Quality of Life Research

Measuring quality of life with fuzzy numbers: in the perspectives of reliability, validity, measurement invariance, and feasibility

• Brief Communication

Po-Yi Chen, Grace Yao

Factor analyses of a social support scale using two methods

Yu Yu, Cheng-Shi Shiu, Joyce P. Yang, Mingjiong Wang, Jane M. Simoni, Wei-ti Chen, Joy Cheng, Hongxin Zhao

Joint modeling of longitudinal health-related quality of life data and survival

Divine E. Ediebah, Francisca Galindo-Garre, Bernard M. J. Uitdehaag, Jolie Ringash, Jaap C. Reijneveld, Linda Dirven, Efstathios Zikos, Corneel Coens, Martin J. van den Bent, Andrew Bottomley, Martin J. B. Taphoorn

Multiple imputation to deal with missing EQ-5D-3L data: Should we impute individual domains or the actual index?

Claire L. Simons, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Ly-Mee Yu, Judit Simon

Quality of life domains important and relevant to family caregivers of advanced cancer patients in an Asian population: a qualitative study

Geok Ling Lee, Mandy Yen Ling Ow, Ramaswamy Akhileswaran, Grace Su Yin Pang, Gilbert Kam Tong Fan, Brandon Huat Heng Goh, Cai Fong Wong, Yin Bun Cheung, Hwee Lin Wee

Measuring changes in health over time using the EQ-5D 3L and 5L: a head-to-head comparison of measurement properties and sensitivity to change in a German inpatient rehabilitation sample

Ines Buchholz, Kirsten Thielker, You-Shan Feng, Peter Kupatz, Thomas Kohlmann

Comparison of EQ-5D and SF-6D utilities in Pompe disease

T. A. Kanters, W. K. Redekop, M. E. Kruijshaar, A. T. van der Ploeg, M. P. M. H. Rutten-van Mölken, L. Hakkaart

Validity of EQ-5D-5L in stroke

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

Dominik Golicki, Maciej Niewada, Julia Buczek, Anna Karlińska, Adam Kobayashi, M. F. Janssen, A. Simon Pickard

Construct validity of SF-6D health state utility values in an employed population

Siyan Baxter, Kristy Sanderson, Alison Venn, Petr Otahal, Andrew J. Palmer

A new computerized adaptive test advancing the measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children: the Kids-CAT

J. Devine, C. Otto, M. Rose, D. Barthel, F. Fischer, H. Mülhan, S. Nolte, S. Schmidt, V. Ottova-Jordan, U. Ravens-Sieberer

Association of sleep patterns with psychological positive health and health complaints in children and adolescents

Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Ana Carbonell-Baeza, Xiaofen D. Keating, Jonatan R. Ruiz, José Castro-Piñero

The importance of productive patient–professional interaction for the well-being of chronically ill patients

• Open Access

Jane Murray Cramm, Anna Petra Nieboer

Assessment of recovery status in chronic fatigue syndrome using normative data

• Commentary

Alem Matthees

Common patterns of morbidity and multi-morbidity and their impact on health-related quality of life: evidence from a national survey

• Open Access

R. E. Mujica-Mota, M. Roberts, G. Abel, M. Elliott, G. Lyratzopoulos, M. Roland, J. Campbell

Influence of different prosthodontic rehabilitation options on oral health-related quality of life, orofacial esthetics and chewing function based on patient-reported outcomes

Sanja Peršić, Asja Čelebić

Living with orofacial conditions: psychological distress and quality of life in adults affected with Treacher Collins syndrome, cherubism, or oligodontia/ectodermal dysplasia—a comparative study

• Open Access

Amy Østertun Geirdal, Solfrid Sørgjerd Saltnes, Kari Storhaug, Pamela Åsten, Hilde Nordgarden, Janicke Liaaen Jensen

The relationship between economic characteristics and health-related quality of life in newly diagnosed cancer patients in Southeast Asia: results from an observational study

Merel Kimman, Stephen Jan, Helen Monaghan, Mark Woodward

Glycaemic control and quality of life among ethnically diverse Malaysian diabetic patients

Aqil Mohammad Daher, Syed Ahmad H. AlMashoor, Than Winn

Quality of life profile in Italian long-term cancer survivors

Barbara Muzzatti, Cristiana Flaiban, Antonella Surbone, Maria Antonietta Annunziata

Why visually impaired older adults often do not receive mental health services: the patient’s perspective

Hilde P. A. van der Aa, Mirke Hoeben, Linda Rainey, Ger H. M. B. van Rens, Hilde L. Vreeken, Ruth M. A. van Nispen

Validation of clinical symptom IRT scores for diagnosis and severity assessment of common mental disorders

Elena Olariu, José-Ignacio Castro-Rodriguez, Pilar Álvarez, Carolina Garnier, Marta Reinoso, Luis Miguel Martín-López, Jordi Alonso, Carlos G. Forero

Nursing home adjustment scale: a psychometric study of an English version

• Brief Communication

Ga Eon Lee, Ju Young Yoon, Barbara J. Bowers

Correlation of PROMIS scales and clinical measures among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with and without exacerbations

Debra E. Irwin, Charles A. Atwood Jr., Ron D. Hays, Karen Spritzer, Honghu Liu, James F. Donohue, Nancy Kline Leidy, Susan E. Yount, Darren A. DeWalt

Reliability and validity of a Chinese version of the Oral Health Impact Profile for edentulous subjects

• Brief Communication

Song-lin He, Jin-hua Wang

The development and validation of a disease-specific quality of life measure in hyperhidrosis: the Hyperhidrosis Quality of Life Index (HidroQOL©)

• Open Access

P. Kamudoni, B. Mueller, M. S. Salek