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. 1998 Oct 31;317(7167):1191–1194. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7167.1191
Generic Psychological Condition specific
1 Nottingham health profile (NHP) (6) 1 Psychological general well being index (PGWBI) (6) 1 EORTC QLQ C-30 (4)
2 Quality of wellbeing index (QWBI) (3) 2 Lehman QOL interview (2) 2 Spitzer QOL index (4)
3 Karnosky performance status (KPS) (2) 3 State trait anxiety inventory (STAI) (2) 3 Functional living with cancer index (FLIC) (3)
4 Activities of daily living questionnaire (2) 4 Mental health index (2) 4 Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire (2)
5 Short form 36 (SF-36) (2) 5 Beck depression inventory (BDI) (2) 5 Chronic respiratory disease index questionnaire (2)
6 Sickness impact profile (SIP) (2) 6 Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) (2) 6 Angina pectoris QOLQ
7 QOLQ adapted from the Dartmouth COOP chart 7 Bf-S wellbeing scale 7 Heart condition assessment
8 Functional status questionnaire 8 Connecticut department of mental health QOL survey 8 New York Heart Association functional scale (NYHA)
9 LASA general wellbeing scale 9 Psychological adjustment to illness scale (PAIS) 9 Chronic heart failure questionnaire
10 Social network questionnaire 10 Hamilton anxiety scale (HAS) 10 Dyspnoea fatigue rating scale
11 Functional activities questionnaire (FAQ) 11 Social adjustment scale (SAS) 11 Rhinoconjunctivitis QOLQ
12 EuroQol 12 Center for epidemiologic studies depression scale (CES-D) 12 Scott-Huskisson VAS for pain
13 Self perceived health status scale (SPHS) 13 Montgomery and Asberg depression scale (MADRS) 13 Skin problem list
14 General health questionnaire GHQ-30 14 Body cathexis list 14 The side effects of symptom distress index
15 Sheehan disability scale (SDS) 15 Self esteem scale 15 The sexual symptom distress scale
16 McMaster health index 16 Inventory list on association with others 16 Sleep dysfunction scale
17 Revised symptom checklist (SCL90-R) 17 The Petty questionnaire
18 Goteborg QOL instrument (GQL) 18 Subjective chemo IQ (SCI)
19 Short comprehensive assessment and referral evaluation (short-CARE) 19 South West Oncology Group (SWOG) questionnaire
20 The wellbeing at work or daily routine scale 20 Rotterdam symptom checklist
21 The life events index 21 Morrow assessment of nausea and emesis (MANE)
22 Physical self maintenance scale (PSMS) 22 The linear analogue self assessment scale
23 Modified hamburger visual analogue scales
24 Perceived QOL scale (PQOLS)