Applicability of WHO Health Related Quality of Life Instruments [Bref Version] On Adolescent Medical Students Of West Bengal

Aims and Objectives: To assess the applicability of WHO health related quality of life instruments [BREF version] on the adolescent medical students of West Bengal. Methodology: A cross sectional study conducted in six medical colleges of West Bengal, India. The medical students of less than 19 years were taken for the study. The questionnaires of WHO HRQOL BREF was prepared as a proforma and was distributed in six medical colleges and responses were collected .The data was computerized and was analyzed by SPSS version16 software. Results and Interpretation: 132 cases were examined finally with mean age of 18.76 years. The numbers of males were 91 [68.9%] and the numbers of females were 41 [31.1%]. The responses are different in males and females and in students from medical colleges of Kolkata [state capital] or outside Kolkata. The validity of the questionnaire in this subset of population is found mainly in the psychological domain. Conclusions: WHO HRQOL BREF is a good tool to assess the health related quality of medical adolescents.