Quality of Life Research

Quality of life of individuals born preterm: a systematic review of assessment approaches

• Review

Martina Estevam Brom Vieira, Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares

Evaluation of measurement properties of self-administered PROMs aimed at patients with non-specific shoulder pain and “activity limitations”: a systematic review

• Open Access
• Review

M. Thoomes-de Graaf, G. G. M. Scholten-Peeters, J. M. Schellingerhout, A. M. Bourne, R. Buchbinder, M. Koehorst, C. B. Terwee, A. P. Verhagen

The health-related quality of life of Indigenous populations: a global systematic review

• Review

Blake Angell, Janani Muhunthan, Anne-Marie Eades, Joan Cunningham, Gail Garvey, Alan Cass, Kirsten Howard, Julie Ratcliffe, Sandra Eades, Stephen Jan

Influenced from the start: anchoring bias in time trade-off valuations

• Open Access

Liv Ariane Augestad, Knut Stavem, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, Carl Haakon Samuelsen, Kim Rand-Hendriksen

Considerations for conducting qualitative research with pediatric patients for the purpose of PRO development

Zabin S. Patel, Sally E. Jensen, Jin-Shei Lai

Refining a Web-based goal assessment interview: item reduction based on reliability and predictive validity

Carolyn E. Schwartz, Jei Li, Bruce D. Rapkin

Quantifying clinical change: discrepancies between patients’ and providers’ perspectives

Rachel P. Dreyer, Philip G. Jones, Shelby Kutty, John A. Spertus

Assessment of the psychometrics of a PROMIS item bank: self-efficacy for managing daily activities

Ickpyo Hong, Craig A. Velozo, Chih-Ying Li, Sergio Romero, Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, Lisa M. Shulman

A single question about a respondent’s perceived financial ability to pay monthly bills explains more variance in health utility scores than absolute income and assets questions

• Brief Communication

Janel Hanmer, Dasha Cherepanov

Clinical significance of physical symptom severity in standardized assessments of patient reported outcomes

• Brief Communication

Keiki Hinami, Ahmad Alkhalil, Sonam Chouksey, Jacquelin Chua, William E. Trick

The use and impact of quality of life assessment tools in clinical care settings for cancer patients, with a particular emphasis on brain cancer: insights from a systematic review and stakeholder consultations

• Open Access

Sarah King, Josephine Exley, Sarah Parks, Sarah Ball, Teresa Bienkowska-Gibbs, Calum MacLure, Emma Harte, Katherine Stewart, Jody Larkin, Andrew Bottomley, Sonja Marjanovic

Patient-centered outcomes on quality of life and anthroposophic healthcare: a qualitative triangulation study

Evi B. Koster, Erik W. Baars, Diana M. J. Delnoij

Quality of life in older individuals with joint contractures in geriatric care settings

Marco Heise, Martin Müller, Uli Fischer, Eva Grill

Trajectories of quality of life in patients with traumatic limb injury: a 2-year follow-up study

Gong-Hong Lin, Yi-Jing Huang, Chien-Yu Huang, Wen-Shian Lu, Sheng-Shiung Chen, Wen-Hsuan Hou, Ching-Lin Hsieh

Change in quality of life and one-year mortality risk in maintenance dialysis patients

Scott Liebman, Nien-Chen Li, Eduardo Lacson

Anxiety and depression analyses of patients undergoing diagnostic cystoscopy

Stephan Seklehner, Paul Friedrich Engelhardt, Mesut Remzi, Harun Fajkovic, Zana Saratlija-Novakovic, Matthias Skopek, Irene Resch, Mario Duvnjak, Stephan Hruby, Clemens Wehrberger, Davor Librenjak, Wilhelm Hübner, Eckart Breinl, Claus Riedl

Perceived quality of life, 6 months after detoxification: Is abstinence a modifying factor?

• Open Access

John-Kåre Vederhus, Bente Birkeland, Thomas Clausen

Xerostomia health-related quality of life: NRG oncology RTOG 0537

Gwen Wyatt, Stephanie L. Pugh, Raimond K. W. Wong, Stephen Sagar, Anurag K. Singh, Shlomo A. Koyfman, Phuc F. Nguyen-Tân, Sue S. Yom, Francis S. Cardinale, Khalil Sultanem, Ian Hodson, Greg A. Krempl, Barbara Lukaszczyk, Alexander M. Yeh, Lawrence Berk

Is self-rated health an independent prognostic factor of six-week mortality in older patients hospitalized for an acute condition?

• Brief Communication

Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Moustapha Dramé, Tatiana Basileu, Jean-Luc Fanon, Lidvine Godaert

Long-term health-related quality of life in eating disorders

• Brief Communication

Veera Pohjolainen, Salla Koponen, Pirjo Räsänen, Risto P. Roine, Harri Sintonen, Hasse Karlsson

Validation of the psychometrics properties of a French quality of life questionnaire among a cohort of renal transplant recipients less than one year

Davy Beauger, Dorothée Fruit, Claire Villeneuve, Marie-Laure Laroche, Elisabeth Jouve, Annick Rousseau, Laurent Boyer, Stéphanie Gentile

Phase 1 in the development of a patient-reported measure to quantify perceived inconvenience of radiotherapy: generation of issues

• Brief Communication

P. Sundaresan, C. G. Milross, M. R. Stockler, D. S. J. Costa, M. T. King

The European Portuguese WHOQOL-OLD module and the new facet Family/Family life: reliability and validity studies

• Brief Communication

Manuela Vilar, Liliana B. Sousa, Mário R. Simões

Validity and reliability of the 19-item Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life (ADDQoL-19) questionnaire in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care

• Brief Communication

Colman S. C. Fung, Eric Y. F. Wan, Charlotte L. Y. Yu, Carlos K. H. Wong

The internal and external responsiveness of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) and Short Form-12 Health Survey version 2 (SF-12 v2) in patients with prostate cancer

Edmond P. H. Choi, Carlos K. H. Wong, Eric Y. F. Wan, James H. L. Tsu, W. Y. Chin, Kenny Kung, M. K. Yiu

Erratum to: The internal and external responsiveness of Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) and Short Form-12 Health Survey version 2 (SF-12 v2) in patients with prostate cancer

• Erratum

Edmond P. H. Choi, Carlos K. H. Wong, Eric Y. F. Wan, James H. L. Tsu, W. Y. Chin, Kenny Kung, M. K. Yiu

Erratum to: Advantages and psychometric validation of proximal intensive assessments of patient-reported outcomes collected in daily life

• Erratum

Eve B. Carlson, Nigel P. Field, Josef I. Ruzek, Richard A. Bryant, Constance J. Dalenberg, Terence M. Keane, David A. Spain

Erratum to: Using a discrete choice experiment to value the QLU-C10D: feasibility and sensitivity to presentation format

• Erratum

R. Norman, R. Viney, N. K. Aaronson, J. E. Brazier, D. Cella, D. S. J. Costa, P. M. Fayers, G. Kemmler, S. Peacock, A. S. Pickard, D. Rowen, D. J. Street, G. Velikova, T. A. Young, M. T. King