Quality of Life Research

Patient-reported outcomes in randomized clinical trials: development of ISOQOL reporting standards

• Open Access

Michael Brundage, Jane Blazeby, Dennis Revicki, Brenda Bass, Henrica de Vet, Helen Duffy, Fabio Efficace, Madeleine King, Cindy L. K. Lam, David Moher, Jane Scott, Jeff Sloan, Claire Snyder, Susan Yount, Melanie Calvert

Measuring the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of young children in resource-limited settings: a review of existing measures

• Review

Jason Paltzer, Emily Barker, Whitney P. Witt

Biological pathways and genetic mechanisms involved in social functioning

• Review

Juan R. Ordoñana, Meike Bartels, Dorret I. Boomsma, David Cella, Miriam Mosing, Joao R. Oliveira, Donald L. Patrick, Ruut Veenhoven, Gert G. Wagner, Mirjam A.G. Sprangers

Monitoring population health for Healthy People 2020: evaluation of the NIH PROMIS® Global Health, CDC Healthy Days, and satisfaction with life instruments

• Original Paper

John P. Barile, Bryce B. Reeve, Ashley Wilder Smith, Matthew M. Zack, Sandra A. Mitchell, Rosemarie Kobau, David F. Cella, Cecily Luncheon, William W. Thompson

Health-related quality of life in relation to walking habits and fitness: a population-based study of 75-year-olds

Helena Hörder, Ingmar Skoog, Kerstin Frändin

What is the use? Application of the short form (SF) questionnaires for the evaluation of treatment effects

Aline J. Pelle, Nina Kupper, Floortje Mols, Peter de Jonge

Health-related quality of life and supportive care in patients with rare long-term neurological conditions

• Brief Communication

Melanie Calvert, Hardev Pall, Thomas Hoppitt, Benjamin Eaton, Edward Savill, Catherine Sackley

Prevention of quality-of-life deterioration with light therapy is associated with changes in fatigue in women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy

Neelum Jeste, Lianqi Liu, Michelle Rissling, Vera Trofimenko, Loki Natarajan, Barbara A. Parker, Sonia Ancoli-Israel

Ten-year change in self-rated quality of life in a type 1 diabetes population: Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy

Flavio E. Hirai, James M. Tielsch, Barbara E. K. Klein, Ronald Klein

Quality of life of childbearing age women and its associated factors: an application of seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) models

Sareh Keshavarzi, Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Ayatollahi, Najaf Zare, Farkhondeh Sharif

Self-reported medical morbidity among informal caregivers of chronic illness: the case of cancer

Youngmee Kim, Charles S. Carver, Rachel S. Cannady, Kelly M. Shaffer

Pain and other symptoms and their relationship to quality of life in cancer patients on opioids

Sigridur Zoëga, Nanna Fridriksdottir, Valgerdur Sigurdardottir, Sigridur Gunnarsdottir

Impact of nocturnal calf cramping on quality of sleep and health-related quality of life

Fiona Hawke, Vivienne Chuter, Joshua Burns

Superselective α-adrenergic blockers versus transurethral resection of the prostate: a prospective comparison of health-related quality of life outcome after treating patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Negin Hadi, Alireza Aminsharifi, Ali Sadeghi, Ali Tourchi

Perceived health is partially associated with the symptomatological profile in patients with benign and severe conditions: the case of congenital heart disease

D. Schoormans, M. A. G. Sprangers, W. Budts, B. J. M. Mulder, S. Apers, P. Moons

Erratum to: Perceived health is partially associated with the symptomatological profile in patients with benign and severe conditions: the case of congenital heart disease

• Erratum

D. Schoormans, M. A. G. Sprangers, W. Budts, B. J. M. Mulder, S. Apers, P. Moons

Interpersonal discrimination and health-related quality of life among black and white men and women in the United States

• Brief Communication

Sherrill Sellers, Dasha Cherepanav, Janel Hanmer, Dennis G. Fryback, Mari Palta

Erratum to: Interpersonal discrimination and health-related quality of life among black and white men and women in the United States

• Erratum

Sherrill L. Sellers, Dasha Cherepanov, Janel Hanmer, Dennis G. Fryback, Mari Palta

Is family functioning and communication associated with health-related quality of life for Chinese- and Korean-American breast cancer survivors?

Jung-won Lim, Kimlin T. Ashing-Giwa

The association between sense of coherence and life satisfaction in adolescents

Unni K. Moksnes, Audhild Løhre, Geir A. Espnes

Multilevel socioeconomic effects on quality of life in adolescent and young adult survivors of leukemia and lymphoma

Erin E. Kent, Leonard S. Sender, Rebecca A. Morris, Timothy J. Grigsby, Michael J. Montoya, Argyrios Ziogas, Hoda Anton-Culver

Type D, anxiety and depression in association with quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease and patients with multiple sclerosis

Tatiana Dubayova, Martina Krokavcova, Iveta Nagyova, Jaroslav Rosenberger, Zuzana Gdovinova, Berrie Middel, Johan W. Groothoff, Jitse P. van Dijk

Health-related quality of life in the aftermath of child maltreatment: follow-up study of a hospital sample

Andreas Jud, Markus A. Landolt, Alexandra Tatalias, Lucyna M. Lach, Ulrich Lips

The role of gender in the association of social capital, social support, and economic security with self-rated health among older adults in deprived communities in Beirut

Hiam Chemaitelly, Caroline Kanaan, Hind Beydoun, Monique Chaaya, Mona Kanaan, Abla M. Sibai

Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between PTSD symptom clusters, cigarette use, and physical health-related quality of life

Laura H. Aversa, Jill A. Stoddard, Neal M. Doran, Selwyn Au, Bruce Chow, Miles McFall, Andrew J. Saxon, Dewleen G. Baker

Assessment of proximal outcomes of self-management programs: translation and psychometric evaluation of a German version of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ™)

Michael Schuler, Gunda Musekamp, Hermann Faller, Inge Ehlebracht-König, Christoph Gutenbrunner, Roland Kirchhof, Jürgen Bengel, Sandra Nolte, Richard H. Osborne, Monika Schwarze

Measuring the impact of cataract surgery on generic and vision-specific quality of life

Erik J. Groessl, Lin Liu, Marisa Sklar, Steven R. Tally, Robert M. Kaplan, Theodore G. Ganiats

Measurement invariance of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Colorectal quality-of-life instrument among modes of administration

• Open Access

Carlos K. H. Wong, Cindy L. K. Lam, Brendan Mulhern, Wai-Lun Law, Jensen T. C. Poon, Dora L. W. Kwong, Janice Tsang

Performance of the parent emotional functioning (PREMO) screener in parents of children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

• Brief Communication

Angie Mae Rodday, Norma Terrin, Grace Chang, Susan K. Parsons

Score equivalence of electronic and paper versions of the Social Difficulties Inventory (SDI-21): a randomised crossover trial in cancer patients

• Brief Communication

Laura Ashley, Ada Keding, Julia Brown, Galina Velikova, Penny Wright

Factor analytic and item response theory evaluation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire in women with cancer

Salene M. Wu, Tammy A. Schuler, Michael C. Edwards, Hae-Chung Yang, Brittany M. Brothers

Validation of the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life questionnaire for general use in New Zealand: confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis

• Brief Communication

Christian U. Krägeloh, Paula Kersten, D. Rex Billington, Patricia Hsien-Chuan Hsu, Daniel Shepherd, Jason Landon, Xuan Joanna Feng

Development of the Italian version of the 42-item Chronic Pain Coping Inventory, CPCI-I: cross-cultural adaptation, factor analysis, reliability and validity

• Brief Communication

Marco Monticone, Simona Ferrante, Ines Giorgi, Caterina Galandra, Barbara Rocca, Calogero Foti

Development of a short version of the Lee Visual Analogue Fatigue Scale in a sample of women with HIV/AIDS: a Rasch analysis application

• Brief Communication

Anners Lerdal, Anders Kottorp, Caryl L. Gay, Kathryn A. Lee

Validation of the Arabic version of the EORTC quality of life questionnaire among cancer patients in Lebanon

Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, Knar Sagherian, Hani Tamim

An evaluation of the response category translations of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire

Neil W. Scott, Josephine A. Etta, Neil K. Aaronson, Andrew Bottomley, Peter M. Fayers, Mogens Groenvold, Michael Koller, Dagmara Kuliś, Debbi Marais, Morten A. Petersen, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers

Comparison of three societally derived health-state classification values among older African Americans with depressive symptoms

Eric Jutkowitz, Laura Pizzi, Edward Hess, Dong-Churl Suh, Laura N. Gitlin

Validity of the Thai EQ-5D in an occupational population in Thailand

• Brief Communication

Merel Kimman, Prin Vathesatogkit, Mark Woodward, E-Shyong Tai, Julian Thumboo, Sukit Yamwong, Wipa Ratanachaiwong, Hwee-Lin Wee, Piyamitr Sritara

The impact of persistent visually disabling vitreous floaters on health status utility values

Haidong Zou, Haiyun Liu, Xun Xu, Xi Zhang