IDUQOL/DUQOL

IDUQOL/DUQOL

The Injection Drug User Quality of Life (IDUQOL) / Drug User Quality of Life (DUQOL) (Palepu, Hubley, & Russell, 2007) is a self-report measure of individual quality of life in drug users (DUs). It consists of 22 life areas (e.g., health, money, family) rated on a 7-pt. Likert-type satisfaction response scale.

Relevant publications:

Palepu, A. (2014). Injection Drug User Quality of Life (IDUQOL) Scale. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer.

Conroy, E., Kimber, J., Dolan, K., & Day, C. (2008). An examination of the quality of life among rural and outer metropolitan injecting drug users in NSW, Australia. Addiction Research & Theory, 16(6), 607-617. doi:10.1080/16066350801911948

Hubley, A. M. & Palepu, A. (2007). Injection Drug User Quality of Life (IDUQOL) Scale: Findings from a content validation study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5, 46 (13 pages) (http://www.hqlo.com/content/pdf/1477-7525-5-46.pdf).

Palepu, A., Hubley, A. M., & Russell, L. B. (2007). Drug User Quality of Life Scale: Administration and scoring manual. Vancouver, BC: Authors (formerly called the Injection Drug User Quality of Life Scale)

Russell, L., Hubley, A. M., Palepu, A., & Zumbo, B. D. (2006). Does weighting capture what’s important? Revisiting weighted and unweighted scores with a quality of life measure. Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 75, 141-167.

Hubley, A. M., Russell, L., & Palepu, A. (2005). Injection Drug Users Quality of Life (IDUQOL) scale: A validation study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 3, 43 (10 pages) (http://www.hqlo.com/content/pdf/1477-7525-3-43.pdf).

Russell, L., & Hubley, A. M. (2005). Importance ratings and weighting: Old concerns and new perspectives. International Journal of Testing, 5, 105-130.

Spanish Version:

Morales-Manrique, C. C., Palepu, A., Castellano-Gomez, M., Aleixandre-Benavent, R., & Valderrama-Zurián, J. C. (2011). Quality of life, needs, and interest among cocaine users: Differences by cocaine use intensity and lifetime severity of addiction to cocaine. Substance Use & Misuse, 46(4), 390-397. doi:10.3109/10826084.2010.501675

Castillo, I. I. (2008). Escala de Calidad de Vida en Usuarios de Drogas Inyectadas (IDUQoL): Valoración psicométrica de la versión española. = Injection Drug User Quality of Life Scale (IDUQoL): Psychometric assessment of the Spanish version. Adicciones, 20(3), 281-294.

Morales-Manrique, C. C., Valderrama-Zurián, J. C., Castellano-Gómez, M., Aleixandre-Benavent, R., & Palepu, A. (2007). Cross cultural adaptation of the Injection Drug User Quality Of Life Scale (IDUQOL) in Spanish drug dependent population, with or without injectable consumption: Drug User Quality of Life Scale-Spanish (DUQOL-Spanish). Addictive Behaviors, 32(9), 1913-1921. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.12.006

To obtain a copy of the IDUQOL/DUQOL: Contact Dr. Anita Palepu at anita@sm.hivnet.ubc.ca.