Cet article présente les bases conceptuelles qui ont présidé à l'élaboration d'un questionnaire (« Profil de la Qualité de Vie Subjective » ou « PQVS ») évaluant la qualité de vie subjective des patients en pathologie somatique et psychiatrique. Une description de l'instrument précède les données concernant la validation de ce questionnaire ainsi que les résultats déjà obtenus sur environ 1500 sujets présentant des pathologies différentes. Les premiers résultats montrent qu'à chaque pathologie correspond un profil différent de patients; qu'il est possible, grâce à ce nouvel instrument d'évaluation, de mettre en évidence des changements spécifiques et parfois inattendus chez les patients; et qu'enfin, dans un certain nombre de cas, l'on peut dégager des hypothèses explicatives de ces changements.This article presents the conceptual foundations on which was built a questionnaire ("Profil de la Qualité de Vie Subjective" or "PQVS") designed to evaluate the subjective quality of life of patients marked by psychiatric or somatic pathology. Following a description of the instrument, the authors supply data relating to the questionnaire's validation, as well as the results obtained from a sampling of approximately 1,500 subjects with various pathologies. Initial results show that every pathology has a different patient profile. These results also point to the measuring instrument's ability to highlight specific and, at times, unexpected changes undergone by patients. Finally, the results enable the authors to advance hypotheses which may explain such changes in a certain number of cases
This article describes early results of a new instrument for measuring quality of life--the French Subjective Quality of Life Profile (SQLP) questionnaire. This 36-item, self-administered questionnaire has been previously validated in a large sample population with somatic disorders. It is characterized by its multidimensional pattern and subjective approach (i.e., the degree of satisfaction with various domains of life, the degree of change anticipated and the importance attributed to these domains). The SQLP was tested with three psychiatric patient samples: people with depression, psychosis or substance abuse. Preliminary findings indicate that the questionnaire is useful in describing psychiatric patients, their characteristics, and explaining some of their changes.
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