Quality of Life Research

How is quality of life defined and assessed in published research?

• Review

Daniel S. J. Costa, Rebecca Mercieca-Bebber, Claudia Rutherford, Margaret-Ann Tait, Madeleine T. King

Quality of life following adult veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review

• Open Access
• Review

E. R. Kurniawati, V. G. H. Rutjens, N. P. A. Vranken, T. S. R. Delnoij, R. Lorusso, I. C. C. van der Horst, J. G. Maessen, P. W. Weerwind

A cross-sectional study on the determinants of health-related quality of life in the Philippines using the EQ-5D-5L

Kent Jason G. Cheng, Adovich S. Rivera, Red Thaddeus D. P. Miguel, Hilton Y. Lam

Association among multimorbidity, physical disability and depression trajectories: a study of urban–rural differences in China

• Open Access

Chaoyang Yan, Hui Liao, Ying Ma, Qin Xiang, Jing Wang

One slope does not fit all: longitudinal trajectories of quality of life in older adulthood

Ágnes Szabó, Martin Hyde, Andy Towers

Mental well-being of the general population: direct and indirect effects of socioeconomic, relational and health factors

• Open Access

Natalia Soldevila-Domenech, Carlos G. Forero, Itxaso Alayo, Jordina Capella, Joan Colom, Davide Malmusi, Anna Mompart, Philippe Mortier, Beatriz Puértolas, Néstor Sánchez, Anna Schiaffino, Gemma Vilagut, Jordi Alonso

Focus on disability-free life expectancy: implications for health-related quality of life

• Commentary

Ashley E. Galvin, Daniela B. Friedman, James R. Hébert

COSMIN reporting guideline for studies on measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures

Joel J. Gagnier, Jianyu Lai, Lidwine B. Mokkink, Caroline B. Terwee

Factors predicting missing instruments in three cancer randomized clinical trials

Michael J. Palmer, Harriet Richardson, Dongsheng Tu, Michael Brundage

Health-promoting behaviors mediate the relationship between eHealth literacy and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study

• Open Access

Shaojie Li, Guanghui Cui, Yongtian Yin, Shiyuan Wang, Xinyao Liu, Lei Chen

Association of frailty with quality of life in older hypertensive adults: a cross-sectional study

Pan Liu, Yaxin Zhang, Yun Li, Shijie Li, Ying Li, Yumeng Chen, Ou Zhao, Yu Song, Bixi Li, Tong Ji, Yiming Pan, Lina Ma

Health-related physical indicators and self-rated quality of life in older adults with neurocognitive disorder

Flávia Borges-Machado, Duarte Barros, Laetitia Teixeira, Óscar Ribeiro, Joana Carvalho

Lower body extremity function is associated with health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional analysis of overweight and obese older adults with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus

Emily Ross, Hattie Wright, Anthony Villani

Adolescence and short stature: factors in adjustment to the diagnosis

Sara Casaña-Granell, Laura Lacomba-Trejo, Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla, Marián Pérez-Marín

Health-related quality of life in refugee youth and the mediating role of mental distress and post-migration stressors

• Open Access

Cecilie Dangmann, Øivind Solberg, Per Normann Andersen

Gender differences in factors associated with low quality of life and depression in Korean patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Bora Nam, Bon San Koo, Seoung Wan Nam, Ji-Hui Shin, Yoonah Song, Soo-Kyung Cho, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Tae-Hwan Kim

Prevalence and 11-year incidence of common eye diseases and their relation to health-related quality of life, mental health, and visual impairment

• Open Access

Petri K. M. Purola, Janika E. Nättinen, Matti U. I. Ojamo, Seppo V. P. Koskinen, Harri A. Rissanen, Päivi R. J. Sainio, Hannu M. T. Uusitalo

The patient journey to diagnosis and treatment of congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency

• Open Access

Heather Smith, Beverly Romero, Emuella Flood, Anne Boney

Cross-specialty PROMIS-global health differential item functioning

James J. Gregory, Paul M. Werth, Clifford A. Reilly, David S. Jevsevar

Development and validation of a short version of the Sarcopenia Quality of Life questionnaire: the SF-SarQoL

• Open Access

A. Geerinck, C. Beaudart, J.-Y. Reginster, M. Locquet, C. Monseur, S. Gillain, O. Bruyère

Psychometric evaluation of a patient-reported item bank for healthcare engagement

Benjamin D. Schalet, Steven P. Reise, Donna M. Zulman, Eleanor T. Lewis, Rachel Kimerling

A Rasch model analysis of two interpretations of ‘not relevant’ responses on the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)

• Open Access

Fanni Rencz, Ariel Z. Mitev, Ákos Szabó, Zsuzsanna Beretzky, Adrienn K. Poór, Péter Holló, Norbert Wikonkál, Miklós Sárdy, Sarolta Kárpáti, Andrea Szegedi, Éva Remenyik, Valentin Brodszky

Validity and reliability of the French version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ brain tumor module

Maxime Caru, Sébastien Perreault, Ariane Levesque, Serge Sultan, Leandra Desjardins, Émélie Rondeau, Lucia Romo, Daniel Curnier, Laurence Kern

Psychometric properties of two abbreviated Connor–Davidson Resilience scales in Chinese infertile couples

Xuekun Zhang, Yuanyuan Mo, Chunxia Yan, Yang Li, Huiling Li

Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the 36-item WHODAS 2.0 in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis

• Open Access

Agnieszka Bejer, Agnieszka Ćwirlej-Sozańska, Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Anna Wilmowska-Pietruszyńska, Renata Spalek, Alessandro de Sire, Bernard Sozański