Quality of Life Research

Quality of life after stroke: a prospective longitudinal study

William E. Haley, David L. Roth, Brett Kissela, Martinique Perkins, George Howard

Explaining rural/non-rural disparities in physical health-related quality of life: a study of United Methodist clergy in North Carolina

Andrew Miles, Rae Jean Proescholdbell, Eve Puffer

Axial rigidity and quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a preliminary study

Roberto Cano-de-la-Cuerda, Lydia Vela-Desojo, Juan Carlos Miangolarra-Page, Yolanda Macías-Macías, Elena Muñoz-Hellín

Marginal differences in health-related quality of life of diabetic patients with and without macrovascular comorbid conditions in the United States

Alex Z. Fu, Ying Qiu, Larry Radican, Nan Luo

Psychosocial interventions to improve quality of life in prostate cancer survivors and their intimate or family partners

Terry A. Badger, Chris Segrin, Aurelio J. Figueredo, Joanne Harrington, Kate Sheppard, Stacey Passalacqua, Alice Pasvogel, Maria Bishop

Visual impairment and health-related quality of life among elderly adults with age-related eye diseases

Yan Li, John E. Crews, Laurie D. Elam-Evans, Amy Z. Fan, Xinzhi Zhang, Amanda F. Elliott, Lina Balluz

State Quality-Adjusted Life Expectancy for U.S. adults from 1993 to 2008

Haomiao Jia, Matthew M. Zack, William W. Thompson

Trait anxiety predicts disease-specific health status in early-stage breast cancer patients

• Open Access

Lotje Van Esch, Jan A. Roukema, Alida F. W. Van der Steeg, Jolanda De Vries

A new test of the construct validity of the CarerQol instrument: measuring the impact of informal care giving

• Open Access

Renske J. Hoefman, N. Job A. van Exel, Sandra Looren de Jong, W. Ken Redekop, Werner B. F. Brouwer

Content validation of two SF-36 subscales for use in type 2 diabetes and non-dialysis chronic kidney disease-related anemia

Mona L. Martin, Donald L. Patrick, Shravanthi R. Gandra, Antonia V. Bennett, Nancy K. Leidy, Allen R. Nissenson, Fredric O. Finkelstein, Eldrin F. Lewis, Albert W. Wu, John E. Ware Jr.

Validation of the AQLQ12+ among adolescents and adults with persistent asthma

Kathleen W. Wyrwich, Andrea M. Ireland, Prakash Navaratnam, Hendrik Nolte, Davis F. Gates Jr.

PedsQL™ Cognitive Functioning Scale in pediatric liver transplant recipients: feasibility, reliability, and validity

James W. Varni, Christine A. Limbers, Lisa G. Sorensen, Katie Neighbors, Karen Martz, John C. Bucuvalas, Estella M. Alonso

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation with reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Italian version of the Oxford Hip Score in patients with hip osteoarthritis

• Brief Communication

Nicolò Martinelli, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Andrea Marinozzi, Edoardo Franceschetti, Vincenzo Costa, Vincenzo Denaro

A Spanish version of the athens insomnia scale

• Brief Communication

Juana Gómez-Benito, Cristina Ruiz, Georgina Guilera

Estimation of the impact of diabetes-related complications on health utilities for patients with type 2 diabetes in Ontario, Canada

• Brief Communication

Daria J. O’Reilly, Feng Xie, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Hertzel C. Gerstein, Janet Greb, Gord K. Blackhouse, Jean-Eric Tarride, Jim Bowen, Ron A. Goeree

Some psychometric properties of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQLTM) in the general Serbian population

• Brief Communication

Dejan Stevanović, Aneta Lakić, Maja Damnjanović

Influence of maternal dental anxiety on oral health–related quality of life of preschool children

Marília Leão Goettems, Thiago Machado Ardenghi, Ana Regina Romano, Flávio Fernando Demarco, Dione Dias Torriani

Weight loss and changes in generic and weight-specific quality of life in obese adolescents

D. L. Patrick, A. M. Skalicky, T. C. Edwards, A. Kuniyuki, L. S. Morales, M. Leng, D. S. Kirschenbaum

Race and preference-based health-related quality of life measures in the United States

Claudia C. A. Pereira, Mari Palta, John Mullahy, Dennis G. Fryback