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Brief Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder Scale

(Brief QoL.BD)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts Julieta Martins Azevedo

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Questionário Breve de Qualidade de Vida na Perturbação Bipolar

ORIGINAL VERSION

Michalak & Murray (2009)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Azevedo J., Roque M., Carreiras, D., Paula Castilho P., & Macedo, A. (2023)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Brief QoL.BD assesses the 12 core domains of the original long version, with one item per domain, scored from 1 to 5 (1: strongly disagree to 5: strongly agree). An overall score on quality of life is provided by summing the items (score range: 12-60).

REFERENCES

  • Azevedo, J., Roque, M., Carreiras, D., Castilho, P., & Macedo, A. (2023). Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder: Portuguese validation of the Brief QoL.BD questionnaire”. J Psychiatry Mental Disord, 8(1), 1064. https://doi.org/10.26420/JPsychiatryMentalDisord.2023.1064

  • Michalak, E.E., Murray G. & CREST.BD (2010). Development of the QoL.BD: a disorder-specific scale to assess quality of life in bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 12(7), 727-740. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-5618.2010.00865.x

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