Schizophrenia Caregiver Quality of Life Questionnaire (S-CGQOL)

Full name of scale

Schizophrenia Caregiver Quality of Life Questionnaire

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Thai

French version reference

Richieri, R., Boyer, L., Reine, G., Loundou, A., Auquier, P., Lançon, C., & Simeoni, M. C. (2011). The Schizophrenia Caregiver Quality of Life questionnaire (S-CGQoL): Development and validation of an instrument to measure quality of life of caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 126(1–3), 192–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2010.08.037

Rater

Family-rated

Utility

Research and clinical settings

 

This is a measure for assessing the quality of life of caregivers of individual with schizophrenia.

 

It has 36 items which focuses on 8 dimensions: Physical Functioning

  • Social Functioning
  • Role-Physical Problem
  • Role-Emotional Problems
  • Mental Health
  • Vitality
  • Bodily Pain
  • General Health

 

Each dimension is scored within a range of 0 (low QoL level) to 100 (high QoL level).

Time to complete

5 minutes

Cost/license

The use of the S-CGQoL is free of authors' royalty fees. Researchers wishing to use the measure should contact Laurent Boyer (laurent.boyer [at] ap-hm.fr), who will give them all of the information on the questionnaire.

Richieri, R., Boyer, L., Reine, G., Loundou, A., Auquier, P., Lancon, C., & Simeoni, M. C. (2011). The Schizophrenia Caregiver Quality of Life questionnaire (S-CGQoL): Development and validation of an instrument to measure quality of life of caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 126(1–3), 192–201. Follow this link for the article.
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