The Obesity and Weight-Loss Quality of Life Instrument (OWLQOL) & the Weight-Related Symptom Measure (WRSM)

Weight-specific instruments intended to be used together to assess obesity specific symptoms and quality of life, general functional status and well-being, and person-specific preference measurement.

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Instrument Information:


Authors	Bushnell DM, Patrick DL, Rothman R.
Purpose:
Pathology	Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Disease	Obesity/Overweight
Population	Adults, 18 and older
Characteristics:
Type of Instrument	Quality of Life
Mode of Administration	Self-administered
Time recall	Past 4 weeks
Number of Items	17 items
Sample Page of OWLQOL	Download Sample Page of Instrument

List of Existing Translations:

The translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Translations indicated with * have undergone validation through MAPI Research Institute. Please direct any questions regarding translations with developers.

Afrikaans, Arabic (Lebanon), Bulgarian, Croation, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch (Belgium), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (Jamaica), English (Malaysia), English (New Zealand), English (Philipines), English (US), English (UK)*, Finnish, Flemish, French (Belgium), French* (France), French (Canada), French (Switzerland), German* (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian*, Italian (Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Malay (Singapore), Mandarin (China), Mandarin (Hong Kong), Mandarin (Malaysia), Mandarin (Singapore), Mandarin (Taiwan), Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Argentina), Spanish (Chile), Spanish (Colombia), Spanish (Costa Rica), Spanish (Dominican Republic), Spanish (Ecuador), Spanish (Guatemala), Spanish (Mexico),Spanish (Peru), Spanish (Puerto Rico), Spanish* (Spain), Spanish (US), Spanish (Venezuela), Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.

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Questions?

Instrument inquiries can be directed to the Instrument Distribution Coordinator or 1-800-291-2193

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University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Department of Health Services, Box 359455, Seattle, WA 98195-9455 Seattle Quality of Life Group