Quality of Life Research

Health perceptions and symptom burden in primary care: measuring health using audio computer-assisted self-interviews

Keiki Hinami, Jennifer Smith, Catherine D. Deamant, Romina Kee, Diana Garcia, William E. Trick

Content validity and legacy patient-reported outcome measures in cancer

• Commentary

Adam B. Smith, Kim Cocks

The Patient Activation Measure: a validation study in a neurological population

Tanya L. Packer, George Kephart, Setareh Ghahari, Åsa Audulv, Joan Versnel, Grace Warner

Confirmatory factor analysis of the Patient Assessment of Constipation-Symptoms (PAC-SYM) among patients with chronic constipation

Luca Neri, Paul Maurice Conway, Guido Basilisco

Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of the Chinese version of the comprehensive needs assessment tool for cancer caregivers (CNAT-C)

Yin-Ping Zhang, Xin-Shuang Zhao, Bei Zhang, Lu-Lu Zhang, Chun-Ping Ni, Nan Hao, Chang-Bei Shi, Caroline Porr

Thyroid-specific questions on work ability showed known-groups validity among Danes with thyroid diseases

• Open Access

Mette Andersen Nexo, Torquil Watt, Steen Joop Bonnema, Laszlo Hegedüs, Åse Krogh Rasmussen, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Jakob Bue Bjorner

Reliability and validity of the Dutch-translated Body Image Scale

• Brief Communication

V. M. T. van Verschuer, W. W. Vrijland, I. Mares-Engelberts, T. M. A. L. Klem

Effect of multidisciplinary interventions on quality of life in obese children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Brief Communication

Kelly A. M. Ligthart, Winifred D. Paulis, Dewi Djasmo, Bart W. Koes, Marienke van Middelkoop

Integrating positive psychology into health-related quality of life research

• Commentary

Crystal L. Park

Future orientation and health quality of life in primary care: vitality as a mediator

• Brief Communication

Jameson K. Hirsch, Danielle Molnar, Edward C. Chang, Fuschia M. Sirois

Quality of life and comorbidity among older home care clients: role of positive attitudes toward aging

• Open Access

Yukari Yamada, Lukas Merz, Helena Kisvetrova

Role functioning is associated with survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Adam Meier, Adam Yopp, Huram Mok, Pragathi Kandunoori, Jasmin Tiro, Amit G. Singal

Diabetes quality of life perception in a multiethnic population

• Open Access

S. G. K. Goh, B. N. Rusli, B. A. K. Khalid

Health status and quality of life: results from a national survey in a community-dwelling sample of elderly people

Christophe Luthy, Christine Cedraschi, Anne-Françoise Allaz, François R. Herrmann, Catherine Ludwig

Relationship between socioeconomic status and quality of life in older adults: a path analysis

A. Bielderman, M. H. G. de Greef, W. P. Krijnen, C. P. van der Schans

Training clinicians in how to use patient-reported outcome measures in routine clinical practice

Maria J. Santana, Lotte Haverman, Kate Absolom, Elena Takeuchi, David Feeny, Martha Grootenhuis, Galina Velikova

The effect of mirabegron on patient-related outcomes in patients with overactive bladder: the results of post hoc correlation and responder analyses using pooled data from three randomized Phase III trials

• Open Access

D. Castro-Diaz, C. R. Chapple, Z. Hakimi, M. B. Blauwet, L. Delgado-Herrera, W. Lau, S. Mujais

Perceptions of QOL among caregivers of Mexican ancestry of adults with advanced cancer

Gloria Juarez, Joan J. Branin, Monica Rosales

The impact of social support at home on health-related quality of life among veterans with spinal cord injury participating in a supported employment program

Bryce S. Sutton, Lisa Ottomanelli, Eni Njoh, Scott D. Barnett, Lance L. Goetz

Mapping the disease-specific LupusQoL to the SF-6D

Rachel Meacock, Mark Harrison, Kathleen McElhone, Janice Abbott, Sahena Haque, Ian Bruce, Lee-Suan Teh

Do health preferences contradict ordering of EQ-5D labels?

Benjamin M. Craig, A. Simon Pickard, Kim Rand-Hendriksen

The EQ-5D-5L index score is more discriminative than the EQ-5D-3L index score in diabetes patients

Chen-Wei Pan, Hong-Peng Sun, Xingzhi Wang, Qinghua Ma, Yong Xu, Nan Luo, Pei Wang

Reliability and validity of the EQ-5D-5L compared to the EQ-5D-3L in patients with osteoarthritis referred for hip and knee replacement

Barbara L. Conner-Spady, Deborah A. Marshall, Eric Bohm, Michael J. Dunbar, Lynda Loucks, Ammar Al Khudairy, Tom W. Noseworthy

Valuing EQ-5D health states for Sri Lanka

Sanjeewa Kularatna, Jennifer A. Whitty, Newell W. Johnson, Ruwan Jayasinghe, Paul A. Scuffham

Erratum to: Living with orofacial conditions: psychological distress and quality of life in adults affected with Treacher Collins syndrome, cherubism, or oligodontia/ectodermal dysplasia—a comparative study

• Erratum

Amy Østertun Geirdal, Solfrid Sørgjerd Saltnes, Kari Storhaug, Pamela Åsten, Hilde Nordgarden, Janicke Liaaen Jensen

Erratum to: Genetic variations underlying self-reported physical functioning: a review

• Erratum

Melissa S. Y. Thong, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Jeff A. Sloan, Donald L. Patrick, Ping Yang, Cornelis J. F. van Noorden