TABLE 1.

Applied Health-Related QoL Questionnaires

Year	Instrument	Full Title	Condition	Main Characteristics
1989	IBDQ55	Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire	IBD	32 questions on a 5-point Likert scale Higher scores implicate higher QoL
1999	SIBDQ56	Spanish Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire	IBD	36 questions on a 5-point Likert scale Higher scores implicate higher QoL
1996	sIBDQ57	Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire	IBD	10 questions on a 5-point Likert scale Higher scores implicate higher QoL
1992	SF-3658	36-item short-form health survey	Generic	36 items with 2-6 answer options Higher scores implicate higher QoL
1996	SF-1259	12-item short-form health survey	Generic	12 items with 2-6 answer options Higher scores implicate higher QoL
1989	QL48	German Quality-of-Life questionnaire	Generic	21 items Higher scores implicate higher QoL
1998	WHOQoL-BREF60, 61	World Health Organization–Quality of Life BREF	Generic	26 items on a 5-point Likert scale Higher scores implicate higher QoL
2006	SHS62	Short Health Scale	IBD	4 items on a 100 mm visual analog scale Higher scores implicate higher QoL
2001	15D questionnaire63	15D questionnaire	Generic	15 questions scored on 5 ordinal levels Higher scores implicate higher QoL
2014	AQoL-8D64	Assessment of Quality of Life-8D	Generic	35 items scored on 4-5 ordinal levels Higher scores implicate higher QoL
1990	EQ-5D65	EuroQol Five Dimensions Health Questionnaire	Generic	14 questions scored on nominal and ordinal levels Higher scores implicate higher QoL