Quality of Life Research

Quality of life for head and neck cancer patients treated by combined modality therapy: the therapeutic benefit of technological advances in radiotherapy

Tai-Lin Huang, Wen-Ling Tsai, Chih-Yen Chien, Tsair-Fwu Lee, Fu-Min Fang

Application of the health assessment questionnaire disability index to various rheumatic diseases

• Open Access

Maaike M. van Groen, Peter M. ten Klooster, Erik Taal, Mart A. F. J. van de Laar, Cees A. W. Glas

Isolated sleep paralysis linked to impaired nocturnal sleep quality and health-related quality of life in Chinese-Taiwanese patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Sun-Wung Hsieh, Chiou-Lian Lai, Ching-Kuan Liu, Sheng-Hsing Lan, Chung-Yao Hsu

Health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Fei-Li Zhao, Ming Yue, Hua Yang, Tian Wang, Jiu-Hong Wu, Shu-Chuen Li

Patient treatment satisfaction after switching to NovoMix® 30 (BIAsp 30) in the IMPROVE™ study: an analysis of the influence of prior and current treatment factors

• Open Access

Meryl Brod, Paul Valensi, Joseph A. Shaban, Don M. Bushnell, Torsten L. Christensen

HIV and COPD: impact of risk behaviors and diseases on quality of life

M. Bradley Drummond, Gregory D. Kirk, Meredith C. McCormack, Mariah M. Marshall, Erin P. Ricketts, Shruti H. Mehta, Robert A. Wise, Christian A. Merlo

Physical activity in different domains and health-related quality of life: a population-based study

Danijel Jurakić, Željko Pedišić, Zrinka Greblo

Patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) domain names and definitions revisions: further evaluation of content validity in IRT-derived item banks

William T. Riley, Nan Rothrock, Bonnie Bruce, Christopher Christodolou, Karon Cook, Elizabeth A. Hahn, David Cella

Confirmatory factor analysis of the validity of the SF-12 for persons with and without a history of stroke

Ozioma C. Okonkwo, David L. Roth, LeaVonne Pulley, George Howard

Five-year stability in associations of health-related quality of life measures in community-dwelling older adults: the Rancho Bernardo Study

• Open Access

Claudia Der-Martirosian, Donna Kritz-Silverstein, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

Validity and reliability of the Bengali version of the Hepatitis Quality of Life Questionnaire

Zhao-Jin Chen, Mamun Al-Mahtab, Salimar Rahman, Ngiap-Chuan Tan, Nan Luo, Bee-Choo Tai

A novel approach to estimate the minimally important difference for the fatigue impact scale in multiple sclerosis patients

Regina Rendas-Baum, Min Yang, Francoise Cattelin, Gene V. Wallenstein, John D. Fisk

Impact of socioeconomic and clinical factors on child oral health-related quality of life (COHRQoL)

Chaiana Piovesan, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Renata Saraiva Guedes, Thiago Machado Ardenghi

Health- and oral health-related quality of life among preschool children with cerebral palsy

• Open Access

Rennan Y. Du, Colman McGrath, Cynthia K. Y. Yiu, Nigel M. King

The relationship between parental overprotection and health-related quality of life in pediatric cancer: the mediating role of perceived child vulnerability

Stephanie E. Hullmann, Cortney Wolfe-Christensen, William H. Meyer, Rene Y. McNall-Knapp, Larry L. Mullins

Mental health and quality of life survey among child survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake

Zhaobao Jia, Wenhua Tian, Xiang He, Weizhi Liu, Chunlin Jin, Hansheng Ding

In reply to: association between utility and treatment among patients with prostate cancer

• Commentary

Pranav Gandhi, Joshua Spooner, I-Chan Huang