Description

The WHOQOL-SRPB (World Health Organization Quality of Life – Spirituality, Religiousness, and Personal Beliefs) is an assessment tool designed to evaluate the quality of life, focusing on aspects of spirituality, religiousness, and personal beliefs. This tool was developed as part of the broader WHOQOL scale, which aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of quality of life and the various factors that influence it.

Analysis and Use of Data

Analysis:The WHOQOL-SRPB assesses how spirituality, religiousness, and personal beliefs affect an individual’s quality of life.

It evaluates various domains, such as the meaning of life, hope, resilience in difficult situations, a sense of well-being, and the impact of faith on health.

Use of Data:Primarily used in quality of life research and clinical practice to assess the impact of spiritual and religious beliefs on individual well-being and health.

It can also be used to measure treatment outcomes in patients facing chronic illnesses, mental disorders, or other health conditions affected by their spiritual and religious lives.

Purpose

The main goal of the WHOQOL-SRPB is to understand how spiritual, religious, and personal beliefs contribute to an individual’s quality of life. It also aims to incorporate the concept of spirituality into the overall assessment of health and well-being, covering an area often overlooked in traditional quality-of-life measurements.

Scoring

The WHOQOL-SRPB includes various questions that assess the spiritual and religious dimensions of quality of life. Each question is scored using a Likert scale, with responses ranging from “not at all” to “very much.” The total score is calculated by combining the responses from all questions, providing an overall picture of how spirituality and religiousness affect the individual’s quality of life.

Bibliography

WHOQOL Group. (2002). “WHOQOL-SRPB Field-Test Instrument.” World Health Organization.

Skevington, S. M., et al. (2004). “The World Health Organization’s WHOQOL-SRPB Instrument: Cross-cultural Validation of the WHOQOL-SRPB Instrument.” Quality of Life Research, 13(2), 285-299.

Fleck, M. P. A., et al. (2006). “Spirituality, religion and personal beliefs are important components of quality of life in health and disease: results from the WHOQOL-SRPB field-test.” Social Science & Medicine, 62(6), 1486-1497.