This paper reconsidered the utility and overviews of SEIQoL-DW (the Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life-Direct Weighting) from the perspective of G. A. Kelly's personal construct psychology. This assessment shows which participants were evaluated QOL using a semi-structured interview, and can measure Individual QOL. However, SEIQoL-DW is used as an evaluation form in Japanese medical care, and may incorporate numerically-based QOL, understood as essentialism. The SEIQoL-DW

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... data consists of collective actions between investigators (e.g. A researcher and medical staff) and a participant (e.g. a patient) , including their history, society and cultural contexts. Therefore, when we focus attention on the context in which a participant lives and their value system from the perspective of constructivism, it may facilitate a deeper understanding of our QOL.