quality-of-life scale
nounUK /ˈkwɒlɪti əv laɪf skeɪl/
US /ˈkwɑːləti əv laɪf skeɪl/
A way to measure how good or happy someone's life is.
Doctors used a quality-of-life scale to see if the new medicine helped patients feel better.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A set of questions used in medical research to score a patient's comfort and daily functioning.
The quality-of-life scale showed that patients slept better after treatment.
3. A tool for comparing how comfortable life is in different places or for different groups.
The city ranked high on a quality-of-life scale because of its parks and clean air.
4. A numbered chart that lets people rate their own satisfaction with life from low to high.
On the quality-of-life scale, she gave her neighborhood an eight out of ten.