Quality of Life Research

Registered Reports: a process to safeguard high-quality evidence

• Letter to the Editor

Anne M. Scheel

Registered Reports: clarifications and opportunities from ISOQOL’S Special Interest Group for Clinical Practice

• Letter to the Editor

Angela M. Stover, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard, Kate Absolom

Registered Reports: response from the Chinese PRO SIG

• Letter to the Editor

Daniel Y. T. Fong, Ahmed M. Y. Osman, Hongmei Wang, Chengwu Yang

Registered Reports: response from ISOQOL’s New Investigator SIG

• Letter to the Editor

Nikki Ow, Maryam Mozafarinia

Registered reports and paediatric research

• Letter to the Editor

John Eric Chaplin, Holger Muehlan, Rob Arbuckle

Social cohesion and quality of life among survivors of a natural disaster

Yuki Shigemoto, Ichiro Kawachi

Quality of life and its predictors among aging people in urban and rural Nepal

Ajay Risal, Sabina Manandhar, Kedar Manandhar, Nirmala Manandhar, Dipak Kunwar, Are Holen

Comparing South Korean and US self-rated health using anchoring vignettes

Eunjeong Kang, Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk

EQ-5D-3L health status and health state utilities of the oldest-old (85 +) in Germany: results from the AgeCoDe-AgeQualiDe study

Hans-Helmut König, Christian Brettschneider, Dagmar Lühmann, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Anke Oey, Birgitt Wiese, Jochen Werle, Siegfried Weyerer, Angela Fuchs, Michael Pentzek, Ines Conrad, Susanne Röhr, Dagmar Weeg, Horst Bickel, Kathrin Heser, Michael Wagner, Martin Scherer, Wolfgang Maier, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, André Hajek

The association between sociodemographic factors, frailty, and health-related quality of life in older inpatients: a cross-sectional study

Qiuping Li, Binru Han, Xi Chen

The influence of trait mindfulness on depression in multiple sclerosis: potential implications for treatment

Jennifer R. Miller, Caroline Altaras, Nicholas A. Vissicchio, Vance Zemon, Jeffrey G. Portnoy, Elizabeth S. Gromisch, Jessica Sloan, Tuula Tyry, Frederick W. Foley

Patient-reported flare frequency is associated with diminished quality of life and family role functioning in systemic lupus erythematosus

Patricia Katz, George J. Wan, Paola Daly, Lauren Topf, Erin Connolly-Strong, Ryan Bostic, Michael L. Reed

The importance of development standards for anchoring vignettes: an illustrative example from pediatric localized scleroderma quality of life

Christina K. Zigler, Heidi Jacobe, Kaveh Ardalan, Theresa M. Coles, Suzane Lane, Kaila L. Schollaert, Kathryn S. Torok

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): can they be used to guide patient-centered care and optimize outcomes in total knee replacement?

Michelle Tew, Kim Dalziel, Philip Clarke, Anne Smith, Peter F. Choong, Michelle Dowsey

Impact of comorbid conditions on disease-specific quality of life in older men and women with atrial fibrillation

Hawa O. Abu, Jane S. Saczynski, John Ware, Jordy Mehawej, Tenes Paul, Hamza Awad, Benita A. Bamgbade, Isabelle C. Pierre-Louis, Mayra Tisminetzky, Catarina I. Kiefe, Robert J. Goldberg, David D. McManus

Peripheral neuropathy and depressive symptoms: examining the association in a primary health care setting among persons with and without diabetes mellitus

Gabriel A. Benavidez, Kelly R. Ylitalo, Beth Lanning, Matt Asare, Andrew Meyer, Jackson O. Griggs

Six and eight weeks injection frequencies of bevacizumab are non-inferior to the current four weeks injection frequency for quality of life in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a randomized controlled trial

• Open Access

Martijn S. Visser, Sankha Amarakoon, Tom Missotten, Reinier Timman, Jan J. V. Busschbach

Depression, temporomandibular disorders, and genetic polymorphisms in IL6 impact on oral health-related quality of life in patients requiring orthognathic surgery

Aline Monise Sebastiani, Katheleen Miranda dos Santos, Rafael Correia Cavalcante, Maria Fernanda Pivetta Petinati, Luciana Signorini, Livia Azeredo Alves Antunes, Nelson Luis Barbosa Rebellato, Erika Calvano Küchler, Rafaela Scariot

Health-related quality of life in patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma: a special focus on hydrocortisone replacement dose

Carl Mathis Wild, Mareike Stieg, Günter K. Stalla, Matthias K. Auer, Anastasia P. Athanasoulia-Kaspar

Relationship between family functioning and health-related quality of life among methadone maintenance patients: a Bayesian approach

Khuong Quynh Long, Ong Phuc Thinh, Trinh Thi Kim Thao, Nguyen Van Huy, Vu Thi Hoang Lan, Vu Quynh Mai, Hoang Van Minh

Risk models for predicting the health-related quality of life of caregivers of youth with gastrointestinal concerns

Mary K. Lynch, Kathryn A. Thompson, Reed A. Dimmitt, Margaux J. Barnes, Burel R. Goodin

Physical activity status in relation to quality of life and dietary habits in breast cancer survivors: subset analyses of KROG 14-09 nationwide questionnaire study

Sung-Ja Ahn, Jin Hee Kim, Mison Chun, Won Sup Yoon, Chai Hong Rim, Dae Sik Yang, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kyubo Kim, Moonkyoo Kong, Suzy Kim, Juree Kim, Kyung Ran Park, Young-Joo Shin, Sun Young Ma, Bae-Kwon Jeong, Su Ssan Kim, Yong Bae Kim, Dong Soo Lee

Quality of life in a real-world cohort of advanced breast cancer patients: a study of the SONABRE Registry

• Open Access

Anouk K. M. Claessens, Bram L. T. Ramaekers, Dorien J. A. Lobbezoo, Roel J. W. van Kampen, Maaike de Boer, Agnes J. van de Wouw, M. Wouter Dercksen, Sandra M. E. Geurts, Manuela A. Joore, Vivianne C. G. Tjan-Heijnen

Quality of life and distress assessed with self and external assessment screening tools in patients with hematologic malignancies attending treatment in an acute hospital

• Open Access

Bianca Senf, Kirsten Grabowski, Natascha Spielmann, Jens Fettel

An assessment of symptom burden in inflammatory bowel diseases to develop a patient preference-weighted symptom score

Welmoed K. van Deen, Alexandra Obremskey, Graham Moore, M. Elske van den Akker-van Marle, Jason N. Doctor, Caroline Hwang

Reliability, construct validity, and measurement invariance of the PROMIS Physical Function 8b—Adult Short Form v2.0

Du Feng, Fimbel Laurel, Dorothy Castille, Alma Knows His Gun McCormick, Suzanne Held

Psychometric properties comparison between EQ-5D-5L and EQ-5D-3L in the general Thai population

Krittaphas Kangwanrattanakul, Porntip Parmontree

Responsiveness to change over time and test-retest reliability of the PROMIS and Neuro-QoL mental health measures in persons with Huntington disease (HD)

Noelle E. Carlozzi, Nicholas R. Boileau, Matthew W. Roché, Rebecca E. Ready, Joel S. Perlmutter, Kelvin L. Chou, Stacey K. Barton, Michael K. McCormack, Julie C. Stout, David Cella, Jennifer A. Miner, Jane S. Paulsen

Underlying dimensions of the EORTC QLQ-C30 in a Cuban population of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

• Brief Communication

Carmen Viada, Carlos Bouza, Martha Fors, Aliuska Frías, Mabel Alvarez, Lázara García, Bárbara Wilkinson, Camilo Rodríguez, Tania Crombet, Javier Ballesteros