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Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA)

Full name of scale

Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life

Languages

German and Swedish

Rater

Clinician-rated or patient-rated

Training

No information found

Utility

It is used to assess the quality of life of population with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders

Time to complete

Up to 15 minutes

Cost/license

Open access; can be found here: https://m3ewb.research.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3234/2022/10/MANSA.pdf

Other information
  • The MANSA has been modified from the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile (LQLP)
  • Only 16 questions are to be asked every time the instrument is applied. Four of these questions are termed objective and to be answered with yes or no. Twelve questions are strictly subjective.

Priebe, S., Huxley, P., Knight, S., & Evans, S. (1999). Application and results of the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA). International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 45(1), 7–12. Follow this link for the article.

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