Brief Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder Scale (Brief QoL.BD)

Title of the Portuguese Version

Questionário Breve de Qualidade de Vida na Perturbação Bipolar

Original Version

Michalak & Murray (2009)

Portuguese Version

Azevedo J., Roque M., Carreiras, D., Paula Castilho P., & Macedo, A. (2023)

General Description

The Brief QoL.BD assesses the 12 core domains of the original long version, with one item per domain, scored from 1 to 5 (1: strongly disagree to 5: strongly agree). An overall score on quality of life is provided by summing the items (score range: 12-60).

References

  • Azevedo, J., Roque, M., Carreiras, D., Castilho, P., & Macedo, A. (2023). Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder: Portuguese validation of the Brief QoL.BD questionnaire”. J Psychiatry Mental Disord, 8(1), 1064. https://doi.org/10.26420/JPsychiatryMentalDisord.2023.1064

  • Michalak, E.E., Murray G. & CREST.BD (2010). Development of the QoL.BD: a disorder-specific scale to assess quality of life in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 12(7), 727-740. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-5618.2010.00865.x

Contacts

O instrumento pode ser descarregado aqui: https://www.crestbd.ca/research/research-areas/quality-of-life/

ou solicitado a julietazevedo@gmail.com