Quality of Life Research

Assessment of the construct validity and responsiveness of preference-based quality of life measures in people with Parkinson’s: a systematic review

• Review

Yiqiao Xin, Emma McIntosh

Age- and gender-specific associations between insomnia and falls in Boston Puerto Rican adults

Yuan Zhang, Manuel Cifuentes, Xiang Gao, Gina Amaral, Katherine L. Tucker

Relationship between physician-judged functioning level and self-reported disabilities in elderly people with locomotive disorders

Tsutomu Iwaya, Tokuhide Doi, Atsushi Seichi, Yuichi Hoshino, Toru Ogata, Masami Akai

Quality of life in aphasic patients 1 year after a first stroke

Michèle Koleck, Kamel Gana, Claire Lucot, Bénédicte Darrigrand, Jean-Michel Mazaux, Bertrand Glize

Quality of life in patients with a permanent stoma after rectal cancer surgery

• Open Access

Pia Näsvall, Ursula Dahlstrand, Thyra Löwenmark, Jörgen Rutegård, Ulf Gunnarsson, Karin Strigård

Evaluation and reporting of quality of life outcomes in phase III chemotherapy trials for poor prognosis malignancies

M. E. Hamaker, K. J. Schulkes, D. ten Bokkel Huinink, B. C. van Munster, L. H. van Huis, F. van den Bos

Match between culture and social support: Acculturation moderates the relationship between social support and well-being of Chinese American breast cancer survivors

Celia C. Y. Wong, Qian Lu

Longitudinal patterns of pain in patients with diffuse and limited systemic sclerosis: integrating medical, psychological, and social characteristics

Erin L. Merz, Vanessa L. Malcarne, Scott C. Roesch, Deepthi K. Nair, Gloria Salazar, Shervin Assassi, Maureen D. Mayes

HRQoL impact of stressful life events in children beginning primary school: results of a prospective study in Poland

• Open Access

Maria Kaczmarek, Sylwia Trambacz-Oleszak

Quality of life among working and non-working adolescents

Janessa M. Graves, Jessica L. Mackelprang, Celestina Barbosa-Leiker, Mary E. Miller, Angel Y. Li

Sustained quality of life improvement after intracoronary injection of autologous bone marrow cells in the setting of acute myocardial infarction: results from the BONAMI trial

• Brief Communication

Guillaume Lamirault, Elodie de Bock, Véronique Sébille, Béatrice Delasalle, Jérôme Roncalli, Sophie Susen, Christophe Piot, Jean-Noël Trochu, Emmanuel Teiger, Yannick Neuder, Thierry Le Tourneau, Alain Manrique, Jean-Benoît Hardouin, Patricia Lemarchand

The perceived constraints subscale of the Sense of Mastery Scale: dimensionality and measurement invariance

Jocelyne Clench-Aas, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Leif Edvard Aarø

Do measures of depressive symptoms function differently in people with spinal cord injury versus primary care patients: the CES-D, PHQ-9, and PROMIS®-D

Karon F. Cook, Michael A. Kallen, Charles Bombardier, Alyssa M. Bamer, Seung W. Choi, Jiseon Kim, Rana Salem, Dagmar Amtmann

Measuring chronic condition self-management in an Australian community: factor structure of the revised Partners in Health (PIH) scale

David Smith, Peter Harvey, Sharon Lawn, Melanie Harris, Malcolm Battersby

Responsiveness and minimal important change for the ProFitMap-neck questionnaire and the Neck Disability Index in women with neck–shoulder pain

• Open Access

Martin Björklund, Birgitta Wiitavaara, Marina Heiden

Exploring measurement invariance by gender in the profile of mood states depression subscale among cancer survivors

• Brief Communication

Jihye Kim, Tenbroeck Smith

Dutch normative data and psychometric properties for the Distress Thermometer for Parents

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

Hedy A. van Oers, Sasja A. Schepers, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Lotte Haverman

Reliability, validity and responsiveness of the Greek MacDQoL individualized measure of the impact of macular degeneration on quality of life

• Brief Communication

Theodoros P. Marakis, Chrysanthi Koutsandrea, Klio I. Chatzistefanou, Yannis Tountas

Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Mexican version of the kidney disease questionnaire KDQOL-SF36 version 1.3

• Brief Communication

Edgar Dehesa-López, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, David Olvera-Castillo, Carlos González-Parra, Rafael Baizabal-Olarte, Roberto Orozco-Vega

Validation study of a Chinese version of Partners in Health in Hong Kong (C-PIH HK)

• Brief Communication

Teresa Mei Lee Chiu, Katharine Tai Wo Tam, Choi Fong Siu, Phyllis Wai Ping Chau, Malcolm Battersby

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Social Comfort Questionnaire for Brazilian adult survivors of burns

• Brief Communication

N. O. Freitas, C. G. Forero, J. Alonso, M. P. Caltran, R. A. S. Dantas, J. A. Farina Jr., L. A. Rossi

Development of a French version of the Endometriosis Health Profile 5 (EHP-5): cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation

• Brief Communication

Arnaud Fauconnier, Cyrille Huchon, Laura Chaillou, Gabrielle Aubry, Frederique Renouvel, Pierre Panel

Validity and reliability of the Malay version multidimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS-M) among teachers

• Brief Communication

Soo Cheng Lee, Foong Ming Moy, Noran Naqiah Hairi

Assessing psychological flexibility in patients with chronic pain: the Korean adaptation of the Brief Pain Response Inventory

• Brief Communication

KyungHun Han, DoWan Kim, Sungkun Cho

Development of a short form of the Spanish schedule of attitudes toward hastened death in a palliative care population

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

Cristina Monforte-Royo, Luis González-de Paz, Joaquín Tomás-Sábado, Barry Rosenfeld, Julia Strupp, Raymond Voltz, Albert Balaguer

Erratum to: Development of a short form of the Spanish schedule of attitudes toward hastened death in a palliative care population

• Erratum

Cristina Monforte-Royo, Luis González-de Paz, Joaquín Tomás-Sábado, Barry Rosenfeld, Julia Strupp, Raymond Voltz, Albert Balaguer

Erratum to: Associations between adult attachment and: oral health-related quality of life, oral health behaviour, and self-rated oral health

• Erratum

Pamela Meredith, Jenny Strong, Pauline Ford, Grace Branjerdporn