Quality of Life Research

Measurement properties of self-report questionnaires on health-related quality of life and functional health status in dysphonia: a systematic review using the COSMIN taxonomy

• Review

Renée Speyer, Jae-Hyun Kim, Kenji Doma, Yu-Wei Chen, Deborah Denman, Debra Phyland, Lauren Parsons, Reinie Cordier

Health state utility values measured using the EuroQol 5-dimensions questionnaire in adults with chronic hepatitis C: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

A. M. Buchanan-Hughes, M. Buti, K. Hanman, B. Langford, M. Wright, L. A. Eddowes

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in beta-thalassemia major (β-TM) patients assessed by 36-item short form health survey (SF-36): a meta-analysis

• Review

Mahdieh Arian, Majid Mirmohammadkhani, Raheb Ghorbani, Mohsen Soleimani

Problems persist in reporting of methods and results for the WOMAC measure in hip and knee osteoarthritis trials

• Open Access
• Review

B. Copsey, J. Y. Thompson, K. Vadher, U. Ali, S. J. Dutton, R. Fitzpatrick, S. E. Lamb, J. A. Cook

Making a picture worth a thousand numbers: recommendations for graphically displaying patient-reported outcomes data

Claire Snyder, Katherine Smith, Bernhard Holzner, Yonaira M. Rivera, Elissa Bantug, Michael Brundage, Daniel Weber, Ethan Basch, Neil Aaronson, Bryce Reeve, Galina Velikova, Andrea Heckert, Eden Stotsky-Himelfarb, Cynthia Chauhan, Vanessa Hoffman, Patricia Ganz, Lisa Barbera, Elizabeth Frank, Mary Lou Smith, Arturo Durazo, Judy Needham, Shelley Fuld Nasso, Robert Miller, Tenbroeck Smith, Deborah Struth, Alison Rein, Andre Dias, Charlotte Roberts, Nancy Smider, Gena Cook, Jakob Bjorner, Holly Witteman, James G. Dolan, Jane Blazeby, Robert M. Golub, Christine Laine, Scott Ramsey

The effect of three exercise approaches on health-related quality of life, and factors associated with its improvement in chronic whiplash-associated disorders: analysis of a randomized controlled trial

• Open Access

Maria Landén Ludvigsson, Gunnel Peterson, Anneli Peolsson

The impact of treatment with eluxadoline on health-related quality of life among adult patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea

• Open Access

Jessica L. Abel, Robyn T. Carson, David A. Andrae

Determinants of satisfaction with life and self-esteem in women with breast cancer

Ana Isabel Cobo-Cuenca, Noelia María Martín-Espinosa, María Aurora Rodríguez-Borrego, Juan Manuel Carmona-Torres

Sex differences in predictors of illness intrusiveness in persons with multiple sclerosis

Lindsay O. Neto, Elizabeth S. Gromisch, Jessica Sloan, Tuula Tyry, Frederick W. Foley

Appraisal of patient-reported outcome measures in analogous diseases and recommendations for use in phase II and III clinical trials of pyruvate kinase deficiency

• Open Access

M. S. Salek, T. Ionova, J. R. Johns, E. N. Oliva

Prioritizing positivity across the adult lifespan: initial evidence for differential associations with positive and negative emotions

Hadassah Littman-Ovadia, Pninit Russo-Netzer

Temporal changes in importance of quality of life domains: a longitudinal study in community-dwelling Swiss older people

Nazanin Abolhassani, Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Christophe Bula, Rene Goy, Idris Guessous, Yves Henchoz

More than health: quality of life trajectories among older adults—findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA)

M. Ward, C. A. McGarrigle, R. A. Kenny

Personal and environmental contextual factors as mediators between functional disability and quality of life in adults with serious mental illness: a cross-sectional analysis

Jennifer Sánchez, Veronica Muller, Fong Chan, Jessica M. Brooks, Kanako Iwanaga, Wei-Mo Tu, Emre Umucu, Mileidy Crespo-Jones

Illness perceptions, depression and anxiety in informal carers of persons with depression: a cross-sectional survey

• Open Access

Josianne Scerri, Therese Saliba, George Saliba, Christian A. Scerri, Liberato Camilleri

Anxiety, depression and quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and caregivers: an actor–partner interdependence model analysis

Dhurata Ivziku, Marco Clari, Michela Piredda, Maria Grazia De Marinis, Maria Matarese

Hemoglobin F as a predictor of health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell anemia

Mohamed-Rachid Boulassel, Amira Al-Badi, Mohamed Elshinawy, Juhaina Al-Hinai, Muna Al-Saadoon, Zahra Al-Qarni, Hammad Khan, Rizwan Nabi Qureshi, Yasser Wali

Determinants for quality of life trajectory patterns in patients with type 2 diabetes

Ruey-Hsia Wang, Kuan-Chia Lin, Hui-Chun Hsu, Yau-Jiunn Lee, Shyi-Jang Shin

Risk factors and quality of life of patients with high diabetes-related distress in primary care: a cross-sectional, multicenter study

Sze Mian Lim, Melanie Yee Lee Siaw, Keith Yu Kei Tsou, Kwee Keng Kng, Joyce Yu-Chia Lee

The paradox of self-rated health following joint replacement surgery

Thomas Perneger, Anne Lübbeke

Association between disaster experience and quality of life: the mediating role of disaster risk perception

• Brief Communication

Ke Cui, Ziqiang Han

Hearing loss and quality of life in survivors of paediatric CNS tumours and other cancers

• Brief Communication

Annette Weiss, Grit Sommer, Christina Schindera, Laura Wengenroth, Axel Karow, Manuel Diezi, Gisela Michel, Claudia E. Kuehni, R. Ammann, K. Scheinemann, M. Ansari, M. Beck Popovic, P. Brazzola, J. Greiner, M. Grotzer, H. Hengartner, T. Kuehne, J. Rössler, F. Niggli, F. Schilling, N. von der Weid

Development and construct validation of a parent-proxy quality of life instrument in children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia aged 4–8 years old

• Open Access

Lysbert Meijer-Schaap, Anthony E. J. Dubois, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Jet Tijmens-van der Hulst, Bertine M. J. Flokstra-de Blok, Elianne J. L. E. Vrijlandt

Test–retest reliability and validity of a single-item Self-reported Family Happiness Scale in Hong Kong Chinese: findings from Hong Kong Jockey Club FAMILY Project

Chen Shen, Man Ping Wang, Henry C. Y. Ho, Alice Wan, Sunita M. Stewart, Kasisomayajula Viswanath, Sophia Siu Chee Chan, Tai Hing Lam

The structural and convergent validity of three commonly used measures of self-management in persons with neurological conditions

George Kephart, Tanya L. Packer, Åsa Audulv, Grace Warner