Quality of Life Research

“We both just trusted and leaned on the Lord”: a qualitative study of religiousness and spirituality among African American breast cancer survivors and their caregivers

Katherine Regan Sterba, Jessica L. Burris, Sue P. Heiney, Megan Baker Ruppel, Marvella E. Ford, Jane Zapka

On the associations between physical activity and quality of life: findings from an Australian nationally representative panel survey

Francisco Perales, Jose del Pozo-Cruz, Jesus del Pozo-Cruz, Borja del Pozo-Cruz

Quality of life along the diabetes continuum: a cross-sectional view of health-related quality of life and general health status in middle-aged and older Finns

Saku Väätäinen, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Jouko Saramies, Hannu Uusitalo, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Janne Martikainen

The level of agreement between child self-reports and parent proxy-reports of health-related quality of life in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Yoonjeong Lim, Craig Velozo, Roxanna M. Bendixen

Comparing self and maternal reports of adolescents’ general health status: Do self and proxy reports differ in their relationships with covariates?

Dana Garbarski

Enacted and internalized stigma and quality of life among people with HIV: the role of group identity

Maria J. Fuster-Ruizdeapodaca, Fernando Molero, Francisco Pablo Holgado, Sonia Mayordomo

Sensory impairments and their associations with functional disability in a sample of the oldest-old

Verena R. Cimarolli, Daniela S. Jopp

Psychosocial determinants of quality of life in parents of obese children seeking inpatient treatment

Petra Warschburger, Daniela Kühne

Biological pathways, candidate genes, and molecular markers associated with quality-of-life domains: an update

• Review

Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Melissa S. Y. Thong, Meike Bartels, Andrea Barsevick, Juan Ordoñana, Qiuling Shi, Xin Shelley Wang, Pål Klepstad, Eddy A. Wierenga, Jasvinder A. Singh, Jeff A. Sloan

Psychometric properties of quality of life and health-related quality of life assessments in people with multiple sclerosis

Y. C. Learmonth, E. A. Hubbard, E. McAuley, R. W. Motl

Measuring individual quality of life in patients receiving radiation therapy: the SEIQoL-Questionnaire

Gerhild Becker, Constanze S. Merk, Cornelia Meffert, Felix Momm

Comparing PROMIS computer-adaptive tests to the Brief Symptom Inventory in patients with prostate cancer

• Brief Communication

George Baum, Karen Basen-Engquist, Maria C. Swartz, Patricia A. Parker, Cindy L. Carmack

Differential item functioning in the Observer Scale of the POSAS for different scar types

Martijn B. A. van der Wal, Wim E. Tuinebreijer, Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson, Esther Middelkoop, Paul P. M. van Zuijlen

Measuring health-related quality of life: psychometric evaluation of the Tunisian version of the SF-12 health survey

Moheddine Younsi, Mohamed Chakroun

The assessment of publication pressure in medical science; validity and reliability of a Publication Pressure Questionnaire (PPQ)

J. K. Tijdink, Y. M. Smulders, A. C. M. Vergouwen, H. C. W. de Vet, D. L. Knol

Measurement properties of the Client-centered Care Questionnaire (CCCQ): factor structure, reliability and validity of a questionnaire to assess self-reported client-centeredness of home care services in a population of frail, older people

M. E. Muntinga, L. B. Mokkink, D. L. Knol, G. Nijpels, A. P. D. Jansen

Psychometric properties of the eight-item modified Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey based on Spanish outpatients

• Brief Communication

Paloma Gómez-Campelo, Elisa M. Pérez-Moreno, Carmen de Burgos-Lunar, Carmen Bragado-Álvarez, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Miguel Á. Salinero-Fort

Psychometric properties of the French Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)

• Brief Communication

Sophie Wylomanski, Réjane Bouquin, Henri-Jean Philippe, Yves Poulin, Matthieu Hanf, Brigitte Dréno, Roman Rouzier, Gaëlle Quéreux

Evaluation properties of the French version of the OUT-PATSAT35 satisfaction with care questionnaire according to classical and item response theory analyses

M. Panouillères, A. Anota, T. V. Nguyen, A. Brédart, J. F. Bosset, A. Monnier, M. Mercier, J. B. Hardouin

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Bulgarian version of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory

• Brief Communication

Spaska Georgieva-Zhostova, Ognyan I. Kolev, Katerina Stambolieva

Validation of the Osteoporosis-Specific Morisky Medication Adherence Scale in long-term users of bisphosphonates

Kristi Reynolds, Hema N. Viswanathan, Paul Muntner, Teresa N. Harrison, T. Craig Cheetham, Jin-Wen Y. Hsu, Deborah T. Gold, Stuart Silverman, Andreas Grauer, Donald E. Morisky, Cynthia D. O’Malley

Health-related quality of life in young adults in education, employment, or training: development of the Japanese version of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version

Mei Kaneko, Iori Sato, Takafumi Soejima, Kiyoko Kamibeppu

Psychometric properties of KIDSCREEN health-related quality of life questionnaire in Iranian adolescents

Ahmad Shahabeddin Parizi, Gholamreza Garmaroudi, Mojtaba Fazel, Sepideh Omidvari, Seyed Ali Azin, Ali Montazeri, Saba Jafarpour

Health-related quality of life and body mass index among US adolescents

Wanjun Cui, Matthew M. Zack, Holly Wethington

Erratum to: The relationship between negative life events, psychological distress and life satisfaction: a population-based study

• Erratum

Gunnvor Marum, Jocelyne Clench-Aas, Ragnhild B. Nes, Ruth Kjærsti Raanaas