الخصائص القاسية للمقياس المئوي لنوعية الحياة (WHOQOL-100)‎ الصادر عن منظمة الصحة العالمية على عينات من المجتمع الليبي

الملخص EN

Background: At the beginning of the 1990sM the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a project in order to create a cross-cultural instrument of quality of life assessment: the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL).

Purpose: This paper describes the Psychometric Properties of the Libyan version of the WHOQOL-100M Methods: A total of 150 participants were tested (n= 100 healthyM n= 50 cancer patients).

Results: The Libyan version of WHOQOL-100 showed acceptable internal consistency (α range 0960–0994) for healthyM cancer patient and total sample.

Discriminate validity was significant for all domainsM except in Spirituality and environment.

Convergent validity with the Beck Depression Inventory was satisfactory for most domains.

Conclusion: The WHOQOL showed good psychometric characteristicsM suggesting that the Libyan version of WHOQOL is valid and reliable in the assessment of quality of life in Libya.