Quality of Life Research

The effectiveness of lifestyle interventions to reduce side effects of androgen deprivation therapy for men with prostate cancer: a systematic review

• Open Access
• Review

Maud J. M. Geerkens, Nieck S. A. Pouwels, Harry P. Beerlage

Time to deterioration in cancer randomized clinical trials for patient-reported outcomes data: a systematic review

• Review

E. Charton, B. Cuer, F. Cottone, F. Efficace, C. Touraine, Z. Hamidou, F. Fiteni, F. Bonnetain, M.-C. Woronoff-Lemsi, C. Bascoul-Mollevi, A. Anota

The effect of multiple recruitment contacts on response rates and patterns of missing data in a survey of bladder cancer survivors 6 months after cystectomy

Joanna E. Bulkley, Maureen O’Keeffe-Rosetti, Christopher S. Wendel, James V. Davis, Kim N. Danforth, Teresa N. Harrison, Marilyn L. Kwan, Julie Munneke, Neon Brooks, Marcia Grant, Michael C. Leo, Matthew Banegas, Sheila Weinmann, Carmit K. McMullen

Expressive writing intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder among Chinese American breast cancer survivors: the moderating role of social constraints

Qiao Chu, Ivan H. C. Wu, Qian Lu

Determinants of health-related quality of life proxy rating disagreement between caregivers of children with cancer

• Open Access

Niki Rensen, Lindsay M. H. Steur, Sasja A. Schepers, Johannes H. M. Merks, Annette C. Moll, Gertjan J. L. Kaspers, Raphaële R. L. Van Litsenburg, Martha A. Grootenhuis

Children and adolescents with VACTERL association: health-related quality of life and psychological well-being in children and adolescents and their parents

• Open Access

A-M. Kassa, M. Dellenmark-Blom, J. Thorsell Cederberg, G. Engvall, H. Engstrand Lilja

Evaluation of health-related quality of life in adults with and without dyslipidaemia in rural areas of central China

Hui Wu, Huijun Li, Haibin Li, Yu Ding, Chongjian Wang, Guicheng Zhang, Naijun Tang, Weidong Wu

Joint association of bullying and cyberbullying in health-related quality of life in a sample of adolescents

Joaquín González-Cabrera, Juan Manuel Machimbarrena, Jessica Ortega-Barón, Aitor Álvarez-Bardón

The association between heart failure hospitalization and self-reported domains of health

• Brief Communication

Gregory A. Nichols, Jacqueline Pesa, Daniel S. Sapp, Aarti Patel

Comparison of longitudinal quality of life outcomes in preemptive and dialyzed patients on waiting list for kidney transplantation

Line Auneau-Enjalbert, Jean-Benoit Hardouin, Myriam Blanchin, Magali Giral, Emmanuel Morelon, Elisabeth Cassuto, Aurélie Meurette, Véronique Sébille

SF-36 predicts 13-year CHD incidence in a middle-aged Swedish general population

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

Evalill Nilsson, Karin Festin, Mats Lowén, Margareta Kristenson

Association between polypharmacy and health-related quality of life among US adults with cardiometabolic risk factors

Ami Vyas, Frisca Kang, Marilyn Barbour

Quality of life, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in black African women: B-Healthy project

G. R. Oviedo, N. Tamulevicius, S. O. Onagbiye, M. Phidza, C. Sedumedi, M. Cameron, S. J. Moss

Partial or total knee replacement? Identifying patients’ information needs on knee replacement surgery: a qualitative study to inform a decision aid

• Open Access

Stephanie Smith, Abtin Alvand, Louise Locock, Sara Ryan, James Smith, Lee Bayliss, Hannah Wilson, Andrew Price

Niche-related outcomes after caesarean section and quality of life: a focus group study and review of literature

• Open Access

Sanne I. Stegwee, Astrid Beij, Robert A. de Leeuw, Lidwine B. Mokkink, Lucet F. van der Voet, Judith A. F. Huirne

Health-related quality of life and its associated factors among patients with angina in Jordan

Anan S. Jarab, Abdullah Almousa, Abeer M. Rababa’h, Tareq L. Mukattash, Rana Abu Farha

EQ-5D in coronary patients: what are they suffering from? Results from the ESC EORP European Survey of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Diabetes (EUROASPIRE IV) Registry

Delphine De Smedt, Kornelia Kotseva, Guy De Backer, David Wood, Lisa Van Wilder, Dirk De Bacquer

Birth weight and quality of life in midlife: a 50-year follow-up study of 2079 individuals in Denmark

Emilie Rune Hegelund, Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Jenna Marie Strizzi, Anna Paldam Folker, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Trine Flensborg-Madsen

Sleep quality of Shanghai residents: population-based cross-sectional study

Wenjun Wu, Yonggen Jiang, Na Wang, Meiying Zhu, Xing Liu, Feng Jiang, Genming Zhao, Qi Zhao

Deriving an overall appearance domain score by applying bifactor IRT analysis to the BODY-Q appearance scales

• Open Access

Daan Geerards, Lisa van den Berg, Andrea L. Pusic, Maarten M. Hoogbergen, Anne F. Klassen, René R. W. J. van der Hulst, Chris J. Sidey-Gibbons

Subjective wellbeing in the Indian general population: a validation study of the Personal Wellbeing Index

Erica McIntyre, Anthony Saliba, Kirsty McKenzie

Assessing child quality of life impairments following pediatric burn injuries: Rasch analysis of the children’s dermatology life quality index

Carisa Parrish, R. Trent Haines, Dylan Stewart, Margo Szabo, Jill Caradec, Susan Ziegfeld, Elizabeth Reynolds, Rick Ostrander

Validation of the German HeartQoL: a short health-related quality of life questionnaire for cardiac patients

• Open Access

Alexandra Huber, Neil Oldridge, Werner Benzer, Hugo Saner, Stefan Höfer

Adaptation and validation of the self-report version of the scale for measuring quality of life in people with acquired brain injury (CAVIDACE)

Alba Aza, Miguel Ángel Verdugo, María Begoña Orgaz, María Fernández, Antonio Manuel Amor

Translation, cross-cultural and construct validity of the Dutch–Flemish PROMIS® upper extremity item bank v2.0

Erik-Jan A. Haan, Caroline B. Terwee, Marieke F. Van Wier, Nienke W. Willigenburg, Derek F. P. Van Deurzen, Martijn F. Pisters, Aaron J. Kaat, Leo D. Roorda