Berliner Lebensqualitätsprofil

Berliner Lebensqualitätsprofil
Purpose	assessment of subjective quality of life

The Berliner Lebensqualitätsprofil (BELP) is an assessment of subjective quality of life. It is the German version of the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile.

In this test the subjective quality of life is rated as satisfaction in general and in different areas; social-relations, leisure, work, finances, living situation, family and security.

There is also a short version of this test, the BELP-KF.

References

The paper written on the test:

• Priebe, S.; Gruyters, T.; Heinze, M.; Hoffmann, C.; Jakel, A. (July 1995), "Subjektive Evaluationskriterien in der psychiatrischen Versorgung--Erhebungsmethoden fur Forschung und Praxis. [Subjective evaluation criteria in psychiatric care--methods of assessment for research and general practice]. [German]", Psychiatrische Praxis, 22 (4): 140–144, PMID 7675903

Papers on the original Lancashire Quality of Life profile:

• Oliver, J P. (1991), "The social care directive: development of a quality of life profile for use in community services for the mentally ill", Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 3: 5–45
• Oliver, J P.; Huxley, P J.; Priebe, S.; Kaiser, W. (Feb 1997), "Measuring the quality of life of severely mentally ill people using the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile. [Review]", Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 32 (2): 76–83, doi:10.1007/BF00788924, PMID 9050348, S2CID 19230573