Quality of Life Research

Development of an item bank for computerized adaptive test (CAT) measurement of pain

Morten Aa. Petersen, Neil K. Aaronson, Wei-Chu Chie, Thierry Conroy, Anna Costantini, Eva Hammerlid, Marianne J. Hjermstad, Stein Kaasa, Jon H. Loge, Galina Velikova, Teresa Young, Mogens Groenvold

Estimating minimally important difference (MID) in PROMIS pediatric measures using the scale-judgment method

David Thissen, Yang Liu, Brooke Magnus, Hally Quinn, Debbie S. Gipson, Carlton Dampier, I-Chan Huang, Pamela S. Hinds, David T. Selewski, Bryce B. Reeve, Heather E. Gross, Darren A. DeWalt

Item-level informant discrepancies across obese–overweight children and their parents on the PedsQL™ 4.0 instrument: an iterative hybrid ordinal logistic regression

Peyman Jafari, Elahe Allahyari, Mina Salarzadeh, Zahra Bagheri

How dead is dead? Qualitative findings from participants of combined traditional and lead-time time trade-off valuations

Fatima Al Sayah, Ana Mladenovic, Kathryn Gaebel, Feng Xie, Jeffrey A. Johnson

How does the EQ-5D perform when measuring quality of life in dementia against two other dementia-specific outcome measures?

• Brief Communication

Elisa Aguirre, Sujin Kang, Zoe Hoare, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Martin Orrell

Evaluating quality of life outcomes following joint replacement: psychometric evaluation of a short form of the WHOQOL-Bref

Deborah L. Snell, Richard J. Siegert, Lois J. Surgenor, Jennifer A. Dunn, Gary J. Hooper

Assessing the burden of childhood asthma: validation of electronic versions of the Mini Pediatric and Pediatric Asthma Caregiver’s Quality of Life Questionnaires

Janice P. Minard, Nicola J. Thomas, Jennifer G. Olajos-Clow, Nastasia V. Wasilewski, Blaine Jenkins, Ann K. Taite, Andrew G. Day, M. Diane Lougheed

Reliability and validity of the Cancer Therapy Satisfaction Questionnaire in lung cancer

• Open Access

K. Cheung, M. de Mol, S. Visser, B. L. Den Oudsten, B. H. Stricker, J. G. J. V. Aerts

Development and validation of a carers quality-of-life questionnaire for parkinsonism (PQoL Carers)

Marios Pillas, Caroline Selai, Niall P. Quinn, Andrew Lees, Irene Litvan, Anthony Lang, James Bower, David Burn, Philip Low, Anette Schrag

Cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of the Fatigue Severity Scale in patients with major depressive disorder and nondepressive people

Mei-Yeh Wang, I-Chao Liu, Chen-Huan Chiu, Pei-Shan Tsai

Turkish version of the Drug Hypersensitivity Quality of Life Questionnaire: assessment of reliability and validity

Sevim Bavbek, Seçil Kepil Özdemir, Beyza Doğanay Erdoğan, Işıl Karaboğa, Suna Büyüköztürk, Aslı Gelincik, İnsu Yılmaz, Özlem Göksel, Adile Berna Dursun, Gül Karakaya, Ali Fuat Kalyoncu, Ferhan Özşeker, Gülden Paşaoğlu Karakış, Ferda Öner Erkekol, Gözde Köycü, Metin Keren, Ilaria Baiardini, Antonino Romano

Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong

• Brief Communication

Michael Y. Ni, Tom K. Li, Nancy X. Yu, Herbert Pang, Brandford H. Y. Chan, Gabriel M. Leung, Sunita M. Stewart

Validation of the Italian version of the Oxford Ankle Foot Questionnaire for children

• Brief Communication

Nicolò Martinelli, Giovanni Romeo, Carlo Bonifacini, Marco Viganò, Alberto Bianchi, Francesco Malerba

Ostomy-related problems and their impact on quality of life of colorectal cancer ostomates: a systematic review

• Open Access
• Review Paper

Sylvia M. Vonk-Klaassen, Hilde M. de Vocht, Marjolein E. M. den Ouden, Eric Hans Eddes, Marieke J. Schuurmans

Quality of life in rehabilitation outpatients: normal values and a comparison with the general Dutch population and psychiatric patients

• Open Access

Ernst Schrier, Irene Schrier, Jan H. B. Geertzen, Pieter U. Dijkstra

Relevance of community structures and neighbourhood characteristics for participation of older adults: a qualitative study

Ralf Strobl, Werner Maier, Alicja Ludyga, Andreas Mielck, Eva Grill

Structural and functional measures of social relationships and quality of life among older adults: does chronic disease status matter?

Jing Liao, Eric J. Brunner

Pretreatment quality of life as a prognostic factor for early survival and functional outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer

Chan Joo Yang, Jong-Lyel Roh, Min-Ju Kim, Sang-wook Lee, Sung-Bae Kim, Seung-Ho Choi, Soon Yuhl Nam, Sang Yoon Kim

The impact of comorbid chronic conditions on quality of life in type 2 diabetes patients

• Open Access

Marcel C. Adriaanse, Hanneke W. Drewes, Iris van der Heide, Jeroen N. Struijs, Caroline A. Baan

Anemia has a negative impact on self-rated health in kidney transplant recipients with well-functioning grafts: findings from an 8-year follow-up study

Maria Majernikova, Jaroslav Rosenberger, Lucia Prihodova, Daniele Marcelli, Robert Roland, Johan W. Groothoff, Jitse P. van Dijk

Impact of untreated dental caries and its clinical consequences on the oral health-related quality of life of schoolchildren aged 8–10 years

Isabella Mota-Veloso, Maria Eliza C. Soares, Bruna Mota Alencar, Leandro Silva Marques, Maria Letícia Ramos-Jorge, Joana Ramos-Jorge

Health-related quality of life in patients with prominent negative symptoms: results from a multicenter randomized Phase II trial on bitopertin

Diana Rofail, Antoine Regnault, Stéphanie le Scouiller, Carmen Galani Berardo, Daniel Umbricht, Ray Fitzpatrick

The joint subclinical elevation of CRP and IL-6 is associated with lower health-related quality of life in comparison with no elevation or elevation of only one of the biomarkers

• Open Access

Peter Garvin, Evalill Nilsson, Jan Ernerudh, Margareta Kristenson

Relationships among symptom severity, coping styles, and quality of life in community-dwelling women with urinary incontinence: a multiple mediator model

Dongjuan Xu, Nana Liu, Haili Qu, Liqin Chen, Kefang Wang

Social support in older people: lessons from a developing country

• Brief Communication

Reeta Moonesar, Ian Sammy, Paula Nunes, Joanne Paul