Quality of Life Research

Quality of life, characteristics and survival of patients with HIV and lymphoma

• Open Access

Catherine Diamond, Thomas H. Taylor, Hoda Anton-Culver

Perceived social support, hope, and quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS: a case study from Nepal

Sushil Yadav

The effect of body mass on health-related quality of life among Singaporean adolescents: results from the SCORM study

Truls Østbye, Rahul Malhotra, Hwee-Bee Wong, Say-Beng Tan, Seang-Mei Saw

Validity of information obtained from a method for estimating cancer costs from the perspective of patients and caregivers

Sophie Lauzier, Elizabeth Maunsell, Mélanie Drolet, Douglas Coyle, Nicole Hébert-Croteau

Health-related quality of life among paediatric survivors of primary brain tumours and acute leukaemia

Monika Pogorzala, Jan Styczynski, Andrzej Kurylak, Robert Debski, Magdalena Wojtkiewicz, Mariusz Wysocki

Reliability and validity of the Greek translation of the MOS-HIV health survey in HIV-infected individuals

• Brief Communication

Panagiota G. Stasinopoulou, Chara Tzavara, Christine Dimitrakaki, Ourania Georgiou, Ioannis G. Baraboutis, Athanasios Skoutelis, Vassilios Papastamipoulos, Yannis Tountas

Psychometric evaluation of the impact of cancer (IOC-CS) scale for young adult survivors of childhood cancer

Brad J. Zebrack, Janet E. Donohue, James G. Gurney, Mark A. Chesler, Smita Bhatia, Wendy Landier

Cross-national comparability of the WHOQOL-BREF: A measurement invariance approach

• Brief Communication

Peter Theuns, Joeri Hofmans, Mehrdad Mazaheri, Frederik Van Acker, Jan L. Bernheim

Factorial structure and validity of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index

• Brief Communication

Irene Álvarez, Arturo Bados, Maribel Peró

Deriving SF-12v2 physical and mental health summary scores: a comparison of different scoring algorithms

John A. Fleishman, Alfredo J. Selim, Lewis E. Kazis

Communicating about the experience of pain and fatigue in disability

Kathryn M. Yorkston, Kurt Johnson, Erin Boesflug, Joe Skala, Dagmar Amtmann

Somatically ill persons’ self-nominated quality of life domains: review of the literature and guidelines for future studies

• Open Access

Elsbeth F. Taminiau-Bloem, Mechteld R. M. Visser, Carol Tishelman, Margot A. Koeneman, Florence J. van Zuuren, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers

The importance of facets of quality of life to older adults: an international investigation

Anita Molzahn, Suzanne M. Skevington, Mary Kalfoss, Kara Schick Makaroff