Quality of Life Research

Perceived health in lung cancer patients: the role of positive and negative affect

Jameson K. Hirsch, Andrea R. Floyd, Paul R. Duberstein

The psychosocial impact of cancer: evidence in support of independent general positive and negative components

Jin-Shei Lai, Sofia F. Garcia, John M. Salsman, Sarah Rosenbloom, David Cella

Social relationships as a major determinant in the valuation of health states

• Brief Communication

Ulrich Frick, Hyacinth Irving, Jürgen Rehm

Use of the Distress Thermometer to discern clinically relevant quality of life differences in women with breast cancer

Barbara Anderson Head, Tara J. Schapmire, Cynthia Ellis Keeney, Stacy M. Deck, Jamie L. Studts, Carla P. Hermann, Jennifer A. Scharfenberger, Mark Paul Pfeifer

Health-related quality of life in breast cancer survivors of different sexual orientations

Ulrike Boehmer, Mark Glickman, Jacqui Milton, Michael Winter

The validity of subjective quality of life measures in psychotic patients with severe psychopathology and cognitive deficits: an item response model analysis

Ulrich Reininghaus, Rosemarie McCabe, Tom Burns, Tim Croudace, Stefan Priebe

Patient education methods to support quality of life and functional ability among patients with schizophrenia: a randomised clinical trial

Anneli Pitkänen, Maritta Välimäki, Lauri Kuosmanen, Jouko Katajisto, Marita Koivunen, Heli Hätönen, Anita Patel, Martin Knapp

Single-item screens identified patients with elevated levels of depressive and somatization symptoms in outpatient physical therapy

Dennis L. Hart, Mark W. Werneke, Steven Z. George, Daniel Deutscher

EQ-5D as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization in elderly people

Giulia Cavrini, Serena Broccoli, Aurora Puccini, Marco Zoli

Quality of life among the elderly with locomotor disabilities in Sweden and Poland in the 1990s

Elisabeth K. F. Hamrin, Gunnel Gustafsson, Krystyna Jaracz

Quality of life in pregnancy and post-partum: a study in diabetic patients

M. G. Dalfrà, A. Nicolucci, T. Bisson, B. Bonsembiante, A. Lapolla

Differences in quality of life of hemodialysis patients between dialysis centers

• Open Access

Albert H. A. Mazairac, Muriel P. C. Grooteman, Peter J. Blankestijn, E. Lars Penne, Neelke C. van der Weerd, Claire H. den Hoedt, Marinus A. van den Dorpel, Erik Buskens, Menso J. Nubé, Piet M. ter Wee, G. Ardine de Wit, Michiel L. Bots

Erratum to: Differences in quality of life of hemodialysis patients between dialysis centers

• Erratum

Albert H. A. Mazairac, Muriel P. C. Grooteman, Peter J. Blankestijn, E. Lars Penne, Neelke C. van der Weerd, Claire H. den Hoedt, Marinus A. van den Dorpel, Erik Buskens, Menso J. Nubé, Piet M. ter Wee, G. Ardine de Wit, Michiel L. Bots

Assessing the effect of darbepoetin alfa on patient-reported fatigue in chemotherapy-induced anemia in four randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials

Dennis A. Revicki, Donald Stull, Margaret Vernon, Michael Rader, Dianne Tomita, Hema N. Viswanathan

Rasch analysis in the development of a simplified version of the national eye institute visual-function questionnaire-25 for utility estimation

Jonathan W. Kowalski, Anne M. Rentz, John G. Walt, Andrew Lloyd, Jeff Lee, Tracey A. Young, Wen-Hung Chen, Neil M. Bressler, Paul Lee, John E. Brazier, Ron D. Hays, Dennis A. Revicki

Verification of the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 15 palliative (EORTCQLQ-C15-PAL)

• Brief Communication

Kikuko Miyazaki, Yoshimi Suzukamo, Kojiro Shimozuma, Takeo Nakayama

Development of the PedsQL™ sickle cell disease module items: qualitative methods

Julie A. Panepinto, Sylvia Torres, James W. Varni

Individual interviews and focus groups in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of two qualitative methods

Michaela Coenen, Tanja A. Stamm, Gerold Stucki, Alarcos Cieza

Henrica C. W. de Vet, Caroline B. Terwee, Lidwine B. Mokkink, and Dirk L. Knol: Measurement in medicine: a practical guide

• Book Review

Brian D. Stucky, Claudia C. A. Pereira