Quality of Life Research

CDLQI, Scorad and Ness: Are they Correlated?

K.L.E. Hon, W.Y.C. Kam, M.C.A. Lam, T.F. Leung, P.C. Ng

Health-Related Quality of Life Among Japanese Women With Iron-Deficiency Anemia

Kiyoshi Ando, Satoshi Morita, Takahiro Higashi, Shunichi Fukuhara, Shigeki Watanabe, Jaeon Park, Masao Kikuchi, Koichi Kawano, Izumi Wasada, Tomomitsu Hotta

Associations of Functional Status and Depressive Symptoms with Health-related Quality of Life in Cancer Patients

• Original Paper

M. Pinquart, A. Koch, B. Eberhardt, C. Brix, U. Wedding, B. Röhrig

Health-related quality of life and mental health problems after a disaster: Are chronically ill survivors more vulnerable to health problems?

Bellis van den Berg, Peter G. van der Velden, C. Joris Yzermans, Rebecca K. Stellato, Linda Grievink

Girls growing through adolescence have a higher risk of poor health

Franco Cavallo, Alessio Zambon, Alberto Borraccino, Ulrike Raven-Sieberer, Torbjørn Torsheim, Patrizia Lemma

Health-related quality of life among disease-free stomach cancer survivors in Korea

Jae-Moon Bae, Sung Kim, Young-Woo Kim, Keun Won Ryu, Jun Ho Lee, Jae-Hyung Noh, Tae-Sung Sohn, Seong-Kweon Hong, Sang Min Park, Chang Hoon You, Jung Hee Kim, Myung Kyung Lee, Young Ho Yun

Quality of life in HIV subtype C infection among asymptomatic subjects and its association with CD4 counts and viral loads – a study from South India

Prabha S. Chandra, Charu Gandhi, P. Satishchandra, Anupa Kamat, Anita Desai, V. Ravi, Raymond L. Ownby, D. K. Subbakrishna, Mahendra Kumar

A Validation Study of the Dutch Version of the Quality of Life – Cancer Survivor (QOL-CS) Questionnaire in a Group of Prostate Cancer Survivors

Femke W. van Dis, Floortje Mols, Ad J.J.M. Vingerhoets, Betty Ferrell, Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse

Validation of the Chinese version of the diabetes impact measurement scales amongst people suffering from diabetes

Tsai-Chung Li, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chiu-Shong Liu, Chia-Ing Li, Yih-Dar Lee

The ORTHO BC-SAT – a satisfaction questionnaire for women using hormonal contraceptives

H.H. Colwell, S.D. Mathias, T.A. Cimms, M. Rothman, A.J. Friedman, D.L. Patrick

Psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the quality of life-Cancer Survivors Instrument

• Brief Communication

Maiko Fujimori, Makoto Kobayakawa, Naoki Nakaya, Kanji Nagai, Yutaka Nishiwaki, Masatoshi Inagaki, Yosuke Uchitomi

A comparison of traditional and Rasch cut points for assessing clinically important change in health-related quality of life among patients with asthma

Stacie M. Metz, Kathleen W. Wyrwich, Ajit N. Babu, Kurt Kroenke, William M. Tierney, Fredric D. Wolinsky

Testing the interval-level measurement property of multi-item visual analogue scales

Paul F.M. Krabbe, Peep F.M. Stalmeier, Leida M. Lamers, Jan J.V. Busschbach

Advancing Health Outcomes Research Methods and Clinical Applications

• Book Review

Carolyn Gotay