Quality of Life Research

Population-level response shift: novel implications for research

• Brief Communication

Darren Lau, Calypse Agborsangaya, Fatima Al Sayah, Xiuyun Wu, Arto Ohinmaa, Jeffrey A. Johnson

Changes in life satisfaction in persons with spinal cord injury during and after inpatient rehabilitation: adaptation or measurement bias?

• Open Access

Christel M. C. van Leeuwen, Marcel W. M. Post, Lucas H. V. van der Woude, Sonja de Groot, Christof Smit, Dirk van Kuppevelt, Eline Lindeman

Sense of control and sociodemographic differences in self-reported health in older adults

Michael M. Ward

Diagnostic delay, quality of life and patient satisfaction among women diagnosed with endometrial or ovarian cancer: a nationwide Danish study

Kirstine M. Robinson, Karl Bang Christensen, Bent Ottesen, Allan Krasnik

Drinking patterns, psychological distress and quality of life in a Norwegian general population-based sample

E. F. Mathiesen, S. Nome, M. Eisemann, J. Richter

Quality of life and physical activity among adults: population-based study in Brazilian adults

Gabrielle Pucci, Rodrigo S. Reis, Cassiano R. Rech, Pedro C. Hallal

Impact of depression on quality of life in people living with human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in Salvador, Brazil

• Brief Communication

Ana Verena Galvão-Castro, Ney Boa-Sorte, Ramon Almeida Kruschewsky, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Bernardo Galvão-Castro

A five-year prospective study of quality of life after colorectal cancer

Suzanne K. Chambers, Xingqiong Meng, Pip Youl, Joanne Aitken, Jeff Dunn, Peter Baade

Health-related quality of life of mothers of very low birth weight children at the age of five: results from the newborn lung project statewide cohort study

Whitney P. Witt, Kristin Litzelman, Hilary A. Spear, Lauren E. Wisk, Nataliya Levin, Beth M. McManus, Mari Palta

A comparison of health-related quality of life between children with versus without special health care needs, and children requiring versus not requiring psychiatric services

Meichun Mohler-Kuo, Michelle Dey

The effect of family-based multidisciplinary cognitive behavioral treatment on health-related quality of life in childhood obesity

Rimke C. Vos, Sasja D. Huisman, Euphemia C. A. M. Houdijk, Hanno Pijl, Jan M. Wit

Understanding the health impact of caregiving: a qualitative study of immigrant parents and single parents of children with cancer

Anne F. Klassen, Sonia Gulati, Leeat Granek, Zahava R. S. Rosenberg-Yunger, Lisa Watt, Lillian Sung, Robert Klaassen, David Dix, Nicola T. Shaw

Comparing higher order models for the EORTC QLQ-C30

• Open Access

Chad M. Gundy, Peter M. Fayers, Mogens Groenvold, Morten Aa. Petersen, Neil W. Scott, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Galina Velikova, Neil K. Aaronson

Improving the evaluation of model fit in confirmatory factor analysis: A commentary on Gundy, C.M., Fayers, P.M., Groenvold, M., Petersen, M. Aa., Scott, N.W., Sprangers, M.A.J., Velikov, G., Aaronson, N.K. (2011). Comparing higher-order models for the EORTC QLQ-C30. Quality of Life Research, doi:10.1007/s11136-011-0082-6

• Commentary

Cameron N. McIntosh

“It ain’t over till the fat lady sings”: a response to Cameron N. McIntosh, improving the evaluation of model fit in confirmatory factor analysis

• Open Access
• Response

Peter M. Fayers, Neil K. Aaronson

Development of an item bank and computer adaptive test for role functioning

Milena D. Anatchkova, Matthias Rose, John E. Ware Jr., Jakob B. Bjorner

Pediatric Asthma Caregiver’s Quality of Life Questionnaire is a useful tool for monitoring asthma in children

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

Iwona Stelmach, Daniela Podlecka, Katarzyna Smejda, Paweł Majak, Joanna Jerzyńska, Rafał Stelmach, Anna Janas, Włodzimierz Stelmach

Health of the nation outcome scales evaluation in a community setting population

Pietro Giorgio Lovaglio, Emiliano Monzani

Measuring quality of life in rural Uganda: reliability and validity of summary scores from the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV)

Anne L. Stangl, Rebecca Bunnell, Nafuna Wamai, Humphrey Masaba, Jonathan Mermin

Validation of a quality-of-life scale for women with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis

Laura M. Bogart, Marika J. Suttorp, Marc N. Elliott, J. Quentin Clemens, Sandra H. Berry

Quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: translation, validity, reliability and sensitivity to change of the Norwegian version of the Short Health Scale (SHS)

• Brief Communication

Lars-Petter Jelsness-Jørgensen, Tomm Bernklev, Bjørn Moum