

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Female genital diseases and pregnancy complications

  • Disease:

Menopause

  • Objective:

To assess a wide range of physical and emotional symptoms, or sensations, experienced by mid-aged women

  • Population for intended use:

Female

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

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

Signs and symptoms

  • Administration mode:

Self-administered

  • Number of items:

37 (a revised version of 23-item also exists)

  • Recall/Observation period:

The past few days

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the UK

  • 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.

WHQ

Afrikaans* Estonian Hebrew* Serbian*
Arabic for Egypt Filipino Hungarian* Slovak*
Bulgarian* Finnish for Finland Italian for Italy* Slovenian*
Croatian* French for Belgium* Korean* Spanish for Argentina
Czech* French for Canada* Malay* Spanish for Chile*
Danish for Denmark* French for France* Norwegian for Norway* Spanish for Mexico*
Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* French for Switzerland* Polish for Poland* Spanish for Spain*
Dutch for the Netherlands* German for Austria* Portuguese for Brazil* Spanish for the USA*
English for Australia* German for Germany* Portuguese for Portugal* Swedish for Sweden
English for Canada* German for Switzerland* Romanian* Thai*
English for the USA* Greek* Russian for Russia* Turkish for Turkey*

* Performed by the MAPI Institute

 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

23-item version:

Girod I, de la Loge C, Keininger D, Hunter MS. Development of a revised version of the Women's Health Questionnaire. Climacteric. 2006 Feb;9(1):4-12

37-item version

Hunter M & O'Dea I, Cognitive appraisal of the menopause: the menopause representations questionnaire. Psychology, Health and Medicine 2001, 6;65-76

Hunter M. The Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ): the development, standardization and application of a measure of mid-aged women's emotional and physical health. Quality of Life Research 2000;9:733-738

Hunter M., O'Dea I. An evaluation of health education intervention for mid-aged women: five year follow-up of effects upon knowledge, impact of menopause and health. Patient Education & Counselling 1999,38:249-255

Hunter M. The Women's Health Questionnaire : A Measure of Mid-Aged Women's Perceptions of Their Emotional and Physical Health. Psychology and Health 1992;7:45-54

Last update: March 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: April 2008