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WHO-5 Well-being Index Questionnaire

The WHO-5 Well-being Index is a short questionnaire that measures subjective well-being and psychological health over the past two weeks. It consists of 5 items that are scored on a 6-point Likert scale from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating better well-being. The raw score ranges from 0 to 25 and is multiplied by 4 to convert it to a percentage score from 0 to 100, with higher percentages representing better quality of life. The WHO-5 has been used in primary health care settings to measure dimensions of psychological general well-being.

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WHO-5 Well-being Index Questionnaire

The WHO-5 Well-being Index is a short questionnaire that measures subjective well-being and psychological health over the past two weeks. It consists of 5 items that are scored on a 6-point Likert scale from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating better well-being. The raw score ranges from 0 to 25 and is multiplied by 4 to convert it to a percentage score from 0 to 100, with higher percentages representing better quality of life. The WHO-5 has been used in primary health care settings to measure dimensions of psychological general well-being.

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WHO-5 Well-being Index

Please respond to each item by Most More Less Some


All of At no
marking one box per row, regarding of the than half than half of the
the time time
how you felt in the last two weeks. time the time the time time
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1 I have felt cheerful in good spirits. 5 4 3 2 1 0
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2 I have felt calm and relaxed. 5 4 3 2 1 0
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I have felt active and vigorous.
3 5 4 3 2 1 0
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I woke up feeling fresh and rested.
4 5 4 3 2 1 0
WHO My daily life has been filled with
5 things that interest me. 5 4 3 2 1 0

Scoring:
The raw score is calculated by totaling the figures of the five answers. The raw score ranges from 0 to 25, 0
representing worst possible and 25 representing best possible quality of life.

To obtain a percentage score ranging from 0 to 100, the raw score is multiplied by 4. A percentage score of 0
represents worst possible, whereas a score of 100 represents best possible quality of life.

Regional Office for Europe WHO. Use of Well-Being Measures in Primary Health
Care - The DepCare Project. Health for All, Target 12, 1998 [[Link]

Bech P. Measuring the dimensions of psychological general well-being by the WHO-5. QoL Newsletter 2004;
32: 15-16.

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