Quality of Life Research

Health-related quality of life associated with chronic conditions in eight countries: Results from the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project

Jordi Alonso, Montserrat Ferrer, Barbara Gandek, John E. Ware Jr., Neil K. Aaronson, Paola Mosconi, Niels K. Rasmussen, Monika Bullinger, Shunichi Fukuhara, Stein Kaasa, Alain Leplège

The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: Psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A Report from the WHOQOL Group

S.M. Skevington, M. Lotfy, K.A. O'Connell

Is a single-item visual analogue scale as valid, reliable and responsive as multi-item scales in measuring quality of life?

A.G.E.M. de Boer, J.J.B. van Lanschot, P.F.M. Stalmeier, J.W. van Sandick, J.B.F. Hulscher, J.C.J.M. de Haes, M.A.G. Sprangers

Social support and health-related quality of life in hip and knee osteoarthritis

O. Ethgen, P. Vanparijs, S. Delhalle, S. Rosant, O. Bruyère, J.-Y. Reginster

A comparison of Rasch with Likert scoring to discriminate between patients' evaluations of total hip replacement surgery

R. Fitzpatrick, J.M. Norquist, C. Jenkinson, B.C. Reeves, R.W. Morris, D.W. Murray, P.J. Gregg

Is the Health Utilities Index valid in total hip arthroplasty patients?

Chris Blanchard, David Feeny, Jeffrey L. Mahon, Robert Bourne, Cecil Rorabeck, Larry Stitt, Susan Webster-Bogaert

Development and initial validation of a new preference-based disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for erectile function

G.W. Torrance, M.A. Keresteci, R.W. Casey, A.J. Rosner, N. Ryan, M.C. Breton

The ED-EQoL: The development of a new quality of life measure for patients with erectile dysfunction

R.P. MacDonagh, T. Porter, D. Pontin, P. Ewings

Testing subject comprehension of utility questionnaires

Deborah G. Dobrez, Elizabeth A. Calhoun

Estimation and comparison of derived preference scores from the SF-36 in lung transplant patients

Francis S. Lobo, Cynthia R. Gross, Barbara J. Matthees

Well-being and menopause: An investigation of purpose in life, self-acceptance and social role in premenopausal, perimenopausal and postmenopausal women

Amanda A. Deeks, Marita P. McCabe

Change in quality of life in the year following cardiac rehabilitation

J. Müller-Nordhorn, M. Kulig, S. Binting, H. Völler, H. Gohlke, K. Linde, S.N. Willich

Determinants of the quality of life (QoL) in patients with an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD)

F. Godemann, C. Butter, F. Lampe, M. Linden, S. Werner, S. Behrens

A qualitative validation of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire

Tony Hak, Dick Willems, Gerrit van der Wal, Frans Visser

Assessment of post-stroke quality of life in cost-effectiveness studies: The usefulness of the Barthel Index and the EuroQoL-5D

N.J.A. van Exel, W.J.M. Scholte op Reimer, M.A. Koopmanschap

Construct validity of the RAND-12 and Health Utilities Index Mark 2 and 3 in type 2 diabetes

Sheri L. Maddigan, David H. Feeny, Jeffrey A. Johnson

Performance of the RAND-12 and SF-12 summary scores in type 2 diabetes

Jeffrey A. Johnson, Sheri L. Maddigan

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with cancer and other concurrent illnesses

Barbara A. Elliott, Colleen M. Renier, Irina V. Haller, Thomas E. Elliott

Development and validation of an instrument to measure the effects of a mistletoe preparation on quality of life of cancer patients: The Life Quality Lectin-53 (LQL-53) Questionnaire

Inge Kirchberger, Dieter Wetzel, Thomas Finger

Radiation related morbidities and their impact on quality of life in head and neck cancer patients receiving radical radiotherapy

M. Bansal, B.K. Mohanti, N. Shah, R. Chaudhry, S. Bahadur, N.K. Shukla

Measuring quality of life in children referred for psychiatric problems: Psychometric properties of the PedsQLTM 4.0 generic core scales

D. Bastiaansen, H.M. Koot, I.L. Bongers, J.W. Varni, F.C. Verhulst

Preliminary evidence for the basis of self-concept in Chinese people with mental illness

Sing-Fai Tam, Hector W.H. Tsang, I. P. Yee-Chiu, Cap S.C. Chan

The role of coping resources and coping style in quality of life of patients with asthma or COPD

A.E. Hesselink, B.W.J.H. Penninx, M.A.G. Schlösser, H.A.H. Wijnhoven, D.A.W.M. van der Windt, D.M.W. Kriegsman, J.Th.M. van Eijk

Association of health-related quality of life with health examination including organic functions and lifestyles in Japanese employees

Tomoaki Kimura, Yoichi Ogushi, Masahiro Takahashi, Yukari Munakata, Satomi Ishii

Quality of life in the Danish general population – normative data and validity of WHOQOL-BREF using Rasch and item response theory models

V. Noerholm, M. Groenvold, T. Watt, J.B. Bjorner, N.-A. Rasmussen, P. Bech

Reliability and validity of the Norwegian version of the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire

Knut Stavem, Frank N. Kjelsberg, Espen A. Ruud

Validation of the English version of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire in a multi-ethnic Asian population

Wan C. Tan, Justina W.L. Tan, Eric W.L. Wee, Matthew Niti, Tze P. Ng

Factors influencing health-related quality of life of Asians with anxiety disorders in Singapore

Nan Luo, Calvin Soon-Leng Fones, Julian Thumboo, Shu-Chuen Li

Measuring and Monitoring Children's Well-Being