Study Programmes 2015-2016
SANT0017-1  
Life quality evaluation in health
Duration :
10h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in public health (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Olivier Bruyère, Olivier Ethgen, Jean-Yves Reginster
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
  • General concept of quality of life
  • Concept of quality of life related to health
  • Measuring the quality of life
  • Development of a questionnaire
  • Quantitative assessment or validation of a questionnaire
  • Translation of a quality of life questionnaire
  • Choosing a quality of life questionnaire
  • Interpretation bias
 
Learning outcomes of the course :
At the end of this course, students will be able to define the concept of quality of life, to understand the methodology of developing a quality of life questionnaire to initiate a translation of a Quality of Life Questionnaire and to understand the benefits of using these questionnaires in epidemiology. In addition, students will be able to understand the limitations of using this type of tool and finally will be able to choose the best tool to assess the subjective health of an individual in an observational or interventional epidemiological study.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
none
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Ex cathedra course
+ critical analysis activities of existing quality of life questionnaires
+ critical analysis of the scientific literature
 
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
Lecture notes will be available via myULg
Assessment methods and criteria :
"Closed book" exam both for the first and second exam period.
+ individual written work
Work placement(s) :
none
Organizational remarks :
For the examination procedures, please refer to the official rules available on the University website.
Contacts :
Professor Olivier Bruyère Department of Public Health, Epidemiology, and Health Economics CHU Sart Tilman, Bât.B23 4000 Liège Tel. : +32 (0)4 366 25 81 Fax : +32 (0)4 366 28 12 Email : olivier.bruyere@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
Quality of Life evaluation in Health
The SarQoL
course material
course material
Coursebook : Quality of Life evaluation in Health
Course notes