CALCULATION OF SCORES AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS FOR WHOQOL INSTRUMENTS USING MICROSOFT EXCEL

Resumen

The objective of this paper is to build tools for calculating the scores and descriptive statistics of the instruments WHOQOL. To calculate the results of WHOQOL instruments, the WHOQOL group recommends the use of SPSS, an analytical microcomputer statistical package however is not readily available world-wide. The tools proposed in this study were developed from the software Microsoft Excel 2003, following the syntax proposed by WHOQOL Group. All tools were tested by researchers from an accredited university inBrazil. They were also subjected to a simulation with the software SPSS 12.0, where the results were exactly the same. The syntax used in the construction of the tools is available, allowing its adaptation for application on other instruments. It was concluded that, from these results, the provision of free tools for data analysis was possible, without requiring the use of SPSS software.

Keywords: quality of life, WHOQOL, descriptive statistics.