Quality of Life Research

Importance of patient-centered care in enhancing patient well-being: a cancer survivor’s perspective

Neeraj K. Arora

Impact of family income and sickle cell disease on the health-related quality of life of children

• Open Access

Julie A. Panepinto, Nicholas M. Pajewski, Lisa M. Foerster, Svapna Sabnis, Raymond G. Hoffmann

Quality of life and self-esteem of persons with paraplegia living in São Paulo, Brazil

Leila Blanes, Maria Isabel S. Carmagnani, Lydia M. Ferreira

Psychological insulin resistance: patient beliefs and implications for diabetes management

• Open Access

Meryl Brod, Jens Harald Kongsø, Suzanne Lessard, Torsten L. Christensen

Neuroticism and extraversion in association with quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease

Tatiana Dubayova, Iveta Nagyova, Eva Havlikova, Jaroslav Rosenberger, Zuzana Gdovinova, Berrie Middel, Jitse P. van Dijk, Johan W. Groothoff

Updated U.S. population standard for the Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey (VR-12)

Alfredo J. Selim, William Rogers, John A. Fleishman, Shirley X. Qian, Benjamin G. Fincke, James A. Rothendler, Lewis E. Kazis

Comparison between exploratory factor-analytic and SEM-based approaches to constructing SF-36 summary scores

Fotios Anagnostopoulos, Dimitris Niakas, Yannis Tountas

Additional psychometric information and vision-specific questionnaires are available for age-related macular degeneration

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

Ruth M. A. van Nispen, Michiel R. de Boer, Ger H. M. B. van Rens

Disease-specific health-related quality of life questionnaires for heart failure: a systematic review with meta-analyses

Olatz Garin, Montse Ferrer, Àngels Pont, Montserrat Rué, Anna Kotzeva, Ingela Wiklund, Eric Van Ganse, Jordi Alonso

Comparing SF-6D and EQ-5D utilities across groups differing in health status

Nick Kontodimopoulos, Evelina Pappa, Angelos A. Papadopoulos, Yannis Tountas, Dimitris Niakas

Using patient-reported outcomes in clinical practice: challenges and opportunities

Kathleen N. Lohr, Bradley J. Zebrack

A conceptual framework for patient–provider communication: a tool in the PRO research tool box

D. Feldman-Stewart, M. D. Brundage

The applications of PROs in clinical practice: what are they, do they work, and why?

Joanne Greenhalgh

Logistics of collecting patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical practice: an overview and practical examples

Matthias Rose, Andrea Bezjak