caa a22 4500 477085113 CHVBK 20180405111501.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00540019 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00540019 Development of a new type of global quality of life scale, and comparison of performance and preference for 12 global scales [Elektronische Daten] [M. Hyland, S. Sodergren] We constructed a new type of global quality of life (QOL) scale deriving from the Borg symptom scales and compared four versions of this new type of scale (H scale) with four category rating (CR) scales and four visual analogue (VA) scales. Mean self-ratings and mean scenario ratings on different scales showed small but significant differences, and intercorrelations were higher amongst the H scales than amongst the CR or VA scales. H scales were on average most preferred (by undergraduates and elderly subjects) followed by CR and lastly VA scales in terms of ease of use and perceived accuracy of representation. We investigated the preferred polarity of the scales: subjects preferred ‘Perfect quality of life' to be indicated by 20 or 100 (with slight preference for the latter) rather than 0. The H scales have eight additional quantifiers between the end labels and there was good agreement about the perceived magnitude of these quantitiers. Rapid Science Publishers, 1996 Category rating nationallicence global scales nationallicence measurement nationallicence quality of life nationallicence visual analogue nationallicence Hyland M. Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Plymouth, UK aut Sodergren S. Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Plymouth, UK aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/5(1996-10-01), 469-480 0962-9343 5:5<469 1996 5 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540019 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540019 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hyland M. Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Plymouth, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sodergren S. Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Plymouth, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/5(1996-10-01), 469-480 0962-9343 5:5<469 1996 5 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer