Quality of Life Research

Are factor analytical techniques used appropriately in the validation of health status questionnaires? A systematic review on the quality of factor analysis of the SF-36

Henrica C. W. de Vet, Herman J. Adèr, Caroline B. Terwee, François Pouwer

Validation of a Specific Questionnaire on Psychological and Social Repercussions of the Lipodystrophy Syndrome in HIV-infected Patients

Commentary

William P. Fisher Jr

Predictors of Quality of Life in HIV-infected Rural Women: Psychometric Test of the Chronic Illness Quality of Life Ladder

Response

Henrica de Vet, Herman J. Adér, Caroline B. Terwee, François Pouwer

Content comparison of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instruments based on the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF)

Alarcos Cieza, Gerold Stucki

Comparison of health-related quality of life questionnaires in ambulatory oncology

Mary E. Cooley, Ruth McCorkle, George J. Knafl, Joan Rimar, Margaret J. Barbieri, Marianne Davies, John Murren

Comparing SF-36 scores across three groups of women with different health profiles

Kathleen J. Yost, Mary N. Haan, Richard A. Levine, Ellen B. Gold

Meaning of Health-related Quality of Life among Children and Adolescents in an Asian Country: A Focus Group Approach

Performance of the SF-36 Health Survey in screening for depressive and anxiety disorders in an elderly female Swedish population

E. Silveira, C. Taft, V. Sundh, M. Waern, S. Palsson, B. Steen

The Greek Version of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31)

The effects of antipsychotic treatment on quality of life of schizophrenic patients under naturalistic treatment conditions: An application of random effect regression models and propensity scores in an observational prospective trial

Reinhold Kilian, Matthias C. Angermeyer

Assessment of quality of life in later life: Development and validation of the QuiLL

Sherrill Evans, Claire Gately, Peter Huxley, Alyson Smith, Sube Banerjee

Health-related quality of life of patients with HIV: Impact of sociodemographic, clinical and psychosocial factors

I. Ruiz Perez, J. Rodriguez Baño, M. A. Lopez Ruz, A. del Arco Jimenez, M. Causse Prados, J. Pasquau Liaño, P. Martin Rico, J. de la Torre Lima, J. L. Prada Pardal, M. Lopez Gomez, N. Muñoz, D. Morales, M. Marcos

Health-related quality of life deficits associated with diabetes and comorbidities in a Canadian National Population Health Survey

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

Rhinitis Symptom Utility Index (RSUI) in Chinese Subjects: A Multiattribute Patient-preference Approach

Comparison of EQ-5D, HUI, and SF-36-derived societal health state values among Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) participants

Christine M. McDonough, Margaret R. Grove, Tor D. Tosteson, Jon D. Lurie, Alan S. Hilibrand, Anna N. A. Tosteson

Are indirect utility measures reliable and responsive in rheumatoid arthritis patients?

Carlo A. Marra, Amir A. Rashidi, Daphne Guh, Jacek A. Kopec, Michal Abrahamowicz, John M. Esdaile, John E. Brazier, Paul R. Fortin, Aslam H. Anis

Validity and Responsiveness of Generic Preference-based HRQOL Instruments in Chronic Epilepsy

Quality of life of children with language delays

Heleen M. E. van. Agt, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Heleen A. van der. Stege, J. G. de. Ridder-Sluiter, Harry J. de. Koning

The Situational Fatigue Scale: A different approach to measuring fatigue

Chien-Ming Yang, Chih-Hsing Wu

A Survey of Quality of Life and Depression for Police Officers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

An assessment of the feasibility and utility of the MS Symptom and Impact Diary (MSSID)

Joanne Greenhalgh

Measuring Psychological Consequences of Screening: Adaptation of the Psychological Consequences Questionnaire into Dutch

Development and validation of a new health-related quality of life instrument for patients with sinusitis

Steven J. Atlas, Patricia M. Gallagher, Yen A. Wu, Daniel E. Singer, Richard E. Gliklich, Ralph B. Metson, Floyd J. Fowler Jr

Development and psychometric validation of a new patient satisfaction instrument: The osteoARthritis Treatment Satisfaction (ARTS) questionnaire

J. Pouchot, E. Trudeau, S. C. Hellot, G. Meric, A. Waeckel, J. Goguel

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Korean version of the EQ-5D in patients with rheumatic diseases

Myoung-Hee Kim, Young-Shin Cho, Wan-Sik Uhm, Sehyun Kim, Sang-Cheol Bae

Translation and cultural adaptation of Health Utilities Index (HUI) Mark 2 (HUI2) and Mark 3 (HUI3) with application to survivors of childhood cancer in Brazil

• Brief communication

Sandra Shimoda, Beatriz de Shimoda Camargo, John Horsman, William Furlong, Luiz Fernando Lopes, Adriana Seber, Ronald D. Barr

Development and validation of the interview version of the Hong Kong Chinese WHOQOL-BREF

• Brief communication

K. F. Leung, W. W. Wong, M. S. M. Tay, M. M. L. Chu, S. S. W. Ng

Validation of the Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire (Chinese version)

• Brief communication

Diana T. F. Lee, Doris S. F. Yu, Jean Woo

Reliability and validity of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy General (FACT-G) in French cancer patients

• Brief communication

Nathalie Costet, Valérie Lapierre, Ellen Benhamou, Catherine Le Galès

Validating and norming of the Greek SF-36 Health Survey

• Brief Communication

Evelina Pappa, Nick Kontodimopoulos, Dimitris Niakas

The Psychology of Quality of Life

• Book review

William R. Lenderking