The Quality of Life Questionnaire for Osteoporosis (OPTQoL) can be used to assess the impact of osteoporosis on a patient's life. Three domains (physical function, adaptation and fears) are scored, with additional information collected to further characterize the patient. The authors are from Merck Research Laboratories in West Point, Pennsylvania.
Section 1: Physical Function (7 items)
Response
Points
none
3
a little
2
a moderate amount
1
a lot
0
Section 2: Adaptation (9 items)
Response
Points
strongly disagree
3
disagree
2
agree
1
strongly agree
0
Section 3: Fears (6 items)
Response
Points
none
3
a little
2
a moderate amount
1
a lot
0
Section 4: Osteoporotic changes (3 items)
Section 5: Health and Demographics (7 items)
Scoring sections 1 to 3:
• The points for a section are converted to score of 0 to 100.
score for section =
= (points) / (total possible points for section) * 100
Interpretation:
• A score of 100 for a section indicates good health and function and implies a higher quality of life.
• A score of 0 for a section indicates very poor health or function and implies a lower quality of life.
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