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Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL)

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL)

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Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an individual’s or a group’s perceived physical and mental health over time.

On this site, find general information about health-related quality of life, such as HRQOL surveillance and its role in public health practice.

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About Well-Being

Definition, how it is measured, findings, applications to public health

Surveillance and Data

An overview of HRQOL surveillance

Teaching Tools

Curricular materials for schools of public health biostatistics, behavioral sciences, and policy

Healthy Living

Information about staying healthy

Questionnaire and Methods

HRQOL survey questions, programming code,and measurement properties

Publications

HRQOL publications

FAQ's

Answers to questions on measures and usage

About US

Vision, Mission, and program

How Are You Doing?

How Right Now provides tools and resources to identify and cope with anxiety, grieving, COVID-19 stress, and other emotions.

Being Well

Emotional well-being includes coping with anxiety and stress, and encompasses social connectedness, healthy schools, healthy workplace, and cultural connectedness at all stages of life.

Mentally Healthy

Mental Health is important at every stage of life and includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Find ways to take care of your mental health, coping with COVID, resources, and public health data.

Last Reviewed: August 18, 2022
Source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Population Health
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