Results of the study

The ReQoL-10 and ReQoL-20 showed to be reliable in the student sample and the patient sample. Indices of the convergent and known-group validity showed that the ReQoL was predominantly associated with quality of life and was able to distinguish between scores of patient and student samples. The Dutch translation of the ReQoL-10 and ReQoL-20 yielded results in line with those of the original English version.

In August, 2020, the ReQoL Translation Library was extended, further supporting mental health conditions on a global scale, with this official Dutch version for the Netherlands, validated and certified by OUI with the kind contribution of B.C. van Aken (Erasmus University, the Netherlands), Prof. E. de Beurs (Leiden University, the Netherlands), Prof. C.L. Mulder(Erasmus University, the Netherlands), Prof. C.M. van der Feltz-Cornelis (University of York, UK). This fully validated version is available with a Certificate of Translation, having followed the translation methodology recommended by ISPOR Guidelines, which includes Cognitive Debriefing on 5 participants with any type of mental health condition.

Furthermore, the ReQoL-20 has been chosen by an international panel of experts for the new set of standards to measure and improve psychotic disorders globally. The ICHOM Standard Set for Psychotic Disorders is the result of hard work by an international group (from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia) of leading psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health experts, measurement experts, and service user experts. The new standard set represents the outcomes that matter most to adults and adolescents (age 12 upwards) with psychosis. This marks an important step towards promoting data quality and availability whilst strengthening mental health care for this group. It provides a measure for tracking 3 aspects of psychotic disorders – Quality of Life, Personal recovery, and Positive and negative symptoms.

Furthermore, the ReQoL is now also included in the National Clinical Content Repository to help further support mental health conditions and the collection of national data-sets from NHS trusts all around the UK.

The news item detailing this can be found here https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/news/reqol-news-august-2020/