WHO-5

The WHO-5- Well-Being -Index ( WHO-Five Well-Being Index ) is a short questionnaire with only five questions, which is supposed to record well-being . It was suggested by the World Health Organization as a screening questionnaire so that further questions could be asked in the interview . The S3 guideline for unipolar depression also recommends this questionnaire as a screening. Values from 0 to 5 can be given for each question. By adding up the values for the answers, a total value is obtained, with a low total value corresponding to a low level of well-being. A value less than 13 should indicate a possible depression . A percentage can also be calculated, which can be used to measure changes. The WHO-5 is available in almost 30 languages and can be downloaded free of charge from the Internet. The questionnaire arose from a step-by-step revision process and there are also standard values and test quality criteria . The test is for adolescents and adults, but has also proven itself in children. The processing time is less than a minute.

Another free questionnaire that tracks depression is the MDI.

literature

Christian Winther Topp, Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Susan Søndergaard, Per Bech: The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: A Systematic Review of the Literature. In: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 84, 2015, p. 167, doi : 10.1159 / 000376585 .

Web links

WHO-5 Wellbeing Questionnaire

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Elmar Brähler, Markus Zenger, Christoph J. Kemper: Psychological and social science short scales: Standardized survey instruments for science and practice . MWV, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95466-194-7 , pp. 344 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Volker Köllner, Henning Schauenburg: Psychotherapy in dialogue - diagnosis and evaluation . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-13-170041-4 , p. 82 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Uwe Nixdorff: Check-Up Medicine: Prevention of Diseases - Evidence-based Recommendations for Practice . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-13-157981-2 , p. 178–179 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Manfred Beutel: Psychotherapy of Depression: Disease Models and Therapy Practice - Disorder-Specific and Across Schools; 16 tables . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-13-126062-8 ( google.com - 206).
↑ ^a ^b WHO-5 Questionnaires. In: www.psykiatri-regionh.dk. Retrieved August 30, 2015 .

[:2-1] Elmar Brähler, Markus Zenger, Christoph J. Kemper: Psychological and social science short scales: Standardized survey instruments for science and practice . MWV, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95466-194-7 , pp. 344 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[:0-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Volker Köllner, Henning Schauenburg: Psychotherapy in dialogue - diagnosis and evaluation . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-13-170041-4 , p. 82 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[3] Uwe Nixdorff: Check-Up Medicine: Prevention of Diseases - Evidence-based Recommendations for Practice . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-13-157981-2 , p. 178–179 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[4] Manfred Beutel: Psychotherapy of Depression: Disease Models and Therapy Practice - Disorder-Specific and Across Schools; 16 tables . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-13-126062-8 ( google.com - 206).

[:1-5] WHO-5 Questionnaires. In: www.psykiatri-regionh.dk. Retrieved August 30, 2015 .