Quality of Life Scale, Flanagan (QOLS)

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Overview

Purpose
Health outcomes appraisal
Respondents
  • Proxy
  • Person with a Disability
Administration Method
Interview
Administration Mode
In-person
Developer
Flanagan
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Population
Physical Disability

Psychometric Citations

  • Burckhardt, C.S., Woods, S.L., Schultz, A.A., & Ziebarth, D.M. (1989). Quality of life of adults with chronic illness: A psychometric study. Research in Nursing and Health, 12(6), 347-354.

    Type of Publication
    Peer review
    Instrument Language
    English
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    Mean=60 years

    Sample: Age Group

    18-64 Years, 65+ Years

    Sample: Countries/State

    United States

    Sample: Disability Type

    Not Reported

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    34%

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    95% White

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Not Reported

    Sample: Size

    204

    Reliability: Internal Consistency

    Cronbach's Alpha for Time 1 (ɑ=.89); Cronbach's Alpha for Time 2 (ɑ= .86); Cronbach's Alpha for Time 3 (ɑ= .87)

    Reliability: Test-retest

    Test-retest correlation coefficient between Time 1 and Time 3 (r=.76); Test-retest correlation coefficient between Time 1 and Time 2 (r=.78); Test-retest correlation coefficient between Time 2 and Time 3 (r=.84)

    Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)

    Discriminating groups; correlations with other measures ranged from -.66 to .73

    Study design
    Longitudinal

  • Burckhardt, C.S., & Anderson, K.L., Archenholtz, B., & Hagg, O. (2003). The Flanagan Quality of Life Scale: Evidence of Construct Validity. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. http://www.hqlo.com/content/1/1/59

    Type of Publication
    Peer review
    Instrument Language
    English and Swedish
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    Mean=52.5 years

    Sample: Age Group

    18-64 Years, 65+ Years

    Sample: Countries/State

    United States, Sweden

    Sample: Disability Type

    Not Reported

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    28%

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    Not Reported

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Not Reported

    Sample: Size

    1241

    Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)

    Twelve of the 16 items loaded consistently with the same items on three factors in all five exploratory analyses.

    Study design
    Cross-sectional

  • Bronzi de Souza, L. & Corrente, J. (2013). Evaluation of the Flanagan Quality of Life Scale for older adults. International Journal of Science Commerce and Humanities, 1(4), 10-20.

    Type of Publication
    Peer review
    Instrument Language
    Portuguese
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    Mean=72.1 years

    Sample: Age Group

    18-64 Years, 65+ Years

    Sample: Countries/State

    Brazil

    Sample: Disability Type

    Age Related Disability, Other

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    37% male

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    Not Reported

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Not Reported/Unknown

    Sample: Size

    365

    Validity: Construct (Convergent and Discriminant)

    Exploratory factor analysis resulted in five factors with factor loadings > .50

    Study design
    Cross-sectional