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
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.