Ausgabe 1/2011
Inhalt (119 Artikel)
A methodological review of resilience measurement scales
Gill Windle, Kate M Bennett, Jane Noyes
The psychological context of quality of life: a psychometric analysis of a novel idiographic measure of bladder cancer patients' personal goals and concerns prior to surgery
Bradley Andrew Morganstern, Bernard Bochner, Guido Dalbagni, Ahmad Shabsigh, Bruce Rapkin
Five-year effect of community-based intervention Hartslag Limburg on quality of life: A longitudinal cohort study
Saskia PJ Verkleij, Marcel C Adriaanse, WM Monique Verschuren, Eric C Ruland, Gerrie CW Wendel-Vos, Albertine J Schuit
Reliability and validity of Thai versions of the MOS-HIV and SF-12 quality of life questionnaires in people living with HIV/AIDS
Suwat Chariyalertsak, Tanyaporn Wansom, Surinda Kawichai, Cholthicha Ruangyuttikarna, Verne F Kemerer, Albert W Wu
The Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) Family Impact Module: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation
Ruoqing Chen, Yuantao Hao, Lifen Feng, Yingfen Zhang, Zhuoyan Huang
Relationships between changes in pain severity and other patient-reported outcomes: an analysis in patients with posttraumatic peripheral neuropathic pain
Robert van Seventer, Michael Serpell, Flemming W Bach, Bart Morlion, Gergana Zlateva, Andrew G Bushmakin, Joseph C Cappelleri, Meryem Nimour
Validation of the Excited Component of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS-EC) in a naturalistic sample of 278 patients with acute psychosis and agitation in a psychiatric emergency room
Alonso Montoya, Amparo Valladares, Luis Lizán, Luis San, Rodrigo Escobar, Silvia Paz
Cross-cultural development of an item list for computer-adaptive testing of fatigue in oncological patients
Johannes M Giesinger, Morten Aa Petersen, Mogens Groenvold, Neil K Aaronson, Juan I Arraras, Thierry Conroy, Eva M Gamper, Georg Kemmler, Madeleine T King, Anne S Oberguggenberger, Galina Velikova, Teresa Young, Bernhard Holzner
Impact of osteoporosis and vertebral fractures on quality-of-life. a population-based study in Valencia, Spain (The FRAVO Study)
José Sanfélix-Genovés, Isabel Hurtado, Gabriel Sanfélix-Gimeno, Begoña Reig-Molla, Salvador Peiró
A comparison of conventional and retrospective measures of change in symptoms after elective surgery
Eva M Bitzer, Marco Petrucci, Christoph Lorenz, Rugzan Hussein, Hans Dörning, Alf Trojan, Stefan Nickel
Quality of life among patients receiving palliative care in South Africa and Uganda: a multi-centred study
Lucy E Selman, Irene J Higginson, Godfrey Agupio, Natalya Dinat, Julia Downing, Liz Gwyther, Thandi Mashao, Keletso Mmoledi, Tony Moll, Lydia Mpanga Sebuyira, Barbara Ikin, Richard Harding
Impaired sleep affects quality of life in children during maintenance treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an exploratory study
Raphaële RL van Litsenburg, Jaap Huisman, Peter M Hoogerbrugge, R Maarten Egeler, Gertjan JL Kaspers, Reinoud JBJ Gemke
Validation of the Japanese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Cancer Module
Naoko Tsuji, Naoko Kakee, Yasushi Ishida, Keiko Asami, Ken Tabuchi, Hisaya Nakadate, Tsuyako Iwai, Miho Maeda, Jun Okamura, Takuro Kazama, Yoko Terao, Wataru Ohyama, Yuki Yuza, Takashi Kaneko, Atsushi Manabe, Kyoko Kobayashi, Kiyoko Kamibeppu, Eisuke Matsushima
Comparison of health-related quality of life measures in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
A Simon Pickard, Yoojung Yang, Todd A Lee
Assessment of psychosocial functioning and its risk factors in children with pectus excavatum
Yi Ji, Wenying Liu, Siyuan Chen, Bing Xu, Yunman Tang, Xuejun Wang, Gang Yang, Liming Cao
Interviewer versus self-administered health-related quality of life questionnaires - Does it matter?
Milo A Puhan, Alka Ahuja, Mark L Van Natta, Lori E Ackatz, Curtis Meinert
Function, Adjustment, Quality of Life and Symptoms (FAQS) in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) Survivors: A Study Protocol
Margaret F Bevans, Sandra A Mitchell, A John Barrett, Michael Bishop, Richard Childs, Daniel Fowler, Michael Krumlauf, Patricia Prince, Nonniekaye Shelburne, Leslie Wehrlen
The caregiving relationship and quality of life among partners of stroke survivors: A cross-sectional study
Christine J McPherson, Keith G Wilson, Livia Chyurlia, Charles Leclerc
Implementing patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in palliative care - users' cry for help
Claudia Bausewein, Steffen T Simon, Hamid Benalia, Julia Downing, Faith N Mwangi-Powell, Barbara A Daveson, Richard Harding, Irene J Higginson
Predictors of mortality and short-term physical and cognitive dependence in critically ill persons 75 years and older: a prospective cohort study
Cédric Daubin, Stéphanie Chevalier, Amélie Séguin, Cathy Gaillard, Xavier Valette, Fabrice Prévost, Nicolas Terzi, Michel Ramakers, Jean-Jacques Parienti, Damien du Cheyron, Pierre Charbonneau
Are patients' judgments of health status really different from the general population?
Paul FM Krabbe, Noor Tromp, Theo JM Ruers, Piet LCM van Riel
Evaluating oral health-related quality of life measure for children and preadolescents with temporomandibular disorder
Taís S Barbosa, Marina S Leme, Paula M Castelo, Maria Beatriz D Gavião
Heath-related quality of life in thyroid cancer patients following radioiodine ablation
David Taïeb, Karine Baumstarck-Barrau, Frédéric Sebag, Cécile Fortanier, Catherine De Micco, Anderson Loundou, Pascal Auquier, Fausto F Palazzo, Jean-françois Henry, Olivier Mundler
Validation of the japanese version of the sarcoidosis health questionnaire: A cross-sectional study
Kiminobu Tanizawa, Tomohiro Handa, Sonoko Nagai, Toru Oga, Takeshi Kubo, Yutaka Ito, Kizuku Watanabe, Kensaku Aihara, Kazuo Chin, Michiaki Mishima, Takateru Izumi
Psychometric properties of the OLQ-13 scale to measure Sense of Coherence in a community-dwelling older population
Jenneken Naaldenberg, Hilde Tobi, Franciska van den Esker, Lenneke Vaandrager
Quality of life associated to chronic pelvic pain is independent of endometriosis diagnosis-a cross-sectional survey
Carlos A Souza, Luciano M Oliveira, Camila Scheffel, Vanessa K Genro, Virginia Rosa, Marcia F Chaves, João S Cunha Filho
Psychometric characteristics of the short form 36 health survey and functional assessment of chronic illness Therapy-Fatigue subscale for patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Dennis A Revicki, Anne M Rentz, Michelle P Luo, Robert L Wong
Quality of life at the dead sea region: the lower the better? an observational study
Avital Avriel, Lior Fuchs, Ygal Plakht, Assi Cicurel, Armando Apfelbaum, Robert Satran, Michael Friger, Dimitry Dartava, Shaul Sukenik
Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among a large national cohort of 87,134 Thai adults
Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Tewarit Somkotra, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian C Sleigh
A confirmatory study of the Combined Index of Severity of Fibromyalgia (ICAF*): factorial structure, reliability and sensitivity to change
Miguel A Vallejo, Javier Rivera, Joaquim Esteve-Vives, Javier Rejas
Performance and cross-cultural comparison of the short-form version of the CPQ11-14 in New Zealand, Brunei and Brazil
Lyndie A Foster Page, W Murray Thomson, A Rizan Mohamed, Jefferson Traebert
Health-related quality of life changes of children and adolescents with chronic disease after participation in therapeutic recreation camping program
Andrea Békési, Szabolcs Török, Gyöngyi Kökönyei, Ildikó Bokrétás, Annamária Szentes, Gábor Telepóczki
Impact of dizziness on everyday life in older primary care patients: a cross-sectional study
Jacquelien Dros, Otto R Maarsingh, Leo Beem, Henriëtte E van der Horst, Gerben ter Riet, François G Schellevis, Henk CPM van Weert
Analysis of the construct of dignity and content validity of the patient dignity inventory
Gwenda Albers, H Roeline W Pasman, Mette L Rurup, Henrica CW de Vet, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen
Retrospective study of the effect of disease progression on patient reported outcomes in HER-2 negative metastatic breast cancer patients
Mark S Walker, Murad Hasan, Yeun Mi Yim, Elaine Yu, Edward J Stepanski, Lee S Schwartzberg
Longitudinal association of physical activity and sedentary behavior during leisure time with health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults
Teresa Balboa-Castillo, Luz M León-Muñoz, Auxiliadora Graciani, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Pilar Guallar-Castillón
Development and validation of a short version of the Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (ACIC) in Dutch Disease Management Programs
Jane M Cramm, Mathilde MH Strating, Apostolos Tsiachristas, Anna P Nieboer
General and disease-specific quality of life in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media - a prospective study
Ingo Baumann, Bianca Gerendas, Peter K Plinkert, Mark Praetorius
Does maternal oral health predict child oral health-related quality of life in adulthood?
Dara M Shearer, W Murray Thomson, Jonathan M Broadbent, Richie Poulton
Stress-related psycho-physiological disorders: randomized single blind placebo controlled naturalistic study of psychometric evaluation using a radio electric asymmetric treatment
Salvatore Rinaldi, Vania Fontani, Lucia Aravagli, Piero Mannu, Alessandro Castagna, Matteo Lotti Margotti, Barbara Rosettani
The WRITTEN-HEART study (expressive writing for heart healing): rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial of expressive writing in coronary patients referred to residential cardiac rehabilitation
Gian Mauro Manzoni, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Enrico Molinari
Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life in the older population: results from the German KORA-Age study
Matthias Hunger, Barbara Thorand, Michaela Schunk, Angela Döring, Petra Menn, Annette Peters, Rolf Holle
Not all developmental assets are related to positive health outcomes in college students
Keith J Zullig, Daniel A Teoli, Rose Marie Ward
Quality of life in Croatian Homeland war (1991-1995) veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain
Marijana Braš, Vibor Milunović, Maja Boban, Lovorka Brajković, Vanesa Benković, Veljko Đorđević, Ozren Polašek
The impact of burning mouth syndrome on health-related quality of life
Fabrício TA Souza, Tálita PM Santos, Vanessa F Bernardes, Antônio L Teixeira, Arthur M Kümmer, Tarcília A Silva, Mauro HNG Abreu
Development of a proxy-reported pulmonary outcome scale for preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Sara E Massie, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Darren A DeWalt, Matthew M Laughon, Leslie M Powell, Wayne A Price
Spinsterhood and its impact on disease features in women with rheumatoid arthritis
Yousra Ibn Yacoub, Bouchra Amine, Assia Laatiris, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
Psychometric evaluation of the SF-36 (v.2) questionnaire in a probability sample of Brazilian households: results of the survey Pesquisa Dimensões Sociais das Desigualdades (PDSD), Brazil, 2008
Josué Laguardia, Monica R Campos, Claudia M Travassos, Alberto L Najar, Luiz A Anjos, Miguel M Vasconcellos
The Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) 3.0 Asthma Module: reliability and validity
Lifen Feng, Yingfen Zhang, Ruoqing Chen, Yuantao Hao
Differential aspects of stroke and congestive heart failure in quality of life reduction: a case series with three comparison groups
Elen B Pinto, Iara Maso, Julio LB Pereira, Thiago G Fukuda, Jamile C Seixas, Daniela F Menezes, Carolina Cincura, Iuri S Neville, Pedro AP Jesus, Jamary Oliveira-Filho
Can changes in health related quality of life scores predict survival in stages III and IV colorectal cancer?
Donald P Braun, Digant Gupta, James F Grutsch, Edgar D Staren
Health status of older adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus after aerobic or resistance training: A randomised trial
Cindy Li Whye Ng, E Shyong Tai, Su-Yen Goh, Hwee-Lin Wee
Adaptation of the QoL-AGHDA scale for adults with growth hormone deficiency in four Slavic languages
Stephen P McKenna, Jeanette Wilburn, James Twiss, Sigrid R Crawford, Václav Hána, Malgorzata Karbownik-Lewinska, Vera Popovic, Mikulas Pura, Maria Koltowska-Häggström
Disability in activities of daily living, depression, and quality of life among older medical ICU survivors: a prospective cohort study
Michael T Vest, Terrence E Murphy, Katy LB Araujo, Margaret A Pisani
The laval questionnaire: a new instrument to measure quality of life in morbid obesity
Fanny Therrien, Picard Marceau, Nathalie Turgeon, Simon Biron, Denis Richard, Yves Lacasse
A cohort study of short-term functional outcomes following injury: the role of pre-injury socio-demographic and health characteristics, injury and injury-related healthcare
John Langley, Sarah Derrett, Gabrielle Davie, Shanthi Ameratunga, Emma Wyeth
Responsiveness of EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-CR38 and FACT-C quality of life questionnaires in patients with colorectal cancer
Lionel Uwer, Christine Rotonda, Francis Guillemin, Joëlle Miny, Marie-Christine Kaminsky, Mariette Mercier, Laetitia Tournier-Rangeard, Isabelle Leonard, Philippe Montcuquet, Philippe Rauch, Thierry Conroy
Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (10-item CD-RISC) in young adults
Blanca Notario-Pacheco, Montserrat Solera-Martínez, María D Serrano-Parra, Raquel Bartolomé-Gutiérrez, Javier García-Campayo, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
Psychometric validation of the revised SCOPA-Diary Card: expanding the measurement of non-motor symptoms in parkinson's disease
Regina Rendas-Baum, Philip O Buck, Michelle K White, Jane Castelli-Haley
Older People's Quality of Life (OPQOL) scores and adverse health outcomes at a one-year follow-up. A prospective cohort study on older outpatients living in the community in Italy
Claudio Bilotta, Ann Bowling, Paola Nicolini, Alessandra Casè, Gloria Pina, Silvia Veronica Rossi, Carlo Vergani
Health related quality of life in patients with anogenital warts
Sotirios A Koupidis, Electra Nicolaidou, Maria Hadjivassiliou, Stefanos Bellos, Petros Skapinakis, Christina Stefanaki, Helen Papadogeorgakis, Andreas Katsambas
The comparative burden of mild, moderate and severe Fibromyalgia: results from a cross-sectional survey in the United States
Caroline Schaefer, Arthi Chandran, Meghan Hufstader, Rebecca Baik, Michael McNett, Don Goldenberg, Robert Gerwin, Gergana Zlateva
Psychological distress of patients suffering from restless legs syndrome: a cross-sectional study
Hanna Scholz, Heike Benes, Svenja Happe, Juergen Bengel, Ralf Kohnen, Magdolna Hornyak
Improvement in health-related quality of life after therapy with omeprazole in patients with coronary artery disease and recurrent angina-like chest pain. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the SF-36 survey
Jacek Budzyński, Grzegorz Pulkowski, Karol Suppan, Jacek Fabisiak, Marcin Majer, Maria Kłopocka, Beata Galus-Pulkowska, Marcin Wasielewski
Impact of traumatic dental injuries and malocclusions on quality of life of young children
Janaina M Aldrigui, Jenny Abanto, Thiago S Carvalho, Fausto M Mendes, Marcia T Wanderley, Marcelo Bönecker, Daniela P Raggio
Validation of a proposed WOMAC short form for patients with hip osteoarthritis
Amaia Bilbao, José M Quintana, Antonio Escobar, Carlota Las Hayas, Miren Orive
A tool to measure the attributes of receiving IV therapy in a home versus hospital setting: the Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Management Scale (MSRMS)
Afsane Riazi, Bernadette Porter, Jeremy Chataway, Alan J Thompson, Jeremy C Hobart
Quality of life among patients undergoing bariatric surgery: associations with mental health- A 1 year follow-up study of bariatric surgery patients
Haldis Ø Lier, Eva Biringer, Oddbjørn Hove, Bjarte Stubhaug, Tone Tangen
Rasch analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for use in motor neurone disease
Chris J Gibbons, Roger J Mills, Everard W Thornton, John Ealing, John D Mitchell, Pamela J Shaw, Kevin Talbot, Alan Tennant, Carolyn A Young
Does self-regulation and autonomic regulation have an influence on survival in breast and colon carcinoma patients? results of a prospective outcome study
Matthias Kröz, Marcus Reif, Arndt Büssing, Roland Zerm, Gene Feder, Angelina Bockelbrink, Hans Broder von Laue, Harald Matthes H, Stefan N Willich, Matthias Girke
Towards a brief definition of burnout syndrome by subtypes: Development of the "Burnout Clinical Subtypes Questionnaire" (BCSQ-12)
Jesús Montero-Marín, Petros Skapinakis, Ricardo Araya, Margarita Gili, Javier García-Campayo
Identification of clinically significant psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity by examining quality of life in subjects with occupational asthma
David Miedinger, Kim L Lavoie, Jocelyne L'Archeveque, Heberto Ghezzo, Jean-Luc Malo
A review of methods used in assessing non-serious adverse drug events in observational studies among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
Liana Hakobyan, Flora M Haaijer-Ruskamp, Dick de Zeeuw, Daniela Dobre, Petra Denig
Impact of childhood trauma on functionality and quality of life in HIV-infected women
Zyrhea CE Troeman, Georgina Spies, Mariana Cherner, Sarah L Archibald, Christine Fennema-Notestine, Rebecca J Theilmann, Bruce Spottiswoode, Dan J Stein, Soraya Seedat
The influence of the level of physical activity and human development in the quality of life in survivors of stroke
Felipe J Aidar, Ricardo J de Oliveira, António J Silva, Dihogo G de Matos, André L Carneiro, Nuno Garrido, Robert C Hickner, Victor M Reis
The ICF as a common language for rehabilitation goal-setting: comparing client and professional priorities
Michal Harty, Maryka Griesel, Aletia van der Merwe
Impact of stroke on health-related quality of life in diverse cultures: the Berlin-Ibadan multicenter international study
Mayowa O Owolabi
Differences in demographic composition and in work, social, and functional limitations among the populations with unipolar depression and bipolar disorder: results from a nationally representative sample
Nathan D Shippee, Nilay D Shah, Mark D Williams, James P Moriarty, Mark A Frye, Jeanette Y Ziegenfuss
Validity of instruments to measure physical activity may be questionable due to a lack of conceptual frameworks: a systematic review
Elena Gimeno-Santos, Anja Frei, Fabienne Dobbels, Katja Rüdell, Milo A Puhan, Judith Garcia-Aymerich
Medication quality and quality of life in the elderly, a cohort study
Inger Nordin Olsson, Rebecka Runnamo, Peter Engfeldt
Deriving health state utilities for the numerical pain rating scale
Simon Dixon, Chris D Poole, Isaac Odeyemi, Peny Retsa, Colette Chambers, Craig J Currie
Quality of Life analysis of patients in chronic use of oral anticoagulant: an observational study
Geisa de Queiroz Almeida, Lúcia de ACB Noblat, Luiz Carlos Santana Passos, Harrison Floriano do Nascimento
Measurement properties of physical function scales validated for use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of the literature
Martijn AH Oude Voshaar, Peter M ten Klooster, Erik Taal, Mart AFJ van de Laar
Pain in castration-resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases: a qualitative study
Adam Gater, Linda Abetz-Webb, Clare Battersby, Bhash Parasuraman, Stuart McIntosh, Faith Nathan, Elisabeth C Piault
General anxiety, depression, and physical health in relation to symptoms of heart-focused anxiety-a cross sectional study among patients living with the risk of serious arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death
Anniken Hamang, Geir E Eide, Berit Rokne, Karin Nordin, Nina Øyen
The positive mental health instrument: development and validation of a culturally relevant scale in a multi-ethnic asian population
Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Mythily Subramaniam, Siow Ann Chong, Edimansyah Abdin, Maria Orlando Edelen, Louisa Picco, Yee Wei Lim, Mei Yen Phua, Boon Yiang Chua, Joseph YS Tee, Cathy Sherbourne
Reliability and validity of a single item measure of quality of life scale for adult patients with cystic fibrosis
Abebaw M Yohannes, Mary Dodd, Julie Morris, Kevin Webb
The ability of cancer-specific and generic preference-based instruments to discriminate across clinical and self-reported measures of cancer severities
Paulos Teckle, Stuart Peacock, Helen McTaggart-Cowan, Kim van der Hoek, Stephen Chia, Barb Melosky, Karen Gelmon
Quality of life of patients after retropubic prostatectomy - Pre- and postoperative scores of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-PR25
Peter Bach, Tanja Döring, Andreas Gesenberg, Cornelia Möhring, Mark Goepel
Do diabetes and depressed mood affect associations between obesity and quality of life in postmenopause? Results of the KORA-F3 Augsburg population study
Daniela A Heidelberg, Rolf Holle, Maria E Lacruz, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Thomas von Lengerke
Does laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis improve quality of life? A prospective study
Mohamed Mabrouk, Giulia Montanari, Manuela Guerrini, Gioia Villa, Serena Solfrini, Claudia Vicenzi, Giuseppe Mignemi, Letizia Zannoni, Clarissa Frasca, Nadine Di Donato, Chiara Facchini, Simona Del Forno, Elisa Geraci, Giulia Ferrini, Diego Raimondo, Stefania Alvisi, Renato Seracchioli
Social anxiety disorder in genuine halitosis patients
Takashi Zaitsu, Masayuki Ueno, Kayoko Shinada, Fredrick A Wright, Yoko Kawaguchi
Psychometric validation of the Portuguese version of the Neuropathic Pain Symptoms Inventory
Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Karine ASL Ferreira, Carine M Nishimura, Lyn T Yeng, Abrahão F Batista, Katia de Sá, Joaci Araujo, Patrick RNAG Stump, Helena H Kaziyama, Ricardo Galhardoni, Erich T Fonoff, Gerson Ballester, Telma Zakka, Didier Bouhassira, Manoel J Teixeira
The relationship of oral health literacy with oral health-related quality of life in a multi-racial sample of low-income female caregivers
Kimon Divaris, Jessica Y Lee, A Diane Baker, William F Vann Jr
Health-related quality of life and self-related health in patients with type 2 diabetes: Effects of group-based rehabilitation versus individual counselling
Eva S Vadstrup, Anne Frølich, Hans Perrild, Eva Borg, Michael Røder
Predictors of health status do not change over three-year periods and exacerbation makes difference in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Renata Ferrari, Suzana E Tanni, Laura MO Caram, Cristiane R Naves, Irma Godoy
Challenges in comparing the quality of life of older people between ethnic groups, and the implications for national well-being indicators: a secondary analysis of two cross-sectional surveys
Robert L Grant, Ann Bowling
Determinants of quality of life in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Ikuyo Imayama, Ronald C Plotnikoff, Kerry S Courneya, Jeffrey A Johnson
Development and validation of the impact of dry eye on everyday life (IDEEL) questionnaire, a patient-reported outcomes (PRO) measure for the assessment of the burden of dry eye on patients
Linda Abetz, Krithika Rajagopalan, Polyxane Mertzanis, Carolyn Begley, Rod Barnes, Robin Chalmers
Mapping of the Insomnia Severity Index and other sleep measures to EuroQol EQ-5D health state utilities
Ning Yan Gu, Marc F Botteman, Xiang Ji, Christopher F Bell, John A Carter, Ben van Hout
Health related quality of life of Iranian children with type 1 diabetes: reliability and validity of the Persian version of the PedsQL™ Generic Core Scales and Diabetes Module
Peyman Jafari, Elham Forouzandeh, Zahra Bagheri, Zohreh Karamizadeh, Keivan Shalileh
Development of a patient reported outcome measure for fatigue in motor neurone disease: the Neurological Fatigue Index (NFI-MND)
Chris J Gibbons, Roger J Mills, Everard W Thornton, John Ealing, John D Mitchell, Pamela J Shaw, Kevin Talbot, A Tennant, Carolyn A Young
Determinants of agreement between self-reported and parent-assessed quality of life for children in Germany-results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS)
Ute Ellert, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Michael Erhart, Bärbel-Maria Kurth
Fitness and health-related quality of life dimensions in community-dwelling middle aged and older adults
Pedro R Olivares, Narcis Gusi, Josue Prieto, Miguel A Hernandez-Mocholi
Measuring health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module
Yi Ji, Siyuan Chen, Kai Li, Nong Xiao, Xue Yang, Shan Zheng, Xianmin Xiao
Validation of the individualised neuromuscular quality of life for the USA with comparison of the impact of muscle disease on those living in USA versus UK
Reza Sadjadi, Kelly A Vincent, Alison J Carr, Jessica Walburn, Victoria L Brooks, Shree Pandya, John T Kissel, Carlayne E Jackson, Michael R Rose
The relative impact of vision impairment and cardiovascular disease on quality of life: the example of pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Robert P Finger, Eva Fenwick, Manjula Marella, Peter Charbel Issa, Hendrik PN Scholl, Frank G Holz, Ecosse L Lamoureux
A comprehensive systematic review of the development process of 104 patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for physical activity in chronically ill and elderly people
Anja Frei, Kate Williams, Anders Vetsch, Fabienne Dobbels, Laura Jacobs, Katja Rüdell, Milo A Puhan
Cross - cultural adaptation and preliminary validation of the Turkish version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale among 5-6-year-old children
Kadriye Peker, Ömer Uysal, Gülçin Bermek
Combined life satisfaction of persons with stroke and their caregivers: associations with caregiver burden and the impact of stroke
Aileen L Bergström, Gunilla Eriksson, Lena von Koch, Kerstin Tham
Assessment of self-injection experience in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: psychometric validation of the Self-Injection Assessment Questionnaire (SIAQ)
Dorothy Keininger, Geoffroy Coteur
Heath-related quality of life in Spanish breast cancer patients: a systematic review
María Concepción Delgado-Sanz, María José García-Mendizábal, Marina Pollán, Maria João Forjaz, Gonzalo López-Abente, Nuria Aragonés, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez
Comparison between the disease-specific Airways Questionnaire 20 and the generic 15D instruments in COPD
Witold Mazur, Henna Kupiainen, Janne Pitkäniemi, Maritta Kilpeläinen, Harri Sintonen, Ari Lindqvist, Vuokko L Kinnula, Tarja Laitinen
Assessing the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life for Outcome Measurement in Stroke Rehabilitation: Minimal Detectable Change and Clinically Important Difference
Keh-chung Lin, Tiffany Fu, Ching-yi Wu, Ching-ju Hsieh
The effect of time of onset on community preferences for health states: an exploratory study
Eve Wittenberg
Predialysis therapeutic care and health-related quality of life at dialysis onset (The pharmacoepidemiologic AVENIR study)
Stephanie Boini, Luc Frimat, Michele Kessler, Serge Briançon, Nathalie Thilly
The 12-item medical outcomes study short form health survey version 2.0 (SF-12v2): a population-based validation study from Tehran, Iran
Ali Montazeri, Mariam Vahdaninia, Sayed Javad Mousavi, Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Sepideh Omidvari, Mahmoud Tavousi
Psychological approach to successful ageing predicts future quality of life in older adults
Ann Bowling, Steve Iliffe
Measuring outcomes in allergic rhinitis: psychometric characteristics of a Spanish version of the congestion quantifier seven-item test (CQ7)
Antonio Valero, Joaquim Mullol, Michael Herdman, Maria-José Rosales