* SYNTAX FILE USED TO SCORE THE WHOQOL-BREF
* Filename="wq_bref.sps"
* Written in SPSS for Windows
* Last edited: 3/13/97
* WHOQOL Group, Seattle, Washington, USA

* Labeling all WHOQOL-BREF items

VARIABLE LABELS 
	g1    "How would you rate your quality of life" 
	g4    "How satisfied are you with your health"
	f1_4  "To what extent do you feel pain prevents you from doing what you need to do"
	f11_3 "How much do you need any medical treatment to function in your daily life"
	f4_1  "How much do you enjoy life"
	f24_2 "To what extent do you feel your life to be meaningful"
	f5_3  "How well are you able to concentrate"
	f16_1 "How safe do you feel in your daily life"
	f22_1 "How healthy is your physical environment"
	f2_1  "Do you have enough energy for everyday life"
	f7_1  "Are you able to accept your bodily appearance"
	f18_1 "Have you enough money to meet your needs"
	f20_1 "How available to you is the information that you need in your day-to-day life"
	f21_1 "To what extent do you have the opportunity for leisure activities"
	f9_1  "How well are you able to get around"
	f3_3  "How satisfied are you with your sleep"
	f10_3 "How satisfied are you with your ability to perform your daily living activities"
	f12_4 "How satisfied are you with your capacity for work"
	f6_3  "How satisfied are you with yourself"
	f13_3 "How satisfied are you with your personal relationships"
	f15_3 "How satisfied are you with your sex life"
	f14_4 "How satisfied are you with the support you get from your friends"
	f17_3 "How satisfied are you with the conditions of your living place"
	f19_3 "How satisfied are you with your access to health services"
	f23_3 "How satisfied are you with transportation"
	f8_1  "How often do you have negative feelings, ie blue mood, despair, depression" .
EXECUTE .

* Change out-of-range values to missing for each item of the WHOQOL-BREF

RECODE
   g1 to f8_1 (1=1) (2=2) (3=3) (4=4) (5=5) (ELSE=SYSMIS) .
EXECUTE.

* Reversing the three negatively framed items of the WHOQOL-BREF

RECODE
   f1_4 f11_3 f8_1 (5=1) (4=2) (3=3) (2=4) (1=5) INTO f1_4r f11_3r f8_1r .
EXECUTE.

* Scoring the 4 WHOQOL-BREF domains 

COMPUTE domain1 = (f1_4r + f11_3r + f2_1 + f9_1 + f3_3 + f10_3 + f12_4) .
EXECUTE .

COMPUTE domain2 = (f4_1 + f24_2 + f5_3 + f7_1 + f6_3 + f8_1r) .
EXECUTE .

COMPUTE domain3 = (f13_3 + f15_3 + f14_4) .
EXECUTE .

COMPUTE domain4 = (f16_1 + f22_1 + f18_1 + f20_1 + f21_1 + f17_3 + f19_3 + f23_3) .
EXECUTE .

* Labeling the 4 domains of the WHOQOL-BREF

VARIABLE LABELS 
	domain1 "Physical"
 	domain2 "Psychological"
 	domain3 "Social Relationship"
 	domain4 "Environment" .
EXECUTE. 

* Transforming the WHOQOL-BREF domain scores to a 0 to 100 scale
* These transformed scores should be used when interpreting the data to 
* ease comparisons to other validated instrument tools

COMPUTE tdom1 = ((domain1 - 7)/28)*100.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE tdom2 = ((domain2 - 6)/24)*100.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE tdom3 = ((domain3 - 3)/12)*100.
EXECUTE.

COMPUTE tdom4 = ((domain4 - 8)/32)*100.
EXECUTE.

VARIABLE LABELS 
 	tdom1 "Physical (TRANSFORMED)"
 	tdom2 "Psychological (TRANSFORMED)"
 	tdom3 "Social Relations (TRANSFORMED)"
 	tdom4 "Environment (TRANSFORMED)" .
EXECUTE.