Older People’s Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL)
Cite this measure View MeasurePsychometric properties of the Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire Validity Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research (2009), p. 298950
| General information | |
| Purpose | This 35 item measure is designed to assess quality of life in older people aged 65+. |
| Domain(s) | Goal Pursuit Life Satisfaction Positive Affect Quality of Life Sense of Meaning |
| Target population | Adult |
| Number of items | 35 |
| Administration format | self-report |
| Additional formats | |
| Alternate forms | A shortened form can be found here: https://ilcuk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OPQOL-brief-questionnaire-and-responses.pdf |
| Availability in other languages | |
| Fee for use | |
| Free | |
| Related information on use of the measure | |
| Non-exhaustive list of psychometric studies | |
Bowling, A., Banister, D., Stenner, P., Titheridge, H., Sproston, K., & McFarquhar, T. (2009, August). Quality of life in older age: Psychometric testing of the multidimensional Older People’s Quality of Life (OPQOL) questionnaire and the causal model under-pinning it (Monograph 2). University of Sheffield. http://www.newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk/nda-findings-2.html Scott, J. E. T., Mazzucchelli, T. G., Luszcz, M. A., et al. (2023). Factor structure and measurement invariance of the older people’s quality of life scale. Current Psychology, 42, 12732–12742. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02507-8 |
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