Quality of Life Research

Translating ‘distress’ and screening for emotional distress in multicultural cancer patients in Israel

Miri Cohen, Roni Gagin, Tali Cinamon, Tamar Stein, Marian Moscovitz, Abraham Kuten

The psychosocial correlates of quality of life in the dialysis population: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

Ramony Chan, Robert Brooks, Zachary Steel, Tracy Heung, Jonathan Erlich, Josephine Chow, Michael Suranyi

Influence of chronic diseases on long-term change in physical health: a consultation–survey linkage cohort study in general practice

J. A. Prior, K. P. Jordan, U. T. Kadam

Measuring health-related quality-of-life for Alzheimer’s disease using the general public

Feng Xie, Mark Oremus, Kathryn Gaebel

Assessment of the psychological burden associated with pruritus in hemodialysis patients using the kidney disease quality of life short form

Gildete Barreto Lopes, Fernanda Conceição Pereira Nogueira, Milena Reis de Souza, Maria Auxiliadora Penalva, Josete Leão de Amorim, Ronald L. Pisoni, Bruce M. Robinson, Antonio Alberto Lopes

Changes in drug use are associated with health-related quality of life improvements among methadone maintenance patients with HIV/AIDS

Bach Xuan Tran, Arto Ohinmaa, Anh Thuy Duong, Nhan Thi Do, Long Thanh Nguyen, Quoc Cuong Nguyen, Steve Mills, Philip Jacobs, Stan Houston

Can quality or quality-of-life be defined?

• Commentary

Ivan Barofsky

Why perform a quality or quality-of-life assessment?

• Commentary

Ivan Barofsky

Latent variable mixture models: a promising approach for the validation of patient reported outcomes

Richard Sawatzky, Pamela A. Ratner, Jacek A. Kopec, Bruno D. Zumbo

Rating the methodological quality in systematic reviews of studies on measurement properties: a scoring system for the COSMIN checklist

• Open Access

Caroline B. Terwee, Lidwine B. Mokkink, Dirk L. Knol, Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo, Lex M. Bouter, Henrica C. W. de Vet

Measurement properties of disease-specific questionnaires in patients with neck pain: a systematic review

• Open Access

Jasper M. Schellingerhout, Arianne P. Verhagen, Martijn W. Heymans, Bart W. Koes, Henrica C. de Vet, Caroline B. Terwee

Psychometric properties of instruments to measure the quality of end-of-life care and dying for long-term care residents with dementia

• Open Access

Mirjam C. van Soest-Poortvliet, Jenny T. van der Steen, Sheryl Zimmerman, Lauren W. Cohen, Maartje. S. Klapwijk, Mirjam Bezemer, Wilco P. Achterberg, Dirk L. Knol, Miel W. Ribbe, Henrica C. W. de Vet

The reliability and validity of Turkish version of Childhood Asthma Control Test

• Brief Communication

B. E. Sekerel, O. U. Soyer, O. Keskin, N. Uzuner, M. Yazicioglu, M. Kılıç, H. Artaç, S. Ozmen, D. Can, D. Zeyrek, H. Cokugras, Y. Canitez, M. Aydogan, S. Kuyucu, A. İnal, F. Gurkan, F. Orhan, O. Yilmaz, A. B. Boz, F. Tahan, O. Cevit

Reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of the Stroke Impact Scale 2.0 (SIS 2.0)

• Brief Communication

Rui Soles Gonçalves, João Neves Gil, Luís Manuel Cavalheiro, Rui Dias Costa, Pedro Lopes Ferreira

PROMIS Pediatric Anger Scale: an item response theory analysis

Debra E. Irwin, Brian D. Stucky, Michelle M. Langer, David Thissen, Esi Morgan DeWitt, Jin-Shei Lai, Karin B. Yeatts, James W. Varni, Darren A. DeWalt

Psychosocial predictors of children’s oral health-related quality of life during transition to secondary school

H. D. Rodd, Z. Marshman, J. Porritt, J. Bradbury, S. R. Baker

An assessment of the construct validity of the CHU9D in the Australian adolescent general population

Julie Ratcliffe, Katherine Stevens, Terry Flynn, John Brazier, Michael Sawyer

Use of the PedsQL in childhood intermittent exotropia: estimates of feasibility, internal consistency reliability and parent–child agreement

Deborah Buck, Michael P. Clarke, Christine Powell, Peter Tiffin, Robert F. Drewett

Erratum to: Impaired health status and care dependency in patients with advanced COPD or chronic heart failure

• Open Access
• Erratum

Daisy J. A. Janssen, Frits M. E. Franssen, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Jos M. G. A. Schols, Martijn A. Spruit