Quality of Life Research

Establishing a common metric for self-reported pain: linking BPI Pain Interference and SF-36 Bodily Pain Subscale scores to the PROMIS Pain Interference metric

Karon F. Cook, Benjamin D. Schalet, Michael A. Kallen, Joshua P. Rutsohn, David Cella

A longitudinal assessment of the responsiveness of the ICECAP-A in a randomised controlled trial of a knee pain intervention

• Open Access

T. Keeley, H. Al-Janabi, E. Nicholls, N. E. Foster, S. Jowett, J. Coast

Validation of the PROMIS physical function measures in a diverse US population-based cohort of cancer patients

Roxanne E. Jensen, Arnold L. Potosky, Bryce B. Reeve, Elizabeth Hahn, David Cella, James Fries, Ashley Wilder Smith, Theresa H. M. Keegan, Xiao-Cheng Wu, Lisa Paddock, Carol M. Moinpour

Does the COPD assessment test (CATTM) questionnaire produce similar results when self- or interviewer administered?

A. Agusti, J. J. Soler-Cataluña, J. Molina, E. Morejon, M. Garcia-Losa, M. Roset, X. Badia

QUAlity of Life Assessment in Spina bifida for Adults (QUALAS-A): development and international validation of a novel health-related quality of life instrument

Konrad M. Szymanski, Rosalia Misseri, Benjamin Whittam, Sonia-Maria Raposo, Shelly J. King, Martin Kaefer, Richard C. Rink, Mark P. Cain

Nursing home resident quality of life: testing for measurement equivalence across resident, family, and staff perspectives

Judith Godin, Janice Keefe, E. Kevin Kelloway, John P. Hirdes

Measurement invariance of English and French Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ) empowerment scales validated for cancer

Jennifer Brunet, Sophie Lauzier, H. Sharon Campbell, Lise Fillion, Richard H. Osborne, Elizabeth Maunsell

Measuring attachment to life in old age: the Portuguese version of the Positive Valuation of Life Scale (Positive VOL)

• Brief Communication

Lia Araújo, Oscar Ribeiro, Laetitia Teixeira, Maria João Azevedo, Daniela S. Jopp, Christoph Rott, Constança Paúl

Validation of the Athens Insomnia Scale for screening insomnia in South Korean firefighters and rescue workers

• Brief Communication

Hyeonseok S. Jeong, Yujin Jeon, Jiyoung Ma, Yera Choi, Soonhyun Ban, Sooyeon Lee, Bora Lee, Jooyeon Jamie Im, Sujung Yoon, Jieun E. Kim, Jae-ho Lim, In Kyoon Lyoo

Psychometric properties of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) in Chinese patients with prostate cancer

• Brief Communication

Carlos K. H. Wong, Edmond P. H. Choi, James H. L. Tsu, Brian S. H. Ho, Ada T. L. Ng, W. Y. Chin, M. K. Yiu

Development of an Elderly Low Vision Quality of Life Questionnaire for less-developed areas of China

Xiaoman Li, Jie Chen, Gengui Xu, Yin Zhong, Longfei Jang, Li Lin, Fan Lu

Psychometric properties of the Chinese (Cantonese) versions of the KIDSCREEN health-related quality of life questionnaire

• Brief Communication

Johan Y. Y. Ng, Angus Burnett, Amy S. Ha, Kim Wai Sum

The concept of physical limitations in knee osteoarthritis: as viewed by patients and health professionals

Louise Klokker, Richard Osborne, Eva E. Wæhrens, Ole Norgaard, Elisabeth Bandak, Henning Bliddal, Marius Henriksen

Health-related quality of life among children, young people and adults with esophageal atresia: a review of the literature and recommendations for future research

• Review

Michaela Dellenmark-Blom, John Eric Chaplin, Vladimir Gatzinsky, Linus Jönsson, Kate Abrahamson

Living with oropharyngeal dysphagia: effects of bolus modification on health-related quality of life—a systematic review

• Review

Katina Swan, Renée Speyer, Bas J. Heijnen, Bethany Wagg, Reinie Cordier

Communicating patient-reported outcome scores using graphic formats: results from a mixed-methods evaluation

Michael D. Brundage, Katherine C. Smith, Emily A. Little, Elissa T. Bantug, Claire F. Snyder

Stressor experience negatively affects life satisfaction in adolescents: the positive role of sense of coherence

Unni K. Moksnes, G. Haugan

How to interpret multidimensional quality of life questionnaires for patients with schizophrenia?

Pierre Michel, Pascal Auquier, Karine Baumstarck, Anderson Loundou, Badih Ghattas, Christophe Lançon, Laurent Boyer

Anxiety and insomnia as modifiable risk factors for somatic symptoms in Chinese: a general population-based study

• Brief Communication

Janet Yuen-Ha Wong, Daniel Yee-Tak Fong, Kelvin Ki-Wan Chan

Quality of life changes in patients undergoing treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma

Wei-Chu Chie, Fang Yu, Mengqian Li, Lorena Baccaglini, Jane M. Blazeby, Chin-Fu Hsiao, Herng-Chia Chiu, Ronnie T. Poon, Naoko Mikoshiba, Gillian Al-Kadhimi, Nigel Heaton, Jozer Calara, Peter Collins, Katharine Caddick, Anna Costantini, Valerie Vilgrain, Chieh Chiang

The added effect of comorbidity on health-related quality of life in patients with asthma

Wenjia Chen, Larry D. Lynd, J. Mark FitzGerald, Carlo A. Marra, Roxanne Rousseau, Mohsen Sadatsafavi

Can adult weights be used to value child health states? Testing the influence of perspective in valuing EQ-5D-Y

• Open Access

Paul Kind, Kristina Klose, Narcis Gusi, Pedro R. Olivares, Wolfgang Greiner

Validity of EQ-5D in general population of Taiwan: results of the 2009 National Health Interview and Drug Abuse Survey of Taiwan

• Brief Communication

Sheng-Tsung Yu, Hsing-Yi Chang, Kai-Ping Yao, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Baai-Shyun Hurng

Factors associated with the quality of life of Korean COPD patients as measured by the EQ-5D

Ji Young Hong, Song Yee Kim, Kyung Soo Chung, Eun Young Kim, Ji Ye Jung, Moo Suk Park, Young Ae Kang, Se Kyu Kim, Joon Chang, Young Sam Kim

Brazilian urban population norms derived from the health-related quality of life SF-6D

Rozana Mesquita Ciconelli, Marcos Bosi Ferraz, Sérgio Kowalski, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, Emilia Inoue Sato