Quality of Life Research

Registered Reports at “Quality of Life Research”

• Editorial

Jan R. Boehnke, Claudia Rutherford

Letter to editor regarding “RespOnse Shift ALgorithm in Item response theory (ROSALI) for response shift detection with missing data in longitudinal patient-reported outcome studies”

• Letters to the Editor

Heather J. Gunn

Reply to letter to editor: “RespOnse Shift ALgorithm in item response theory (ROSALI) for response shift detection with missing data in longitudinal patient-reported outcome studies”

• Letter to the Editor

Véronique Sébille, Jean-Benoit Hardouin, Myriam Blanchin

The complexity of assessing health-related quality of life among sarcoma patients

• Response

Olga Husson, Dide den Hollander, Winette T. A. van der Graaf

Calidad de Vida: a systematic review of quality of life in Latino cancer survivors in the USA

• Review

Cleo A. Samuel, Olive M. Mbah, Wendi Elkins, Laura C. Pinheiro, Mary Anne Szymeczek, Neda Padilla, Jennifer S. Walker, Giselle Corbie-Smith

Genetic polymorphisms and haplotypes of BRCA1 gene associated with quality of life and survival among patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

Tong Su, Hao Sun, Xiaofang Lu, Chen He, Lei Xiao, Jingwen He, Yang Yang, Yunxiang Tang

The mediator role of unmet needs on quality of life in myeloma patients

M. G. Pereira, M. Vilaça, M. Pereira, G. Ferreira, S. Monteiro, H. Coelho, C. Geraldes, C. Gonçalves, F. Leal da Costa, H. Marques, R. Bacalhau

Health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients with advanced melanoma receiving immunotherapies in real-world clinical practice settings

• Open Access

Richard W. Joseph, Frank Xiaoqing Liu, Alicia C. Shillington, Cynthia P. Macahilig, Scott J. Diede, Vaidehi Dave, Qing Harshaw, Todd L. Saretsky, Alan Simon Pickard

Health status and associated factors of HIV-infected patients in Kunming, China

Jing Li, Chao Wu, Chen Suo, Huijun Zhou, Tian Lu, Lin Lu, Sawitri Assanangkornchai, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Edward B. McNeil, Chunhong Qiao, Jiaping Wang, Pei Wang, Yan Li

Quality of life in women with endometriosis: a cross-sectional survey

• Open Access

Agnieszka Bień, Ewa Rzońca, Marta Zarajczyk, Katarzyna Wilkosz, Artur Wdowiak, Grażyna Iwanowicz-Palus

The association of stroke severity with health-related quality of life in survivors of acute cerebrovascular disease and their informal caregivers during the first year post stroke: a survey study

• Open Access

Angela S. Labberton, Liv Ariane Augestad, Bente Thommessen, Mathias Barra

Health-related quality of life of type 2 diabetes patients hospitalized for a diabetes-related complication

Shuyan Gu, Xiaoyong Wang, Lizheng Shi, Qiuying Sun, Xiaoqian Hu, Yuxuan Gu, Xueshan Sun, Hengjin Dong

Clinical target achievement is associated with better quality of life among dialysis patients: results from a continuous quality improvement program in a Portuguese healthcare network

Luca Neri, Pedro Ponce, Nicole Matias, Stefano Stuard, Krister Cromm

Potentially inappropriate medications use and its association with health-related quality of life among elderly cardiac patients

Muhammad Saqlain, Hussain Ali, Sohail Kamran, Muhammad Usman Munir, Shah Jahan, Faizan Mazhar

Factors associated with poor-to-moderate quality of life among pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study in Malaysia

Kai Wei Lee, Siew Mooi Ching, Fan Kee Hoo, Vasudevan Ramachandran, Seng Choi Chong, Maiza Tusimin, Faith En Ang, Noraihan Mohd Nordin, Navin Kumar Devaraj

Early and sustained improvement in fatigue-related quality of life following red blood cell transfusion in outpatients

Roberta Bruhn, Matthew S. Karafin, Joan F. Hilton, Zhanna Kaidarova, Bryan R. Spencer, Lirong Qu, Edward L. Snyder, Rebecca Olin, Edward L. Murphy, Elizabeth St. Lezin

Caregiver burden and health-related quality of life among primary family caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study

Chiu-Yueh Hsiao, Huei-Lan Lu, Yun-Fang Tsai

Sleep disturbance and quality of life in clinically stable inpatients with schizophrenia in rural China

Wei-Liang Wang, Yu-Qiu Zhou, Nan-Nan Chai, Guo-Hua Li

The impact of resilience on healthy aging with multiple sclerosis

M. Ploughman, M. B. Downer, R. W. Pretty, E. M. Wallack, S. Amirkhanian, M. C. Kirkland, John D. Fisk, Nancy Mayo, A. Dessa Sadovnick, Serge Beaulieu, Paul O’Connor, Sarah A. Morrow, Katherine B. Knox, Luanne M. Metz, Penelope Smyth, Ruth Ann Marrie, Mark Stefanelli, Marshall Godwin

Resilience is associated with health-related quality of life in caregivers of service members and veterans following traumatic brain injury

Tracey A. Brickell, Megan M. Wright, Sara. M. Lippa, Jamie K. Sullivan, Jason M. Bailie, Louis M. French, Rael T. Lange

Association between racial discrimination and health-related quality of life and the impact of social relationships

Genevieve Bergeron, Nneka Lundy De La Cruz, L. Hannah Gould, Sze Yan Liu, Amber Levanon Seligson

Depression and suicidal ideation: association of physical, mental, social, and spiritual health status

Mina Fukai, Seowoo Kim, Young Ho Yun

Mapping the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) onto the Assessment of Quality of Life 8D (AQoL-8D) utility scores

Max Catchpool, Jay Ramchand, David L. Hare, Melissa Martyn, Ilias Goranitis

Calibration of a physical functioning item bank for measurement of health-related quality of life in Singapore

Ying Ying Leung, Elenore Judy B. Uy, Dianne Carrol Bautista, Yong Hao Pua, Yu Heng Kwan, Yin Bun Cheung, Yunshan Xiao, Terrance Siang Jin Chua, Julian Thumboo

Development of a conceptual model and patient-reported outcome measures for assessing symptoms and functioning in patients with heart failure

• Open Access

Olga Moshkovich, Katy Benjamin, Katie Hall, Ryan Murphy, Robyn von Maltzahn, Boris Gorsh, Vanja Sikirica, Rajnish Saini, Dennis Sprecher

Correction to: Development of a conceptual model and patient-reported outcome measures for assessing symptoms and functioning in patients with heart failure

• Open Access
• Correction

Olga Moshkovich, Katy Benjamin, Katie Hall, Ryan Murphy, Robyn von Maltzahn, Boris Gorsh, Vanja Sikirica, Rajnish Saini, Dennis Sprecher

Proposal to extend the PROMIS® item bank v2.0 ‘Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities’: item generation and content validity

• Open Access

Lisette M. van Leeuwen, Sietske J. Tamminga, Margarita Ravinskaya, Astrid de Wind, Elisabeth A. Hahn, Caroline B. Terwee, Heleen Beckerman, Edwin J. Boezeman, Jan L. Hoving, Maaike A. Huysmans, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Angela G. E. M. de Boer, Allard J. van der Beek

Capability of well-being: validation of the Hungarian version of the ICECAP-A and ICECAP-O questionnaires and population normative data

• Open Access

Petra Baji, Miklós Farkas, Ágota Dobos, Zsombor Zrubka, László Gulácsi, Valentin Brodszky, Fanni Rencz, Márta Péntek