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Modular System for Quality of Life (MSQL-R)

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Pukrop, Möller, H. J., & Steinmeyer, E. M. (2000). Quality of life in psychiatry: a systematic contribution to construct validation and the development of the integrative assessment tool “modular system for quality of life.” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 250(3), 120–132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004060070028
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Purpose The MSQoL is an integration of eight (inter)nationally established QoL instruments
Domain(s) Life Satisfaction
Positive Affect
Quality of Life
Target population Adult
Number of items 447
Administration format self-report
Additional formats
Alternate forms
Availability in other languages
Fee for use
Free
Related information on use of the measure

The eight instruments are: Sickness Impact Profile (SIP; Bergner et al. 1976, 1981), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP; European Group for Qualityof Life and Health Measurement 1992; Hunt et al. 1986): , Short-Form-36 (SF-36; Stewart and Ware 1992; Ware 1993), Questionnaire for the State of Health (QSH; ESCAPE 1994), Fragebogen Alltagsleben (Questionnaire for Everyday-living;
ALLTAG; Bullinger et al. 1993), Psychological General Well-Being Schedule (PGWBS; Dupuy
1984), Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ; Steinmeyer et al. 1996), Lancaster Quality of Life Profile (LQLP; Lehman, 1988;
Oliver, 1991)
Non-exhaustive list of psychometric studies

Pukrop, R., Schlaak, V., Möller-Leimkühler, A. M., Albus, M., Czernik, A., Klosterkötter, J., & Möller, H.-J. (2003). Reliability and validity of Quality of Life assessed by the Short-Form 36 and the Modular System for Quality of Life in patients with schizophrenia and patients with depression. Psychiatry Research, 119(1), 63–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00110-0


Pukrop, R., Möller, H.-J., & Steinmeyer, E. M. (2000). Quality of life in psychiatry: A systematic contribution to construct validation and the development of the integrative assessment tool “modular system for quality of life.” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 250(3), 120–132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004060070028

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