Quality of Life Research

Scientific imperatives, clinical implications, and theoretical underpinnings for the investigation of the relationship between genetic variables and patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes

• Open Access

Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Jeff A. Sloan, Andrea Barsevick, Cynthia Chauhan, Amylou C. Dueck, Hein Raat, Quiling Shi, Cornelis J. F. Van Noorden

Optimists doing something different: a patient’s view of geneQOL research

• Commentary

Cynthia Chauhan

Biological pathways and genetic variables involved in pain

Qiuling Shi, Charles S. Cleeland, Pål Klepstad, Christine Miaskowski, Nancy L. Pedersen

I’m so tired: biological and genetic mechanisms of cancer-related fatigue

Andrea Barsevick, Marlene Frost, Aeilko Zwinderman, Per Hall, Michele Halyard

Which patient will feel down, which will be happy? The need to study the genetic disposition of emotional states

• Open Access

Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Meike Bartels, Ruut Veenhoven, Frank Baas, Nicholas G. Martin, Miriam Mosing, Benjamin Movsas, Mary E. Ropka, Gen Shinozaki, Dick Swaab

The Generation R study: a candidate gene study and genome-wide association study (GWAS) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of mothers and young children

Hein Raat, Lenie van Rossem, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Jeanne M. Landgraf, David Feeny, Henriëtte A. Moll, Albert Hofman, Johan P. Mackenbach

Effects of integrated yoga on quality of life and interpersonal relationship of pregnant women

Abbas Rakhshani, Satyapriya Maharana, Nagarathna Raghuram, Hongasandra R. Nagendra, Padmalatha Venkatram

The relationship between chronic pain and health-related quality of life in long-term social assistance recipients in Norway

• Open Access

Borghild Løyland, Christine Miaskowski, Steven M. Paul, Espen Dahl, Tone Rustøen

Quality of life in relation to upper and lower respiratory conditions among retired 9/11-exposed firefighters with pulmonary disability

Amy Berninger, Mayris P. Webber, Jessica Weakley, Jackson Gustave, Rachel Zeig-Owens, Roy Lee, Fairouz Al-Othman, Hillel W. Cohen, Kerry Kelly, David J. Prezant

Daily activities mediate the relationship between personality and quality of life in middle-aged women

Mona Eklund, Martin Bäckström, Lauren Lissner, Cecilia Björkelund, Ulla Sonn

Reliability, construct and criterion validity of the KIDSCREEN-10 score: a short measure for children and adolescents’ well-being and health-related quality of life

• Open Access

Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Michael Erhart, Luis Rajmil, Michael Herdman, Pascal Auquier, Jeanet Bruil, Mick Power, Wolfgang Duer, Thomas Abel, Ladislav Czemy, Joanna Mazur, Agnes Czimbalmos, Yannis Tountas, Curt Hagquist, Jean Kilroe

Reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales in adolescents

Parisa Amiri, Emad M. Ardekani, Sara Jalali-Farahani, Farhad Hosseinpanah, James W. Varni, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, Ali Montazeri, Fereidoun Azizi

Health-related Quality of Life of Thai children with HIV infection: a comparison of the Thai Quality of Life in Children (ThQLC) with the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ version 4.0 (PedsQL™ 4.0) Generic Core Scales

• Open Access

Warunee Punpanich, Vitharon Boon-yasidhi, Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, Wasana Prasitsuebsai, Umaporn Chantbuddhiwet, Pimsiri Leowsrisook, Ron D. Hays, Roger Detels

Predicting moderate improvement and decline in pediatric asthma quality of life over 24 months

Robert D. Annett, Bruce G. Bender, Betty Skipper, Celeste Allen

Valuing health in a racially and ethnically diverse community sample: an analysis using the valuation metrics of money and time

Norah E. Mulvaney-Day, Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, Chih-nan Chen, Mara Laderman, Margarita Alegría

New model to explain the EQ-5D VAS in patients who have undergone spinal fusion

Jorge Cortés, Juan F. Blanco, David Pescador, Nuria Asensio, Claudio Castro, Juan Moncada Herrera