This article deals with the analysis of quality of life taking into account health status. The authors define the term quality of life. They characterise quality of life using subjective as well as objective instruments. They devote a great deal of space to generic questionnaires (generic scales) assessing, in the most framework way, the relationship between the patient's state of health and family relationships, emotional state, occupational activity. They can be used with both sick and healthy people. Examples of generic questionnaires are: WHOQOL- Bref, Sickness Impast Profile 136 (SIP), Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), Quality of Life Index (QOL, Quality of Life).
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