Quality of Life Research

Changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a population-based sample of children and adolescents after 3 years of follow-up

J. A. Palacio-Vieira, E. Villalonga-Olives, J. M. Valderas, M. Espallargues, M. Herdman, S. Berra, J. Alonso, L. Rajmil

Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on health-related quality of life in women in the Nurses’ Health Study

Linda Sarna, Stella A. Bialous, Mary E. Cooley, Hee-Jin Jun, Diane Feskanich

Health-related quality of life in unselected outpatients with heart failure across Spain in two different health care levels. Magnitude and determinants of impairment: The INCA study

Beatriz de Rivas, Gaietà Permanyer-Miralda, Carlos Brotons, Joaquín Aznar, Eduardo Sobreviela

Cognitive interviewing in the evaluation of fatigue items: Results from the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS)

Christopher Christodoulou, Doerte U. Junghaenel, Darren A. DeWalt, Nan Rothrock, Arthur A. Stone

Psychometric properties of the Personal and Social Performance scale (PSP) among individuals with schizophrenia living in the community

Ariane K. Kawata, Dennis A. Revicki

Comparative responsiveness and minimal change for the Oxford Elbow Score following surgery

Jill Dawson, Helen Doll, Irene Boller, Ray Fitzpatrick, Christopher Little, Jonathan Rees, Andrew Carr

The Turkish version of the National Eye Institute Refractive Error Quality of Life Instrument: translation, validity and reliability

• Brief Communication

Ebru Toker, Sumru Onal, Muhsin Eraslan, Merih Eyriparmak

Lower visual acuity predicts worse utility values among patients with type 2 diabetes

David H. Smith, Eric S. Johnson, Allen Russell, Brian Hazlehurst, Cecilia Muraki, Gregory A. Nichols, Allen Oglesby, Jonathan Betz-Brown

Health-related quality of life and utilities in primary-care patients with generalized anxiety disorder

Dennis A. Revicki, Nancy Brandenburg, Louis Matza, Mark C. Hornbrook, David Feeny

Using patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice: proceedings of an International Society of Quality of Life Research conference

• Introduction

Neil K. Aaronson, Claire Snyder

Prospects and challenges in using patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice

Constance H. Fung, Ron D. Hays

Patient-reported outcomes and the mandate of measurement

Gary Donaldson

Evaluating the effectiveness of using PROs in clinical practice: a role for cluster-randomised trials

Peter M. Fayers

Taking PROs and patient-centered care seriously: incremental and disruptive ideas for incorporating PROs in oncology practice

Molla Sloane Donaldson

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