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Perceived Well-Being Scale (PWB)

The Perceived Wellbeing Scale (PWB) allows for separate assessment of psychological and physical well-being. The PWB is a short and convenient instrument applicable to the elderly.

Personal Outcome Scale (POS)

The Personal Outcomes Scale (POS) has been developed for the purpose of assessing a person’s quality of life (QOL) based on specific indicators associated with each of the eight core QOL domains that have been validated in a series of cross-cultural studies.

Multifaceted Lifestyle Satisfaction Scale (MLSS)

The Multifaceted Lifestyle Satisfaction Scale (MLSS) is an interview structured primarily for individuals with mental retardation to assess their professed satisfaction with their living arrangements and communities, their personal relationships, their recreation and leisure, their employment, and their degree of self-direction

Self-Evaluated Quality of Life-Direct Weight (SEIQoL-DW)

The Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL) is an interview-based instrument for the assessment of quality of life (QoL) of the individual. The SEIQoL has been used with a variety of patient groups, but its applicability may be limited in illnesses which impair cognitive functioning or motivational state. Successful completion of the SEIQoL requires, inter alia. insight into the factors which determine one’s quality of life. the ability to think abstractly and the ability to make judgments based on information presented in diagrammatic form. Therefore, its use with patients in whom these abilities are impaired may be problematic.

Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire

The Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire measures the impact of disability based on how frequently children engage and participate in a range of activities and what those activities are. It also provides contextual information on the impact of the disability on the participation of the family unit

Kuwaiti Raha Scale (KRS)

The measure was developed to assess well-being among Kuwaitis in a way that reflects the Raha within the Kuwaiti culture, and reflects Kuwaiti cultural idioms of distress.