Quality of Life Research

The impact of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical practice for pain: a systematic review

• Open Access
• Review

Michelle M. Holmes, George Lewith, David Newell, Jonathan Field, Felicity L. Bishop

The challenge of measuring intra-individual change in fatigue during cancer treatment

Carol M. Moinpour, Gary W. Donaldson, Kimberly M. Davis, Arnold L. Potosky, Roxanne E. Jensen, Julie R. Gralow, Anthony L. Back, Jimmy J. Hwang, Jihye Yoon, Debra L. Bernard, Deena R. Loeffler, Nan E. Rothrock, Ron D. Hays, Bryce B. Reeve, Ashley Wilder Smith, Elizabeth A. Hahn, David Cella

Quality of life of pediatric oncology patients: Do patient-reported outcome instruments measure what matters to patients?

Samantha J. Anthony, Enid Selkirk, Lillian Sung, Robert J. Klaassen, David Dix, Anne F. Klassen

Determinants of quality of life in community-dwelling older adults: comparing three cut-offs on the excellent-to-poor spectrum

Yves Henchoz, Fabiana Botrugno, Sarah Cornaz, Christophe Büla, Sarah Charef, Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Christophe Büla, Idris Guessous, Maurice Demont, Nicolas Rodondi, René Goy

Focus group interviews reveal reasons for differences in the perception of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

• Open Access

Margot J. M. Walter, Adriaan van’t Spijker, Annelieke Pasma, Johanna M. W. Hazes, Jolanda J. Luime

Does one size fit all? Assessing the preferences of older and younger people for attributes of quality of life

Julie Ratcliffe, Emily Lancsar, Thomas Flint, Billingsley Kaambwa, Ruth Walker, Gill Lewin, Mary Luszcz, Ian D. Cameron

Measurement equivalence of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Medicare survey items between Whites and Asians

Ron D. Hays, Neetu Chawla, Erin E. Kent, Neeraj K. Arora

Predictors of health-related quality of life and association with survival may identify colorectal cancer patients at high risk of poor prognosis

Monica E. Reyes, Yuanqing Ye, Yeling Zhou, Alexander Liang, Scott Kopetz, M. Alma Rodriquez, Xifeng Wu, Michelle A. T. Hildebrandt

Autism spectrum disorder: family quality of life while waiting for intervention services

Sean Jones, Emily Bremer, Meghann Lloyd

Mortality risk and perceived quality of life as a function of waking time in discretionary movement-based behaviors: isotemporal substitution effects

Paul D. Loprinzi, Jeremy P. Loenneke

Recent viral infection in US blood donors and health-related quality of life (HRQOL)

Farnaz Vahidnia, Susan L. Stramer, Debra Kessler, Beth Shaz, German Leparc, David E. Krysztof, Simone A. Glynn, Brian Custer

Self-management behavior among patients with diabetic retinopathy in the community: a structural equation model

Li Yang, Qunhong Wu, Yanhua Hao, Yu Cui, Libo Liang, Lijun Gao, Mingli Jiao, Ning Ning, Hong Sun, Zheng Kang, Liyuan Han, Ye Li, Hui Yin

Long-term effects of a dyadic psycho-educational intervention on caregiver burden and morbidity in partners of patients with heart failure: a randomized controlled trial

Maria Liljeroos, Susanna Ågren, Tiny Jaarsma, Kristofer Årestedt, Anna Strömberg

Health-related quality of life in patients with chronic rheumatic disease after a multidisciplinary rehabilitation regimen

C. Couppé, J. Comins, N. Beyer, S. E. Hansen, D. S. Stodolsky, V. Siersma

The fatter are happier in Indonesia

Kitae Sohn

Expectations of younger patients concerning activities after knee arthroplasty: are we asking the right questions?

• Open Access

Suzanne Witjes, Rutger C. I. van Geenen, Koen L. M. Koenraadt, Cor P. van der Hart, Leendert Blankevoort, Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs, P. Paul F. M. Kuijer

The role of flexible goal adjustment in the effect of informal caregiving on depressive symptoms: Evidence of a large population-based longitudinal study in Germany from 2002 to 2011

André Hajek, Hans-Helmut König

The effects of body image impairment on the quality of life of non-operated Portuguese female IBD patients

Inês A. Trindade, Cláudia Ferreira, José Pinto-Gouveia

Depression risk in patients with late-onset rheumatoid arthritis in Germany

Julia Drosselmeyer, Louis Jacob, Wolfgang Rathmann, Michael A. Rapp, Karel Kostev

Long-term health status as measured by EQ-5D among patients with metastatic breast cancer: comparison of first-line oral S-1 and taxane therapies in the randomized phase III SELECT BC trial

• Open Access

T. Shiroiwa, T. Fukuda, K. Shimozuma, M. Mouri, Y. Hagiwara, H. Doihara, H. Akabane, M. Kashiwaba, T. Watanabe, Y. Ohashi, H. Mukai

Value redefined for inflammatory bowel disease patients: a choice-based conjoint analysis of patients’ preferences

Welmoed K. van Deen, Dominic Nguyen, Natalie E. Duran, Ellen Kane, Martijn G. H. van Oijen, Daniel W. Hommes

Mapping painDETECT, a neuropathic pain screening tool, to the EuroQol (EQ-5D-3L)

Joseph C. Cappelleri, Vijaya Koduru, E. Jay Bienen, Alesia Sadosky

Reducing respondent burden: validation of the Brief Impact of Vision Impairment questionnaire

Eva K. Fenwick, Ryan E. K. Man, Gwyn Rees, Jill Keeffe, Tien Y. Wong, Ecosse L. Lamoureux

Development and validation of the Patient Experience with Treatment and Self-management (PETS): a patient-reported measure of treatment burden

David T. Eton, Kathleen J. Yost, Jin-shei Lai, Jennifer L. Ridgeway, Jason S. Egginton, Jordan K. Rosedahl, Mark Linzer, Deborah H. Boehm, Azra Thakur, Sara Poplau, Laura Odell, Victor M. Montori, Carl R. May, Roger T. Anderson

Validation of World Health Organization Assessment Schedule 2.0 in specialized somatic rehabilitation services in Norway

• Open Access

Vegard Pihl Moen, Jorunn Drageset, Geir Egil Eide, Mari Klokkerud, Sturla Gjesdal