Quality of Life Research

Psychometric validation of the SF-36® Health Survey in ulcerative colitis: results from a systematic literature review

• Review

Aaron Yarlas, Martha Bayliss, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Stephen Maher, Andrew G. Bushmakin, Lea Ann Chen, Alireza Manuchehri, Paul Healey

Child and adolescent self-report symptom measurement in pediatric oncology research: a systematic literature review

• Review

Laura C. Pinheiro, Molly McFatrich, Nicole Lucas, Jennifer S. Walker, Janice S. Withycombe, Pamela S. Hinds, Lillian Sung, Deborah Tomlinson, David R. Freyer, Jennifer W. Mack, Justin N. Baker, Bryce B. Reeve

The Minneapolis-Manchester Quality of Life Instrument: reliability and validity of the Adult Form in cancer survivors

Alysia Bosworth, Elizabeth L. Goodman, Eric Wu, Liton Francisco, Leslie L. Robison, Smita Bhatia

International development of four EORTC disease-specific quality of life questionnaires for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, high- and low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

• Open Access

Lonneke van de Poll-Franse, Simone Oerlemans, Anne Bredart, Charalampia Kyriakou, Monika Sztankay, Stephan Pallua, Laurien Daniëls, Carien L. Creutzberg, Kim Cocks, Sandra Malak, Giovanni Caocci, Stefano Molica, Weichu Chie, Fabio Efficace

Development and validation of the smart management strategy for health assessment tool-short form (SAT-SF) in cancer survivors

Young Ho Yun, Ju Youn Jung, Jin Ah Sim, JongMog Lee, Dong-Young Noh, Wonshik Han, Kyu Joo Park, Seung-Yong Jeong, Ji Won Park, Hong-Gyun Wu, Eui Kyu Chie, Hak Jae Kim, Kyung Hae Jung, Jae-Ill Zo, Sung Kim, Jeong Eon Lee, Seok Jin Nam, Eun Sook Lee, Jae Hwan Oh, Young-Woo Kim, Young Tae Kim, Young Mog Shim

New resilience instrument for patients with cancer

Zeng Jie Ye, Mu Zi Liang, Peng Fei Li, Zhe Sun, Peng Chen, Guang Yun Hu, Yuan Liang Yu, Shu Ni Wang, Hong Zhong Qiu

A method to create a standardized generic and condition-specific patient-reported outcome measure for patient care and healthcare improvement

Karen E. Schifferdecker, Susan E. Yount, Karen Kaiser, Anna Adachi-Mejia, David Cella, Kathleen L. Carluzzo, Amy Eisenstein, Michael A. Kallen, George J. Greene, David T. Eton, Elliott S. Fisher

Developing a patient-reported outcome measure for HIV care on perceived barriers to antiretroviral adherence: assessing the needs of HIV clinicians through qualitative analysis

Isabelle Toupin, Kim Engler, David Lessard, Leo Wong, Andràs Lènàrt, Bruno Spire, François Raffi, Bertrand Lebouché

An evaluation of the structural validity of the shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI) using the Rasch model

Christina Jerosch-Herold, Rachel Chester, Lee Shepstone, Joshua I. Vincent, Joy C. MacDermid

One question might be capable of replacing the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) when measuring disability: a prospective cohort study

• Open Access

Marloes Thoomes-de Graaf, Wendy Scholten-Peeters, Yasmaine Karel, Annemieke Verwoerd, Bart Koes, Arianne Verhagen

Validation of a Chinese version of the stress overload scale-short and its use as a screening tool for mental health status

Wenjie Duan, Wenlong Mu

Assessing reserve-building pursuits and person characteristics: psychometric validation of the Reserve-Building Measure

Carolyn E. Schwartz, Wesley Michael, Jie Zhang, Bruce D. Rapkin, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers

Within-person fluctuations in wellbeing and task-specific work ability

• Open Access

Julitta S. Boschman, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Judith K. Sluiter

Evidence on the longitudinal construct validity of major generic and utility measures of health-related quality of life in teens with depression

John F. Dickerson, David H. Feeny, Gregory N. Clarke, Alex L. MacMillan, Frances L. Lynch

Effects of a 9-month resistance training intervention on quality of life, sense of coherence, and depressive symptoms in older adults: randomized controlled trial

• Open Access

Tiia Kekäläinen, Katja Kokko, Sarianna Sipilä, Simon Walker

Technology use and its association with health and depressive symptoms in older cancer survivors

Hee Yun Lee, Jeehoon Kim, Monica Sharratt

Internet use, social networks, loneliness, and quality of life among adults aged 50 and older: mediating and moderating effects

Rabia Khalaila, Adi Vitman-Schorr

Associated and mediating variables related to quality of life among service users with mental disorders

Marie-Josée Fleury, Guy Grenier, Jean-Marie Bamvita

Using case management in a universal health coverage system to improve quality of life of frequent Emergency Department users: a randomized controlled trial

• Open Access

Katia Iglesias, Stéphanie Baggio, Karine Moschetti, Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Olivier Hugli, Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Bernard Burnand, Patrick Bodenmann

Examining the effect of peer helping in a coping skills intervention: a randomized controlled trial for advanced gastrointestinal cancer patients and their family caregivers

Catherine E. Mosher, Ekin Secinti, Shelley A. Johns, Bert H. O’Neil, Paul R. Helft, Safi Shahda, Shadia I. Jalal, Victoria L. Champion

Health-related quality of life and psychological distress in young adult survivors of childhood cancer and their association with treatment, education, and demographic factors

• Open Access

Janne F. Halvorsen, Anne Mari Sund, Lonnie Zeltzer, Marian Ådnanes, Heidi Jensberg, Terje A. Eikemo, Bendik Lund, Odin Hjemdal, Trude Reinfjell

Mental health, loneliness, and illness perception outcomes in quality of life among young breast cancer patients after mastectomy: the role of breast reconstruction

• Brief Communication

Ioanna Fanakidou, Sofia Zyga, Victoria Alikari, Maria Tsironi, John Stathoulis, Paraskevi Theofilou

A preliminary prediction model for potentially guiding patient choices between breast conserving surgery and mastectomy in early breast cancer patients; a Dutch experience

• Open Access

Elvira Vos, Linetta Koppert, Winnifred van Lankeren, Cornelis Verhoef, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Myriam Hunink

Clustering based on unsupervised binary trees to define subgroups of cancer patients according to symptom severity in cancer

Pierre Michel, Zeinab Hamidou, Karine Baumstarck, Badih Ghattas, Noémie Resseguier, Olivier Chinot, Fabrice Barlesi, Sébastien Salas, Laurent Boyer, Pascal Auquier

Involvement in care in pediatric cancer patients: implications for treatment compliance, mental health and health-related quality of life

Anat Shoshani, Yaniv Kanat-Maymon