Personal Life Quality Protocol (PLQ)
Overview
- Purpose
- Measure the quality and outcomes of services for people with IDD
- Respondents
- Proxy
- Person with a Disability
- Administration Method
- Interview
- Administration Mode
- In-person
- Developer
- Center for Outcome Analysis
- Item Count
- 196
- Population
- Intellectual and Developmental Disability
Instrument Citation(s)
Conroy, J.W. (2014). Personal Life Quality Protocol (PLQ): Short, reliable outcome measurement tools
for quality tracking in developmental disabilities systems. Center for Outcome Analysis.
http://eoutcome.org/Uploads/COAUploads/PdfUpload/PLQ-COA-OnePageQualityModules-V37.pdf 
Conroy, J.W. (2017). Personal Life Quality Protocol (PLQ): Short, reliable outcome measurement tools
for quality tracking in developmental disabilities systems. Center for Outcome Analysis.
http://www.eoutcome.org/Uploads/COAUploads/PdfUpload/COA-PLQ-Instruments-WithThen&NowVersions-V56.pdf
Instrument Domains
| Domain | Number of Items |
|---|---|
| Choice and Control | 38 |
| Choice of services and supports | 9 |
| Personal choices and goals | 1 |
| Personal freedoms and dignity of risk | 28 |
| Self-direction | 1 |
| Community Inclusion | 74 |
| Employment | 12 |
| Meaningful activity | 46 |
| Resources and settings to facilitate inclusion | 1 |
| Social connectedness and relationships | 39 |
| Transportation | 3 |
| Holistic Health and Functioning | 6 |
| Individual health and functioning | 6 |
| Health promotion and prevention | 0 |
| Human and Legal Rights | 6 |
| Freedom from abuse and neglect | 1 |
| Privacy | 2 |
| Supporting individuals in exercising their human and legal rights | 3 |
| Informed decision-making | 0 |
| Optimizing the preservation of legal and human rights | 0 |
| Person-Centered Planning and Coordination | 11 |
| Assessment | 1 |
| Person-centered planning | 11 |
| Coordination | 0 |
| Caregiver Support | 0 |
| Access to resources | 0 |
| Family caregiver/natural support involvement | 0 |
| Family caregiver/natural support wellbeing | 0 |
| Training and skill-building | 0 |
| Consumer Leadership in System Development | 0 |
| Evidence of meaningful caregiver involvement | 0 |
| Evidence of meaningful consumer involvement | 0 |
| System supports meaningful consumer involvement | 0 |
| Equity | 0 |
| Availability | 0 |
| Equitable access and resource allocation | 0 |
| Transparency and consistency | 0 |
| Fluctuation of Need | 0 |
| Level of Caregiver Well-Being | 0 |
| Service Delivery and Effectiveness | 0 |
| Delivery | 0 |
| Person's needs met and goals realized | 0 |
| System Performance and Accountability | 0 |
| Data management and use | 0 |
| Evidence-based practice | 0 |
| Financing and service delivery structures | 0 |
| Workforce | 0 |
| Adequately compensated with benefits | 0 |
| Culturally competent | 0 |
| Demonstrated competencies when appropriate | 0 |
| Person-centered approach to services | 0 |
| Safety of and respect for the worker | 0 |
| Staff Turnover | 0 |
| Sufficient workforce numbers dispersion and availability | 0 |
| Workforce engagement and participation | 0 |