Quality of Life Research

How are patient-reported outcomes and symptoms being measured in adults with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma? A systematic review

• Review

Matthew R. LeBlanc, Rachel Hirschey, Ashley Leak Bryant, Thomas W. LeBlanc, Sophia K. Smith

Capability instruments in economic evaluations of health-related interventions: a comparative review of the literature

• Open Access
• Review

Timea Mariann Helter, Joanna Coast, Agata Łaszewska, Tanja Stamm, Judit Simon

Whom should we ask? A systematic literature review of the arguments regarding the most accurate source of information for valuation of health states

• Open Access

Gert Helgesson, Olivia Ernstsson, Mimmi Åström, Kristina Burström

Assessing health-related quality of life in cancer survivors: factors impacting on EORTC QLU-C10D-derived utility values

Thomas van Gelder, Brendan Mulhern, Dounya Schoormans, Olga Husson, Richard De Abreu Lourenço

Modelling a preference-based index for EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-3L + Sleep using a Bayesian framework

Samer A. Kharroubi, Yara S. Beyh, John Brazier, Yaling Yang

Characterizing patients’ expectations in hip and knee osteoarthritis

Frederique J. Hafkamp, Paul Lodder, Jolanda de Vries, Taco Gosens, Brenda L. den Oudsten

Health-related quality of life in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an Australian cross-sectional study

• Open Access

N. Eaton-Fitch, S. C. Johnston, P. Zalewski, D. Staines, S. Marshall-Gradisnik

The relationship between frequency and severity of vaso-occlusive crises and health-related quality of life and work productivity in adults with sickle cell disease

• Open Access

Avery A. Rizio, Menaka Bhor, Xiaochen Lin, Kristen L. McCausland, Michelle K. White, Jincy Paulose, Savita Nandal, Rashid I. Halloway, Lanetta Bronté-Hall

Social inequalities in health-related quality of life among people aging with HIV/AIDS: the role of comorbidities and disease severity

• Open Access

Jochen Drewes, Jennifer Ebert, Phil C. Langer, Dieter Kleiber, Burkhard Gusy

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) associated with echinococcosis patients in Tibetan communities in Shiqu County, China: a case–control study

Xuzheng Shan, Yun Chen, Kaicheng Liu, Sui Zhang, Jun Yu, Jie Yin, Lang Kaji, Ruihong Song, Yongqin Wang, Yu Wang, Yi Qing, Shiyun Li, Ze Yang, Hongbin Zhang

Mental and physical health status among chronic hepatitis B patients

Yihe G. Daida, Joseph A. Boscarino, Anne C. Moorman, Mei Lu, Loralee B. Rupp, Stuart C. Gordon, Eyasu H. Teshale, Mark A. Schmidt, Philip R. Spradling

Patient acceptance and outcome of mental health screening in Swedish adults with cystic fibrosis

• Open Access

Stina Järvholm, Petrea Ericson, Marita Gilljam

Quality of life following road traffic injury: the impact of age and gender

• Open Access

R. Rissanen, J. Ifver, M. Hasselberg, H.-Y. Berg

Health-related quality of life among transgender and gender expansive youth at a rural gender wellness clinic

Jane O’Bryan, Melissa Scribani, Kimberly Leon, Nancy Tallman, Christopher Wolf-Gould, Carolyn Wolf-Gould, Anne Gadomski

Does quality of life feedback promote seeking help for undiagnosed cancer?

• Open Access

Suzanne M. Skevington, Hannah Long, Nicola Gartland

Oral health-related quality of life of patients after heart transplantation and those with heart failure is associated with general health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study

• Open Access

Gerhard Schmalz, Mirjam Eisner, Christian Binner, Justus Wagner, Josephine Rast, Tanja Kottmann, Rainer Haak, Andreas Oberbach, Michael A. Borger, Jens Garbade, Dirk Ziebolz

Health-related quality of life of transplant recipients: a comparison between lung, kidney, heart, and liver recipients

Mahdi Tarabeih, Ya’arit Bokek-Cohen, Pazit Azuri

Mixed methods analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life in ambulant individuals affected with RYR1-related myopathies pre-post-N-acetylcysteine therapy

• Open Access

Carlos Capella-Peris, Mary M. Cosgrove, Irene C. Chrismer, Magalie Emile-Backer, M. Sonia Razaqyar, Jeffrey S. Elliott, Anna Kuo, Paul G. Wakim, Katherine G. Meilleur

Optimizing quality of life among Chinese physicians: the positive effects of resilience and recovery experience

Jialin Ding, Yajing Jia, Jinfeng Zhao, Fengzhi Yang, Ruqing Ma, Xiaoshi Yang

Association between frailty and family functionality on health-related quality of life in older adults

Juliana Mara Andrade, Flávia Cristina Drumond Andrade, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Fabíola Bof de Andrade

Mild cognitive impairment and quality of life in the oldest old: a closer look

• Open Access

Felix S. Hussenoeder, Ines Conrad, Susanne Roehr, Angela Fuchs, Michael Pentzek, Horst Bickel, Edelgard Moesch, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Birgitt Wiese, Silke Mamone, Christian Brettschneider, Kathrin Heser, Luca Kleineidam, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Marion Eisele, Wolfgang Maier, Michael Wagner, Martin Scherer, Hans-Helmut König, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller

Indicators of potential health-related social needs and the association with perceived health and well-being outcomes among community-dwelling medicare beneficiaries

Jessa K. Engelberg Anderson, Purva Jain, Amy J. Wade, Andrea M. Morris, Jill C. Slaboda, Gregory J. Norman

A bi-directional association between weight change and health-related quality of life: evidence from the 11-year follow-up of 9916 community-dwelling adults

Berhe W. Sahle, Shameran Slewa-Younan, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Li Ling, Andre M. N. Renzaho

Qualitative study of patients with venous malformations: symptom experiences and content validity of patient-reported outcome measures

Ryan W. England, Christopher R. Bailey, Milena D. Anatchkova, Anne M. Skalicky, Mark H. Meissner, Melvin Rosenblatt, Heather L. Gelhorn, Clifford R. Weiss

Quality of life in people with dementia living in nursing homes: validation of an eight-item version of the QUALIDEM for intensive longitudinal assessment

• Open Access

Stefan Junge, Paul Gellert, Julie Lorraine O’Sullivan, Sebastian Möller, Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons, Adelheid Kuhlmey, Johanna Nordheim