Quality of Life Research

Relative importance measures for reprioritization response shift

Lisa M. Lix, Tolulope T. Sajobi, Richard Sawatzky, Juxin Liu, Nancy E. Mayo, Yuhui Huang, Lesley A. Graff, John R. Walker, Jason Ediger, Ian Clara, Kathryn Sexton, Rachel Carr, Charles N. Bernstein

Time trade-off and attitudes toward euthanasia: implications of using ‘death’ as an anchor in health state valuation

Liv A. Augestad, Kim Rand-Hendriksen, Knut Stavem, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen

Prognostic value of quality of life measured after treatment on subsequent survival in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Wen-Ling Tsai, Chih-Yen Chien, Hsuan-Ying Huang, Kuan-Cho Liao, Fu-Min Fang

Exploration of oncologists’ attitudes toward and perceived value of patient-reported outcomes

• Brief Communication

Michael L. Meldahl, Sarah Acaster, Risa P. Hayes

The association between post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and the quality of life among Wenchuan earthquake survivors: the role of social support as a moderator

Changyi Zhao, Zhibin Wu, Jiuping Xu

Longitudinal study on health-related quality of life among child and adolescent survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake

Wenhua Tian, Zhaobao Jia, Guangfeng Duan, Weizhi Liu, Xiao Pan, Qiang Guo, Ru Chen, Xue Zhang

Health-related quality of life with KDQOL-36 and its association with self-efficacy and treatment satisfaction in Korean dialysis patients

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

Jong-Yeon Kim, Bokyoung Kim, Ki-Soo Park, Ji-Young Choi, Jung-Ju Seo, Sun-Hee Park, Chan-Duck Kim, Yong-Lim Kim

Prospective individual and social predictors of changes in adjustment for patients attending a regional cancer service

Heather J. Green, Megan Ferguson, David H. K. Shum, Suzanne K. Chambers

Health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma in the United States

Gretchen E. Knoeller, Jacek M. Mazurek, Jeanne E. Moorman

Sleep disturbances in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors

Vikki G. Nolan, Roxanna Gapstur, Cynthia R. Gross, Lauren A. DeSain, Joseph P. Neglia, Amar Gajjar, James L. Klosky, Thomas E. Merchant, Marilyn Stovall, Kirsten K. Ness

Health-related quality of life and healthcare utilization in multimorbidity: results of a cross-sectional survey

Calypse B. Agborsangaya, Darren Lau, Markus Lahtinen, Tim Cooke, Jeffrey A. Johnson

Association of anthropometric measures with SF-36v2 PCS and MCS in a multi-ethnic Asian population

• Brief Communication

Maudrene L. S. Tan, Hwee-Lin Wee, Jeannette Lee, Stefan Ma, Derrick Heng, E-Shyong Tai, Julian Thumboo

Assessing the effects of oral health-related variables on quality of life in Taiwanese adults

Tze-Fang Wang, Chyuan Chou, Yu Shu

Erratum to: Assessing the effects of oral health-related variables on quality of life in Taiwanese adults

• Erratum

Tze-Fang Wang, Chyuan Chou, Shu Yu

Measurement of individualised quality of life amongst young people with indicated personality disorder during emerging adulthood using the SEIQoL-DW

Paul Farrand, Joanne Woodford

A new look at the WHOQOL as health-related quality of life instrument among visually impaired people using Rasch analysis

Vijaya K. Gothwal, Marmamula Srinivas, Gullapalli N. Rao

Evaluation of content on EQ-5D as compared to disease-specific utility measures

Fang-Ju Lin, Louise Longworth, A. Simon Pickard

The Hunter Syndrome-Functional Outcomes for Clinical Understanding Scale (HS-FOCUS) Questionnaire: evaluation of measurement properties

• Original Paper

Ingela Wiklund, Mireia Raluy-Callado, Donald E. Stull, Yvonne Jangelind, David A. H. Whiteman, Wen-Hung Chen

Developing the Chinese version of the new 5-level EQ-5D descriptive system: the response scaling approach

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

Nan Luo, Minghui Li, Gordon G. Liu, Andrew Lloyd, Frank de Charro, Michael Herdman

The feasibility and test–retest reliability of the Dutch Swal-Qol adapted interview version for dysphagic patients with communicative and/or cognitive problems

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

Jessie Lemmens, Gerrie J. J. W. Bours, Martien Limburg, Anna J. H. M. Beurskens

Activity limitation and participation restrictions of breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: psychometric properties and validation of the Chinese version of the WHODAS 2.0

• Brief Communication

Hai Ping Zhao, Ying Liu, Hong Li Li, Li Ma, Yan Jun Zhang, Jing Wang

Predicting quality of life in pediatric asthma: the role of emotional competence and personality

Magali Lahaye, Nady Van Broeck, Eddy Bodart, Olivier Luminet

Impaired parent-reported health-related quality of life of underweight and obese children at elementary school entry

• Open Access

Amy van Grieken, Lydian Veldhuis, Carry M. Renders, Jeanne M. Landgraf, Remy A. Hirasing, Hein Raat