Quality of Life Research

How much do doctors use quality of life information in primary care? Testing the Trans-Theoretical Model of behaviour change

Suzanne M. Skevington, Rachel Day, Alison Chisholm, Paul Trueman

Assessing a conceptual framework of health-related quality of life in a HIV/AIDS population

Damon J. Vidrine, Benjamin C. Amick III, Ellen R. Gritz, Roberto C. Arduino

Nature and correlates of SF-12 physical and mental quality of life components among low-income HIV adults using an HIV service center

Hema Viswanathan, Rodney Anderson, Joseph Thomas III

Abuse, HIV status and health-related quality of life among a sample of HIV positive and HIV negative low income women

Karen A. McDonnell, Andrea C. Gielen, Patricia O’Campo, Jessica G. Burke

Sleep quality and health-related quality of life in HIV-infected African-American women of childbearing age

Kenneth D. Phillips, Richard L. Sowell, Mary Boyd, Wesley D. Dudgeon, Gregory A. Hand, The Mind–Body Research Group

Comparison of preference-based utilities of the 15D, EQ-5D and SF-6D in patients with HIV/AIDS

Knut Stavem, Stig S. Frøland, Kjell B. Hellum

The relationship between lipodystrophy-associated body changes and measures of quality of life and mental health for HIV-positive adults

Robert Burgoyne, Evan Collins, Cheryl Wagner, Susan Abbey, Mark Halman, Margaret Nur, Sharon Walmsley

Improvements in health-related quality of life following a group intervention for coping with AIDS-bereavement among HIV-infected men and women

Kathleen J. Sikkema, Nathan B. Hansen, Christina S. Meade, Arlene Kochman, Rachel S. Lee

Assessing Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors (QLACS)

Nancy E. Avis, Kevin W. Smith, Sarah McGraw, Roselyn G. Smith, Vida M. Petronis, Charles S. Carver

Proxy ratings of health related quality of life in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Jennifer L. Steel, David A. Geller, Brian I. Carr

Validation of the care notebook for measuring physical, mental and life well-being of patients with cancer

Kunihiko Kobayashi, Joseph Green, Mari Shimonagayoshi, Noriaki Kanemoto, Ryo Kasai, Yoichi Itoh, Yuki Fujiki, Yasuo Ohashi, Carolyn Gotay, Shoji Kudoh

Proxy assessment of quality of life in pediatric clinical trials: Application of the Health Utilities Index 3

Cheryl L. Cox, Shelly Lensing, Shesh N. Rai, Pam Hinds, Elizabeth Burghen, Ching-Hon Pui

Quality of Life Profile – Adolescent Version: Assessing the relationship of covariates to scale scores using structural equation modeling

Lynn B. Meuleners, Andy H. Lee

Development and pilot-testing of a health-related quality of life chronic generic module for children and adolescents with chronic health conditions: A European perspective

Corinna Petersen, Silke Schmidt, Mick Power, Monika Bullinger

Health-related quality of life of mothers of children with leukemia in Japan

Shin Yamazaki, Shigeru Sokejima, Tetsuya Mizoue, Akira Eboshida, Shunichi Fukuhara

Health state preference scores of children with spina bifida and their caregivers

John M. Tilford, Scott D. Grosse, James M. Robbins, Jeffrey M. Pyne, Mario A. Cleves, Charlotte A. Hobbs

EQ-5D in a general population survey – A description of the most commonly reported EQ-5D health states using the SF-36

A. Nordlund, K. Ekberg, M. Kristenson, Linquest Group

On loss of activity and independence, adaptation improves life satisfaction in old age – a qualitative study of patients’ perceptions

Anna Cristina Åberg, Birgitta Sidenvall, Mike Hepworth, Karen O’Reilly, Hans Lithell

Is a family equal to the sum of its parts? Estimating family-level well-being for cost-effectiveness analysis

Amy E. Bonomi, Denise M. Boudreau, Paul A. Fishman, Richard T. Meenan, Dennis A. Revicki

Is a family equal to the sum of its parts: A comment

• Commentary

Ann M. Holmes

Family-level cost-effectiveness analysis: Response to Holmes’ commentary

• Response

Amy E. Bonomi, Paul A. Fishman, Denise M. Boudreau, Richard T. Meenan, Dennis Revicki

The impact of non-traumatic hip and knee disorders on health-related quality of life as measured with the SF-36 or SF-12. A systematic review

Johanna M. van der Waal, Caroline B. Terwee, Daniëlle A. W. M. van der Windt, Lex M. Bouter, Joost Dekker

A model of subjective quality of life for outpatients with schizophrenia and other psychoses

Mona Eklund, Martin Bäckström

Health-related quality of life and health utility for the institutional elderly in Taiwan

Kuan-Lang Lai, Rong-Jye Tzeng, Bing-Long Wang, Hong-Shen Lee, Roger L. Amidon, Senyeong Kao

The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30): Validation of English version in Singapore

• Brief communication

N. Luo, C. S. L. Fones, S. E. Lim, F. Xie, J. Thumboo, S. C. Li

Brief communication: The Chinese medical interview satisfaction scale-revised (C-MISS-R): Development and validation

• Brief communication

W. W. T. Lam, R. Fielding, Louis Chow, Miranda Chan, Gabriel M. Leung, Ella Y. Y. Ho

Validation of the English version of the KINDL® generic children’s health-related quality of life instrument for an Asian population – results from a pilot test

• Brief communication

H. L. Wee, W. W. R. Lee, U. Ravens-Sieberer, M. Erhart, S. C. Li

Introduction to Nonparametric Item Response Theory

• Book review

Morten Aa. Petersen