Quality of Life Research

Understanding VAS Valuations: Qualitative Data on the Cognitive Process

Sylvie M. C. van Osch, Anne M. Stiggelbout

Estimating Utility Values for Health States of Overweight and Obese Individuals Using the SF-36

Michael A. Kortt, Philip M. Clarke

Relationship Among Sociodemographic Factors, Clinical Conditions, and Health-related Quality of Life: Examining the EQ-5D in the U.S. General Population

Erica I. Lubetkin, Haomiao Jia, Peter Franks, Marthe R. Gold

Development of the WHOQOL-Old Module

Mick Power, Kathryn Quinn, Silke Schmidt

How to Measure Self-management Abilities in Older People by Self-report. The Development of the SMAS-30

Hanneke Schuurmans, Nardi Steverink, Nynke Frieswijk, Bram P. Buunk, Joris P. J. Slaets, Siegwart Lindenberg

Psychometric Properties of the DUKE Health Profile-adolescent Version (DHP-A): A Generic Instrument for Adolescents

Thi Xuan Hanh Vo, Francis Guillemin, Jean-Pierre Deschamps

The Quality of Life of Parents of Children with Atopic Dermatitis: Interpretation of PIQoL-AD Scores

D. M. Meads, S. P. McKenna, K. Kahler

Using the Patient Generated Index to Evaluate Response Shift Post-stroke

Sara Ahmed, Nancy E. Mayo, Sharon Wood-Dauphinee, James A. Hanley, S. Robin Cohen

A Rasch Analysis of a Self-perceived Change in Quality of Life Scale in Patients with Mild Stroke

Jau-Hong Lin, Wen-Chung Wang, Ching-Fan Sheu, Sing Kai Lo, I-Ping Hsueh, Ching-Lin Hsieh

Goal Disturbance in Relation to Anxiety, Depression, and Health-related Quality of Life After Myocardial Infarction

Sandra N. Boersma, Stan Maes, Katherine Joekes

Development of a Computer-adaptive Test for Depression (D-CAT)

Herbert Fliege, Janine Becker, Otto B. Walter, Jakob B. Bjorner, Burghard F. Klapp, Matthias Rose

Depression and Health-related Quality of Life for Low-income African-American Women in the U.S.

Lori B. Frank, Louis S. Matza, Dennis A. Revicki, Joyce Y. Chung

Mental Health Comorbidity Patterns and Impact on Quality of Life Among Veterans Serving During the First Gulf War

Valerie L. Forman-Hoffman, Caroline P. Carney, Tomoko R. Sampson, Paul M. Peloso, Robert F. Woolson, Donald W. Black, Bradley N. Doebbeling

Factors in Maintaining Long-term Improvements in Health-related Quality of Life after Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD

O. Nishiyama, H. Taniguchi, Y. Kondoh, T. Kimura, T. Ogawa, F. Watanabe, S. Arizono

Validity and Reliability of the Italian Version of the Quality of Life, Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire

• Brief Communication

A. Rossi, P. Rucci, M. Mauri, G. Maina, F. Pieraccini, S. Pallanti, J. Endicott

Validation of an Extended Version of the SEIQoL-DW in a Cohort of Hodgkin Lymphoma’ Survivors

• Brief communication

L. Wettergren, M. Björkholm, A. Langius-Eklöf

Evaluative and Discriminative Properties of the Portuguese MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire

• Brief communication

A. Leal, C. Paiva, S. Höfer, J. Amado, L. Gomes, N. Oldridge

Introductory Note

Structural Equation Models for Quality of Life Response Shifts: Promises and Pitfalls

Gary W. Donaldson

Towards a Formal Definition of Response Shift (In Reply to G.W. Donaldson)

Frans J. Oort

Response to Donaldson’s Commentary

Sarah Ahmed, Nancy E. Mayo

Author Index

Volume Contents, Volume 14, 2005