Brief Description
The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire - Short Form (Q-LES-Q-SF) measures how individuals feel about their overall quality of life (QOL) and is a condensed version of the 93-item Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire. It provides subjective ratings of an individual’s level of enjoyment and satisfaction in specific areas of life, including physical health, mood, leisure activities, social relationships, work and overall life satisfaction. The Q-LES-Q-SF can be used as a screening tool or as a way to monitor the degree of enjoyment or satisfaction one feels with their life throughout treatment. Respondents rate their level of satisfaction with the various categories listed (e.g., “physical health”) on a scale from “Very Poor” to “Very Good” over the past week.
Assessment Administration Type
Self-report
Number of questions
16
Age Range for Administration
18+
Recommended Frequency of Administration
Weekly
Summary of Scoring and Interpretations
The Q-LES-Q-SF contains 16 questions scored on a 5-point Likert scale with values from 1 (“Very Poor”) to 5 (“Very Good”). A total score is calculated by summing the first 14 item responses and ranges from 14 to 70; higher scores are associated with greater life satisfaction and enjoyment. The total score is expressed as a percentage based on the maximum total score of the items completed (1-100). The normal range that represents community sample scores is 70-100, and thus scores below 70 are clinically significant. Note, the last two items (items 15 and 16) ask about medication and overall contentment, and are stand-alone items; they are not included in the total score.
Blueprint Adjustments
N/A
Clinical Considerations
Estimated completion time: 4-7 minutes
QOL measures have become a vital and often required part of health outcomes appraisal. For populations with chronic disease, measurement of QOL provides a meaningful way to determine the impact of health care when cure is not possible.
The way someone feels about their QOL is a valuable predictor of their overall health status, their perceptions of health services, and how to improve those services. Therefore, measures of patient-reported outcomes that emphasize patients’ subjective perspectives like QOL are increasingly used in psychiatry and relevant given the growing attention to self-defined recovery as the goal of healthcare.
There is also the Pediatric Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (PQ-LES-Q), seen here.
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