The Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) tool is intended for any helper - health care professionals, social service workers, teachers, attorneys, emergency response, etc. Understanding the positive and negative aspects of helping those who experience trauma and suffering can improve your ability to help them and your ability to maintain your own wellbeing.
Complete the ProQOL and obtain your scores here, or download PDF versions for offline use.
Thank you for your interest in using the Professional Quality of Life Measure (ProQOL). Please share information about your use of the ProQOL with us, if you are willing.
The ProQOL Data-bank is a core part of the science of the development of the ProQOL. Raw data from many studies around the world has been donated and combined into a data-bank. Your donation of raw data can help build the ProQOL for future users.
The ProQOL is the most commonly used measure on the negative and positive affects of helping others who experience suffering and trauma. The ProQOL has sub-scales for compassion satisfaction, burnout and compassion fatigue.
The measure has been in use since 1995. There have been several revisions. The ProQOL 5 is the current version.
Permission to Use the ProQOL:
We encourage people to freely use the ProQOL. The following permission is on the measure:
This measure may be freely copied as long as
(i) the author is credited,
(ii) no changes are made, and
(iii) that it is not sold.
If changes are made beyond substituting more specific terms for [help] or [helper]. please refer to the measure as adapted. Visit ProQOL.org for the most current version.
The Center for Victims of Torture provides grateful acknowledgement to Dr. Beth Hudnall Stamm and her colleagues for all of their work growing and caring for the ProQOL.
ProQOL: Professional Quality of Life
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