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Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ)

[ AQLQ and AQLQ(S) (Standardised Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire)
Exists also for patients 12 years and older (AQLQ +12) and for acute severe asthma (Acute AQLQ) ]

	Author(s)
Juniper Elizabeth, MCSP, Msc

Purpose

Pathology:

Immune system diseases
Respiratory tract diseases

Disease:

Asthma

Objective:

To measure the functional impairments that are most troublesome to adults (17-70 years) as a result of their asthma

Population for intended use:

Adult

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

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

Administration mode:

Electronic version
IVR-version
Interviewer-administered
Self-administered

[ Validated electronic version for AQLQ(S)
IVR version for AQLQ(S) (undergoing validation currently)

Telephone and electronic-based adaptations must be developed only in collaboration with the author ]

Number of items:

Existence of database:

Yes

[ Identification form available in the restricted level ]

Recall/Observation period:

Last two weeks

Language(s)

Original language:

English for North America

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

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Paper version:

Afrikaans	Estonian	Macedonian	Spanish for Costa Rica #
Bulgarian	Filipino	Malay for Malaysia	Spanish for Ecuador
Cantonese for Hong Kong	Finnish	Malay for Singapore	Spanish for Guatemala #
Cebuano for Philippines	Flemish	Malayalam	Spanish for Honduras
Chinese for Malaysia	French	Marathi	Spanish for Mexico
Chinese for Singapore	French for Belgium	Norwegian	Spanish for North America
Chinese for Taiwan	French for Canada	Polish	Spanish for Panama
Chinese Mandarin for China	German	Portuguese	Spanish for Peru
Croatian	German for Austria	Portuguese for Brazil	Spanish for Puerto Rico
Czech	Greek	Punjabi	Spanish for Venezuela
Danish	Gujarati	Romanian	Swedish
Dutch	Hebrew	Russian	Swedish for Finland #
English for Australia	Hindi	Russian for Latvia	Tamil
English for Hong Kong	Hungarian	Russian for Ukraine	Tamil for Malaysia
English for India	Indonesian	Serbian	Telugu
English for Malaysia	Italian	Slovakian	Thai
English for New Zealand #	Japanese	Slovenian	Turkish
English for Singapore	Kannada	Spanish	Ukrainian
English for South Africa	Korean	Spanish for Argentina	Urdu
English for the Philippines	Latvian	Spanish for Chile #	Urdu for Pakistan
English for the UK	Lithuanian	Spanish for Colombia	Vietnamese

# AQLQ(S) only

Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) version of AQLQ(s):

Dutch for Belgium	Greek	Norwegian	Swedish
French for Belgium	Hebrew	Polish	Turkish
French for Canada	Hungarian	Portuguese
German	Italian	Spanish

For the most current list of languages available, please check www.qoltech.co.uk
For more information on electronic versions of AQLQ contact: bridget@qoltech.co.uk

Last update: September 2011
Last update in collaboration with the author: April 2011