Quality of Life Research

Income inequality and subjective well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Open Access
• Review

Kayonda Hubert Ngamaba, Maria Panagioti, Christopher J. Armitage

Computer assistive technology and associations with quality of life for individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic review

• Review

Valéria Baldassin, Helena Eri Shimizu, Emerson Fachin-Martins

Quality of life at 6 years after occupational injury

Wei-Shan Chin, Yue Leon Guo, Shih-Cheng Liao, Hsueh-Ching Wu, Chun-Ya Kuo, Chih-Chieh Chen, Judith Shu-Chu Shiao

Health-related quality of life and recovery patterns among hospitalised injury patients in Vietnam

Ha Nguyen, Rebecca Ivers, Cuong Pham

A preliminary report on psychiatric impairments and quality of life among Kaohsiung gas explosion victims 6 months after the event

Joh-Jong Huang, Tsyr-En Grace Wu, Yi-Chen Chen, Ju-Yu Chiu, Pesus Chou, Frank Huang-Chih Chou

Lifestyle factors and social ties associated with the frequency of laughter after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Fukushima Health Management Survey

Mayumi Hirosaki, Tetsuya Ohira, Seiji Yasumura, Masaharu Maeda, Hirooki Yabe, Mayumi Harigane, Hideto Takahashi, Michio Murakami, Yuriko Suzuki, Hironori Nakano, Wen Zhang, Mayu Uemura, Masafumi Abe, Kenji Kamiya

Comorbidity amplifies the effects of post-9/11 posttraumatic stress disorder trajectories on health-related quality of life

• Open Access

Jiehui Li, Kimberly Caramanica Zweig, Robert M. Brackbill, Mark R. Farfel, James E. Cone

Neighborhood structural differences and women’s mental health: an empirical study in Accra, Ghana

Elijah Bisung, Joseph Kangmennaang, Isaac Luginaah

The association between somatic and psychological discomfort and health-related quality of life according to the elderly and non-elderly

Hyeon-Sook Lee, Siwoo Lee, Sohee Park, Younghwa Baek, Ji-Hye Youn, Dan Bee Cho, Jung-Hyun Jin, Aesun Shin, Sue K. Park, Keon Wook Kang, Young-Khi Lim, Chul Hwan Kang, Keun-Young Yoo, Kwang-Pil Ko

Prospective associations of social isolation and loneliness with poor sleep quality in older adults

Bin Yu, Andrew Steptoe, Kaijun Niu, Po-Wen Ku, Li-Jung Chen

Causal effects of informal care and health on falls and other accidents among the elderly population in China

Hong Wu, Naiji Lu, Chenguang Wang, Xinming Tu

Quality of life after hip, vertebral, and distal forearm fragility fractures measured using the EQ-5D-3L, EQ-VAS, and time-trade-off: results from the ICUROS

Axel Svedbom, Fredrik Borgström, Emma Hernlund, Oskar Ström, Vidmantas Alekna, Maria Luisa Bianchi, Patricia Clark, Manuel Díaz Curiel, Hans Peter Dimai, Mikk Jürisson, Anneli Uusküla, Margus Lember, Riina Kallikorm, Olga Lesnyak, Eugene McCloskey, Olga Ershova, Kerrie M. Sanders, Stuart Silverman, Marija Tamulaitiene, Thierry Thomas, Anna N. A. Tosteson, Bengt Jönsson, John A. Kanis

A (five-)level playing field for mental health conditions?: exploratory analysis of EQ-5D-5L-derived utility values

• Open Access

E. M. Camacho, G. Shields, K. Lovell, P. A. Coventry, A. P. Morrison, L. M. Davies

Comparing and transforming PROMIS utility values to the EQ-5D

John D. Hartman, Benjamin M. Craig

Association of generic health-related quality of life (EQ-5D dimensions) and inactivity with lung function in lung-healthy German adults: results from the KORA studies F4L and Age

Agnes Luzak, Stefan Karrasch, Margarethe Wacker, Barbara Thorand, Dennis Nowak, Annette Peters, Holger Schulz

Factors affecting the quality of life before and after surgery in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Oksana Kamenskaya, Asya Klinkova, Irina Loginova, Alexander Chernyavskiy, Vladimir V. Lomivorotov, Alexander Karaskov

Establishing clinical severity for PROMIS® measures in adult patients with rheumatic diseases

Vivek Nagaraja, Constance Mara, Puja P. Khanna, Rajaie Namas, Amber Young, David A. Fox, Timothy Laing, William J. McCune, Carol Dodge, Debra Rizzo, Maha Almackenzie, Dinesh Khanna

Effects of perceived autonomy support and basic need satisfaction on quality of life in hemodialysis patients

Mei-Fang Chen, Ray-E Chang, Hung-Bin Tsai, Ying-Hui Hou

Bias in retrospective assessment of perceived dental treatment effects when using the Oral Health Impact Profile

Daniel R. Reissmann, Antje Erler, Christian Hirsch, Ira Sierwald, Carolina Machuca, Oliver Schierz

Association between social support and health-related quality of life among Chinese rural elders in nursing homes: the mediating role of resilience

Menglian Wu, Yang Yang, Dan Zhang, Xia Zhao, Yaoyao Sun, Hui Xie, Jihui Jia, Yonggang Su, Yuqin Li

Physical and mental health status and their correlations among older wheelchair users with dementia in long-term care facilities

Chu-Lin Chang, Kuei-Min Chen

Understanding the need for assistance with survey completion in people with Huntington disease

Elizabeth A. Hahn, Nancy R. Downing, Julie C. Stout, Jane S. Paulsen, Becky Ready, Siera Goodnight, Jin-Shei Lai, Jennifer A. Miner, Noelle E. Carlozzi

Evaluating cognition in individuals with Huntington disease: Neuro-QoL cognitive functioning measures

Jin-Shei Lai, Siera Goodnight, Nancy R. Downing, Rebecca E. Ready, Jane S. Paulsen, Anna L. Kratz, Julie C. Stout, Michael K. McCormack, David Cella, Christopher Ross, Jenna Russell, Noelle E. Carlozzi

Development of a practical outcome measure to account for individual differences in quality-of-life appraisal: the Brief Appraisal Inventory

Bruce D. Rapkin, Iliana Garcia, Wesley Michael, Jie Zhang, Carolyn E. Schwartz

Psychometric evaluation of the PainCAS Interference with Daily Activities, Psychological/Emotional Distress, and Pain scales

Stacey A. McCaffrey, Ryan A. Black, Stephen F. Butler