Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index (Ferrans and Powers QLI)
Cite this measure View Measure| General information | |
| Purpose | The QLI was developed to measure the quality of life of healthy individuals, as well as those who are experiencing an illness. The instrument consists of two sections: one measures satisfaction with various domains of life, and the other measures the importance of the domain to the subject. |
| Domain(s) | Goal Pursuit Life Satisfaction Positive Affect Quality of Life Sense of Meaning |
| Target population | Adult |
| Number of items | 66 |
| Administration format | self-report |
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| Availability in other languages | French, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai |
| Fee for use | |
| Free | |
| Related information on use of the measure | |
The Ferrans and Powers Quality of Life Index (Ferrans and Powes QLI) can be found here. |
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| Non-exhaustive list of psychometric studies | |
Dehesh, T., Zare, N., Jafari, P., & Sagheb, M. M. (2014). Psychometric assessment of the Persian version of the Ferrans and powers 3.0 index in hemodialysis patients. International Urology and Nephrology, 46(6), 1183-1189. doi:10.1007/s11255-013-0537-5 Ferrans, C. E. (1990). Development of a quality of life index for patients with cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 17(3 Suppl), 15-19; discussion 20. Retrieved from www.scopus.com Ferrans, C. E. (1996). Development of a conceptual model of quality of life. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, 10(3), 293-304. Retrieved from www.scopus.com Halabi, J. O. (2006). Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of quality of life index. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 55(5), 604-610. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03952_1.x May, L. A., & Warren, S. (2002). Measuring quality of life of persons with spinal cord injury: External and structural validity. Spinal Cord, 40(7), 341-350. doi:10.1038/sj.sc.3101311 Mizuno, M., Munezawa, N., Yamashita, M., Sasahara, T., Mayers, T., Park, C., & Ferrans, C. E. (2020). Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the quality of life index for patients with cancer. Research in Nursing and Health, doi:10.1002/nur.22011 Rustøen, T., Wiklund, I., Hanestad, B. R., & Burckhardt, C. S. (1999). Validity and reliability of the Norwegian version of the Ferrans and powers quality of life index. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 13(2), 96-101. doi:10.1080/02839319950162633 |
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| Additional information | |
The QLI is a copyrighted instrument. The QLI is made available through this website for use in non-profit research and non-profit clinical practice, for which there is no charge for use of the QLI. This permission applies only to use of the QLI as it can be printed from this website (for example, paper copies printed from the website). This permission does not apply to incorporation of the QLI or any of its items into computer software, including software for administration by computer. This permission also does not apply to any for-profit use of the QLI or to any sales of materials including the QLI. A licensing agreement is required for incorporation of the QLI into computer software and for all for-profit use. A licensing agreement also is required for all sales of materials including the QLI. Contact Dr. Carol Ferrans directly at the University of Illinois at Chicago regarding licensing agreements. For any publications that utilize this measure send information to Dr. Ferrans at cferrans@uic.edu |