Quality of Life Research

The impact of measuring patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice: a systematic review of the literature

J. M. Valderas, A. Kotzeva, M. Espallargues, G. Guyatt, C. E. Ferrans, M. Y. Halyard, D. A. Revicki, T. Symonds, A. Parada, J. Alonso

Effectiveness of health-related quality-of-life measurement in clinical practice: a prospective, randomized controlled trial in patients with chronic liver disease and their physicians

• Open Access

Jolie J. Gutteling, Anne-Sophie E. Darlington, Harry L. A. Janssen, Hugo J. Duivenvoorden, Jan J. V. Busschbach, Robert A. de Man

Self-reported health-related quality of life predicts survival for patients with advanced gastric cancer treated with first-line chemotherapy

Se Hoon Park, Moon Sook Cho, Young Saing Kim, Junshik Hong, Eunmi Nam, Jinny Park, Eun Kyung Cho, Dong Bok Shin, Jae Hoon Lee, Woon Kee Lee

Association of clinical experiences with patient-reported outcomes among breast cancer surgery patients: breast cancer quality care study

Dong Young Noh, Seok Jin Nam, Se Hyun Ahn, Byeong Woo Park, Eun Sook Lee, Myung Kyung Lee, Soo Hyun Kim, Yoo Min Kim, Sang Min Park, Young Ho Yun

Tooth loss, chewing ability and quality of life

David S. Brennan, A. John Spencer, Kaye F. Roberts-Thomson

Determinants of objective and subjective quality of life in first-time-admission schizophrenic patients in Poland: a longitudinal study

Krystyna Górna, Krystyna Jaracz, Filip Rybakowski, Janusz Rybakowski

Is parental rearing an associated factor of quality of life in adulthood?

Jacques J. Zimmermann, Martin R. Eisemann, Marcelo P. Fleck

Lifestyle at 3 years of age and quality of life (QOL) in first-year junior high school students in Japan: results of the Toyama Birth Cohort Study

Hongbing Wang, Michikazu Sekine, Xiaoli Chen, Takashi Yamagami, Sadanobu Kagamimori

Impact of cognitive and physical impairment on carer burden and quality of life

Leigh Tooth, Anne Russell, Jayne Lucke, Gerard Byrne, Christina Lee, Andrew Wilson, Annette Dobson

Nonparametric IRT analysis of Quality-of-Life Scales and its application to the World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale (WHOQOL-Bref)

• Open Access

Klaas Sijtsma, Wilco H. M. Emons, Samantha Bouwmeester, Ivan Nyklíček, Leo D. Roorda

Validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in anemic heart failure patients

• Open Access

John A. Spertus, Philip G. Jones, John Kim, Denise Globe

Measuring health-related quality of life in Greek children: psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales

• Brief Communication

Konstantina Gkoltsiou, Christine Dimitrakaki, Chara Tzavara, Vassiliki Papaevangelou, James W. Varni, Yannis Tountas

Validity and reliability of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory for 2- to 4-year-old and 5- to 7-year-old Turkish children

Ozden Sukran Uneri, Belma Agaoglu, Aysen Coskun, Nursu C. Memik

Validation of the Japanese version of EORTC QLQ-CR38

• Brief Communcation

A. Tsunoda, N. Yasuda, K. Nakao, N. Yokoyama, T. Marumori, H. Hashimoto, M. Kusano, K. West

An 18-item standardized Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire-AQLQ(S)

Eirini Grammatopoulou, Emmanouil Skordilis, Dimitra Koutsouki, George Baltopoulos

The feasibility and responsiveness of the health utilities index in patients with early-stage breast cancer: A prospective longitudinal study

Peter J. Lovrics, Sylvie D. Cornacchi, Francesco Barnabi, Tim Whelan, Charles H. Goldsmith

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) domains most valued by urban IsiXhosa-speaking people

Jennifer Jelsma, Siviwe Mkoka, Seyi Ladele Amosun