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Quality of life of the mentally ill. Reliability of the Swedish version of the Lancashire Quality of Life profile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

L Hansson ,
B Svensson  and
T Björkman
L Hansson
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, Lund University, University Hospital, S-221 85Lund, Sweden
B Svensson
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, Lund University, University Hospital, S-221 85Lund, Sweden
T Björkman
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, Lund University, University Hospital, S-221 85Lund, Sweden
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Summary

There has been a growing interest in the quality of life (QoL) of the mentally ill, subsequently a number of instruments to measure QoL have been developed. One of the measures of QoL which has received considerable attention is the Lancashire QoL Profile (LQOLP). The present study investigated test-retest reliability and internal consistency in the Swedish translation of the LQOLP using a cross-sectional sample of 29 inpatients. The results showed that test-retest reliability of subjective life satisfaction in the nine life domains covered by the LQOLP was satisfactory in seven of the domains, and acceptable in two (social relations and religion). Test-retest reliability for total subjective satisfaction score, global well-being, and an interviewer rated QoL were all on a satisfactory level (r > 0.80). The internal consistency and homogeneity of the total subjective QoL scale and the nine life domain subscales was satisfactory except for the social relations scale, where it was somewhat low.

Keywords

QoLreliabilityinternal consistencymentally illpsychiatric services
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , August 1998 , pp. 231 - 234
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1998

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