Lehman Quality of Life Interview (QLI)
Overview
- Purpose
- Assess general quality of life for people with mental health challenges
- Respondent
- Person with a Disability
- Administration Method
- Interview
- Administration Mode
- In-person
- Developer
- Lehman
- Item Count
- 11
- Population
- Mental Health Challenges
Instrument Citation(s)
Lehman, A., Kernan, E., & Postrado, L.Toolkit Evaluating Quality of Life for Persons with Severe Mental
Illness. https://www.hsri.org/publication/toolkit_evaluating_quality_of_life_for_persons_with_severe_mental_illn
Lehman, A.F. (1988). A quality of life interview for the chronically mentally ill. Evaluation and Program
Planning, 11, 51-62.
Missouri Institute of Mental Health. Program in Consumer Studies and Training Multi-site Protocol 1.2. https://pocc.org/assets/Uploads/COSP-FUPQ-by-Q-1.2-May-23-2001.pdf 
Instrument Domains
| Domain | Number of Items |
|---|---|
| Community Inclusion | 8 |
| Meaningful activity | 2 |
| Social connectedness and relationships | 7 |
| Employment | 0 |
| Resources and settings to facilitate inclusion | 0 |
| Transportation | 0 |
| Holistic Health and Functioning | 2 |
| Individual health and functioning | 2 |
| Health promotion and prevention | 0 |
| Human and Legal Rights | 1 |
| Privacy | 1 |
| Freedom from abuse and neglect | 0 |
| Informed decision-making | 0 |
| Optimizing the preservation of legal and human rights | 0 |
| Supporting individuals in exercising their human and legal rights | 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 |
| Choice and Control | 0 |
| Choice of services and supports | 0 |
| Personal choices and goals | 0 |
| Personal freedoms and dignity of risk | 0 |
| Self-direction | 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 |
| Person-Centered Planning and Coordination | 0 |
| Assessment | 0 |
| Coordination | 0 |
| Person-centered planning | 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 |
Psychometric Citations
Lehman, A.F., Postrado, L.T., & Rachuba, L.T. (1993). Convergent validation of quality of life
assessments for persons with severe mental illnesses. Quality of Life Research, 2(5), 327-333.- Type of Publication
- Peer review
- Instrument Language
- English
- Sample: Age (Mean and Range)
Mean=38.1 years
- Sample: Age Group
18-64 Years
- Sample: Countries/State
United States
- Sample: Disability Type
Mental Health Challenges
- Sample: Gender (%male)
53%
- Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)
45% Caucasian
53% African-American- Sample: Size
59
- Reliability: Test-retest
General Life Satisfaction = .57; Frequency of Family Contact = .5; Frequency of Social Contact = .55; Daily activities = .52
- Validity: Criterion Validity (Concurrent and Predictive)
General Life Satisfaction had a low but significant convergence with a related construct (r = .26); Satisfaction with Family Relations with a related construct = .33; and Satisfaction with Social Relations with a related construct = .43;
Frequency of Family Contacts, Frequency of Social Relations, and Daily Activities show moderate and significant correlations with their related measures, ranging from .23 to .75
- Study design
- Cross sectional
Lancon, C., Auquier, P., Toumi, M., Llorca, P.M., Lehman, A., & Bebbington, P. (2000). Validation of the
brief Quality of Life Interview (QoLI): I. Internal Structure. Encephale, 26(4), 11-16.- Type of Publication
- Peer review
- Instrument Language
- French
- Sample: Age (Mean and Range)
Mean=39.6 years
- Sample: Age Group
18-64 Years
- Sample: Countries/State
France
- Sample: Disability Type
Mental Health Challenges
- Sample: Gender (%male)
66%
- Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)
Not Reported
- Sample: Size
128
- Reliability: Internal Consistency
Cronbach's Alpha subjective scales (α range from .69 to .88); Cronbach's Alpha daily activities (α=.55); Cronbach's Alpha victims of aggression (α=.29)
- Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)
In subjective scales the discrimination index for 23 items ranged from .87 to .96; In objective scales, the discrimination index ranged from .74 to .94; Daily activities item ranged from .28 to.53
Using subjective items, EFA resulted in eight dimensions that accounted for 75% of the variance
- Study design
- Cross sectional