Gastrointestinal Quality of Life index (GIQLI)

A Short Form was also created: the GIQLI-10

WEBINAR: An Author Webinar on the Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index - Recorded session available here!

The GIQLI was developed in parallel in German and English

English version was published in 1995

Eypasch E, Williams JI, Wood-Dauphinee S, Ure BM, Schmülling C, Neugebauer E, Troidl H. Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index: development, validation and application of a new instrument. Br J Surg. 1995 Feb;82(2):216-22 (PubMed Abstract)

Eypasch E, Wood-Dauphinee S, Williams JI, et al. Der Gastrointestinale Lebensqualitätsindex (GLQI)-Ein klinimetrischer Index zur Befindlichkeitsmessung in der gastroenterologischen Chirurgie. Chirurg 1993; 64:264-74

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• GIQLI in German for Germany

The listed translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study. This list is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

For information on, or permission to use the Chinese for Hong Kong translation, please contact:

Dr KM Chu
Department of Surgery
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
E-mail: chukm@hku.hk

Bibliographic reference of the Chinese for Taiwan translation:

Lien HH, Huang CC, Wang PC, Chen YH, Huang CS, Lin TL, Tsai MC. Validation assessment of the Chinese (Taiwan) version of the Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index for patients with symptomatic gallstone disease. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2007 Aug;17(4):429-34

Bibliographic reference of the Chinese for Hong-Kong translation:

Yeung SM, Shiu AT, Martin CR, Chu KM. Translation and validation of the Chinese version of the Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index in patients with gastric tumor. J Psychosom Res. 2006 Oct;61(4):469-77

Bibliographic reference of the Dutch translation:

Nieveen van DijkumEJM,TerweeCB, OosterveldP et al. Validation of the gastrointestinal quality of life index for patients with potentially operable periampullary carcinoma. Br J Surg 2000; 87(1): 110-5

Bibliographic reference of the French translation:

Slim K, Bousquet J, Kwiatkowski F et al. (First Validation of the French Version of Gastrointestinal Quality of life Index (GIQLI) [In French] Première validation de la version française de l'index qualité de vie pour les maladies digestives (GIQLI). Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique 1999;23:25-31

Bibliographic reference of the Spanish translation:

Quintana JM, Cabriada J, Lopez de Tejada I, Varona M, Oribe V, Barrios B, Perdigo L, Bilbao A. [Translation and validation of the gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI).] Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2001 Nov;93(11):693-706

Bibliographic reference of the Swedish translation:

Sandblom G, Videhult P, Karlson BM, Wollert S, Ljungdahl M, Darkahi B, Liljeholm H, Rasmussen IC. Validation of Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index in Swedish for assessing the impact of gallstones on health-related quality of life. Value Health. 2009 Jan;12(1):181-4