Quality of Life Research

The feasibility of applying item response theory to measures of migraine impact: A re-analysis of three clinical studies

Jakob B. Bjorner, Mark Kosinski, John E. Ware Jr

The responsiveness of headache impact scales scored using 'classical' and 'modern' psychometric methods: A re-analysis of three clinical trials

M. Kosinski, J.B. Bjorner, J.E. Ware Jr, A. Batenhorst, R.K. Cady

Calibration of an item pool for assessing the burden of headaches: An application of item response theory to the Headache Impact Test (HIT™)

Jakob B. Bjorner, Mark Kosinski, John E. Ware Jr

Applications of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) to the assessment of headache impact

John E. Ware Jr, Mark Kosinski, Jakob B. Bjorner, Martha S. Bayliss, Alice Batenhorst, Carl G.H. Dahlöf, Stewart Tepper, Andrew Dowson

A study of the feasibility of Internet administration of a computerized health survey: The headache impact test (HIT™)

M.S. Bayliss, J.E. Dewey, I. Dunlap, A.S. Batenhorst, R. Cady, M.L. Diamond, F. Sheftell

A six-item short-form survey for measuring headache impact: The HIT-6™

M. Kosinski, M.S. Bayliss, J.B. Bjorner, J.E. Ware Jr., W.H. Garber, A. Batenhorst, R. Cady, C.G.H. Dahlöf, A. Dowson, S. Tepper

Translating the Short-Form Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) in 27 countries: Methodological and conceptual issues

B. Gandek, J. Alacoque, V. Uzun, M. Andrew-Hobbs, K. Davis

Using item response theory to calibrate the Headache Impact Test (HIT™) to the metric of traditional headache scales

Jakob B. Bjorner, Mark Kosinski, John E. Ware Jr

Usefulness of the SF-8™ Health Survey for comparing the impact of migraine and other conditions

Diane M. Turner-Bowker, Martha S. Bayliss, John E. Ware Jr., Mark Kosinski

Evaluation of quality of life in a clinical trial with nonrandom dropout: The effect of epoetin alfa in anemic cancer patients

D.L. Fairclough, D.D. Gagnon, M.J. Zagari, N. Marschner, M. Dicato

Do differences in methods for constructing SF-36 physical and mental health summary measures change their associations with chronic medical conditions and utilization?

William E. Cunningham, Terry T. Nakazono, Kai Li Tsai, Ron D. Hays

Quality of life of HIV-infected patients: Psychometric properties and validation of the German version of the MQOL-HIV

G. Kemmler, B. Schmied, A. Shetty-Lee, R. Zangerle, H. Hinterhuber, G. Schüssler, B. Mumelter

Reliability and validity of the SF-36 in HIV-infected homeless and marginally housed individuals

E.D. Riley, D.R. Bangsberg, S. Perry, R.A. Clark, A.R. Moss, A.W. Wu

Areas of decrement in health-related quality of life (HRQL): Comparing the SF-12, EQ-5D, and HUI 3

Erica I. Lubetkin, Marthe R. Gold

Responsiveness of the EuroQol (EQ 5-D) and the SF-36 in elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures

J. Tidermark, G. Bergström, O. Svensson, H. Törnkvist, S. Ponzer

The effect of different methods of collecting data: Mail, telephone and filter data collection issues in utility measurement

Graeme Hawthorne

Quality of life of patients with type I diabetes mellitus

H.E. Hart, H.J.G. Bilo, W.K. Redekop, R.P. Stolk, J.H. Assink, B. Meyboom-de Jong

Life satisfaction in patients with chest pain subsequently diagnosed as coronary heart disease – connection through depressive symptoms?

M. Valkamo, H.-T. Koivumaa-Honkanen, J. Hintikka, L. Niskanen, K. Honkalampi, H. Viinamäki

Quality of life terminology included in package inserts for US approved medications

Sonali N. Shah, Anne-Marie Sesti, Kati Copley-Merriman, Marci Plante

The Caregiver Quality of Life Cystic Fibrosis (CQOLCF) Scale: Modification and validation of an instrument to measure quality of life in cystic fibrosis family caregivers

Whitney Boling, David M. Macrina, John P. Clancy

Internal consistency and validity of the Stroke Impact Scale 2.0 (SIS 2.0) and SIS-16 in an Australian sample

Ben Edwards, Bev O'Connell

Validity and reliability of the Italian translation of the MOS-HIV health survey in persons with AIDS

Patrizia Schifano, Piero Borgia, Albert W. Wu, Teresa Spadea, Giuseppe Milanese, Carlo A. Perucci

Measuring Disease: A Review of Disease-specific Quality of Life Measurement Scales (second edition)

Author Index

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Volume Contents, Volume 12, 2003

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