Quality of Life Research

A closer look at quality of life in the hepatocellular carcinoma literature

• Review

Jenny L. Firkins, Robin Tarter, Martha Driessnack, Lissi Hansen

The hypospadias-specific health-related quality of life conceptual framework: a scoping review of the literature

• Review

V. P. Bhatia, A. G. Mittal, P. F. Austin, M. E. Hilliard

Patient-reported outcomes and the identification of subgroups of atrial fibrillation patients: a retrospective cohort study of linked clinical registry and administrative data

Jae-Yung Kwon, Richard Sawatzky, Jennifer Baumbusch, Pamela A. Ratner

Association between frequency of laughter and oral health among community-dwelling older adults: a population-based cross-sectional study in Japan

Mayumi Hirosaki, Tetsuya Ohira, Kokoro Shirai, Naoki Kondo, Jun Aida, Tatsuo Yamamoto, Kenji Takeuchi, Katsunori Kondo

Subjective life expectancy and associated factors among cancer survivors over 45 years old: evidence from the CHARLS

Zhishui Chen, Dawei Zhu, Xingyu Hu, Guangying Gao

Longitudinal change of quality of life in the first five years of survival among disease-free Chinese breast cancer survivors

Yuan-Yuan Lei, Suzanne C. Ho, Thomas K. H. Lau, Carol Kwok, Ashley Cheng, Ka Li Cheung, Roselle Lee, Winnie Yeo

Health-related quality of life associated with risk of death in Brazilian dialysis patients: an eight-year cohort

Mariana Araújo Pena Bastos, Ilka Afonso Reis, Mariângela Leal Cherchiglia

The impact of transvenous cardioverter-defibrillator implantation on quality of life, depression and optimism in dialysis patients: report on the secondary outcome of QOL in the randomized controlled ICD2 trial

• Open Access

Rohit J. Timal, Veronique de Gucht, Joris I. Rotmans, Liselotte C. R. Hensen, Maurits S. Buiten, Mihaly K. de Bie, Hein Putter, Martin J. Schalij, Ton J. Rabelink, J. Wouter Jukema

Life experiences of adult heart transplant recipients: a new life, challenges, and coping

CEBECİ Fatma, CETİN Cigdem, CATAL Emine, BAYEZİD Omer

Quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes after switching to insulin degludec: results from a cross-sectional survey

• Open Access

Chioma Uzoigwe, Michael Radin, Carol M. Hamersky, Mitch DeKoven, Cassie Holt, Swapna Karkare, William H. Polonsky

Use of the Long-Term Conditions Questionnaire (LTCQ) for monitoring health-related quality of life in people affected by cognitive impairment including dementia: pilot study in UK memory clinic services

• Open Access

Caroline M. Potter, Michele Peters, Maureen Cundell, Rupert McShane, Ray Fitzpatrick

Health-related quality of life and its predictors among adults living with HIV/AIDS and receiving antiretroviral therapy in Pakistan

• Open Access

Ali Ahmed, Muhammad Saqlain, Naila Bashir, Juman Dujaili, Furqan Hashmi, Faizan Mazhar, Amjad Khan, Musarat Jabeen, Ali Blebil, Ahmed Awaisu

Relationship between quality of life and social integration among patients with schizophrenia attending a Nigerian tertiary hospital

Temitope Ogundare, Peter O. Onifade, ‘Deji Ogundapo, Senait Ghebrehiwet, Christina P. C. Borba, David C. Henderson

Differences in mental health and health-related quality of life between the Israeli and Italian population during a COVID-19 quarantine

Anat Amit Aharon, Ilana Dubovi, Angela Ruban

COVID-19 pandemic reduces the negative perception of oral health-related quality of life in adolescents

Jessica Klöckner Knorst, Bruna Brondani, Fernanda Tomazoni, Andressa Weber Vargas, Marina Dutra Cósta, Leonardo da Silva Godois, Fausto Medeiros Mendes, Diego Machado Ardenghi, Thiago Machado Ardenghi

Psycholinguistic features, design attributes, and respondent-reported cognition predict response time to patient-reported outcome measure items

• Open Access

Matthew L. Cohen, Aaron J. Boulton, Alyssa M. Lanzi, Elyse Sutherland, Rebecca Hunting Pompon

Frequency and influence of “not relevant” responses on the Dermatology Life Quality Index among adults with atopic dermatitis

John S. Barbieri, Zelma C. Chiesa Fuxench, Daniel B. Shin, Junko Takeshita

Constructing arguments for the interpretation and use of patient-reported outcome measures in research: an application of modern validity theory

• Commentary

Kevin P. Weinfurt

Identifying the minimal important difference in patient-reported outcome measures in the field of people with severe mental illness: a pre–post-analysis of the Illness Management and Recovery Programme

• Open Access

Titus A. A. Beentjes, Steven Teerenstra, Hester Vermeulen, Peter J. J. Goossens, Maria W. G. Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Betsie G. I. van Gaal

The validity of proxy responses on patient-reported outcome measures: Are proxies a reliable alternative to stroke patients’ self-report?

Brittany R. Lapin, Nicolas R. Thompson, Andrew Schuster, Ryan Honomichl, Irene L. Katzan

The longitudinal validity of proxy-reported CHU9D

• Open Access

Rasmus Trap Wolf, Julie Ratcliffe, Gang Chen, Pia Jeppesen

Demographic and functional differences among social security disability claimants

Molly Marino, Pengsheng Ni, Lewis Kazis, Diane Brandt, Alan Jette

Adverse childhood experiences and impact on quality of life in adulthood: development and validation of a short difficult childhood questionnaire in a large population-based health survey

• Open Access

John-Kåre Vederhus, Christine Timko, Siri Håvås Haugland

Translation and psychometric validation of the traditional Chinese version of patient-reported outcomes measurement information system Pediatric-25 Profile version 2.0 (PROMIS-25) in Chinese Children with Cancer in Hong Kong

Stephen W. W. Chan, C. W. Chien, Arnold Y. L. Wong, Marco Y. C. Pang

Cross‑cultural adaptation, construct validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the Thai version of the Patient-Rated Wrist/Hand Evaluation (Thai PRWHE)

Pichitchai Atthakomol, Worapaka Manosroi, Aphiwij Mongkonkamthon, Peeradech Buranaworathitikul, Wilailak Wongcharoen, Siam Tongprasert, Tinakon Wongpakaran