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Full name of scale |
Lehman Quality of Life Inventory |
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Languages |
English |
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Rater |
Lay interviewers. The raters don’t have to be professionals. |
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Training |
The interviewers do not have to have a background in mental health or clinical experience. but they have to be comfortable interviewing persons with mental illness and should have sufficient interpersonal skills to develop a relaxed rapport with respondents. Ongoing training should be available for interviewers who administer the QOLI-Full Version with periodic reviews of interviews by an “expert” rater. These can be conducted by videotaping or by in-person observation. |
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Utility |
It is used to assess general quality of life for people with mental health challenges |
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Versions |
A shorter version exists; the Quality of Life Interview-Brief Version is a 78-item instrument derived from the Full Quality of Life Interview that takes about 16 minutes to complete |
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Time to complete |
Approximately 45 minutes |
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Cost/license |
Both brief and full versions can be found in the toolkit: https://www.hsri.org/files/uploads/publications/pn-3_qol.pdf |
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Other information |
It is recommended to be administered in person |
Lehman, A. F. (1988). A quality of life interview for the chronically mentally ill. Evaluation and Program Planning,11(1), 51–62. Follow this link for the article.
