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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Ausgabe 1/2015

Inhalt (206 Artikel)

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Type D personality, mental distress, social support and health-related quality of life in coronary artery disease patients with heart failure: a longitudinal observational study

Margarita Staniute, Julija Brozaitiene, Julius Burkauskas, Nijole Kazukauskiene, Narseta Mickuviene, Robertas Bunevicius

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Strategies to use tablet computers for collection of electronic patient-reported outcomes

Kara Schick-Makaroff, Anita Molzahn

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Sexual dysfunction and sexual quality of life among the physically challenged in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana

William K B A Owiredu, Alexander O Owusu, Nafiu Amidu, Lawrence Quaye, Christian K Gyasi-Sarpong, Peter P M Dapare, Huseini Alidu

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Analysis of vestibular-balance symptoms according to symptom duration: dimensionality of the Vertigo Symptom Scale-short form

Masaki Kondo, Kensuke Kiyomizu, Fumiyuki Goto, Tadashi Kitahara, Takao Imai, Makoto Hashimoto, Hiroaki Shimogori, Tetsuo Ikezono, Meiho Nakayama, Norio Watanabe, Tatsuo Akechi

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Evaluating the psychometric properties of an e-based version of the 39-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire

David Morley, Sarah Dummett, Laura Kelly, Jill Dawson, Crispin Jenkinson

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Testing mapping algorithms of the cancer-specific EORTC QLQ-C30 onto EQ-5D in malignant mesothelioma

David T Arnold, Donna Rowen, Matthijs M Versteegh, Anna Morley, Clare E Hooper, Nicholas A Maskell

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A study of suicidal ideation in acute ischemic stroke patients

Jin Dou, Jie Tang, Chu-Hong Lu, En-She Jiang, Pei-Xi Wang

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Oral and general health-related quality of life in patients treated for oral cancer compared to control group

Rocío Barrios, Manuel Bravo, Jose Antonio Gil-Montoya, Ildefonso Martínez-Lara, Blas García-Medina, Georgios Tsakos

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Family functioning, marital quality and social support in Chinese patients with epilepsy

Yi-he Wang, Michelle Haslam, Ming Yu, Juan Ding, Qian Lu, Fang Pan

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A web-based psychological support program for caregivers of children with cystic fibrosis: a pilot study

Astrid Fidika, Marion Herle, Christine Lehmann, Christa Weiss, Christine Knaevelsrud, Lutz Goldbeck

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Preoperative and early postoperative quality of life after major surgery - a prospective observational study

Julien Maillard, Nadia Elia, Chiara S Haller, Cécile Delhumeau, Bernhard Walder

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Loss and psychosocial factors as determinants of quality of life in a cohort of earthquake survivors

Vahe Khachadourian, Haroutune K Armenian, Anahit Demirchyan, Armen Goenjian

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Measurement properties of the EQ-5D-5L compared to EQ-5D-3L in the Thai diabetes patients

Juntana Pattanaphesaj, Montarat Thavorncharoensap

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Measurement of change in health status with Rasch models

Pasquale Anselmi, Giulio Vidotto, Ornella Bettinardi, Giorgio Bertolotti

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Professional Care Team Burden (PCTB) scale – reliability, validity and factor analysis

Stefanie Auer, Elmar Graessel, Carmen Viereckl, Ursula Kienberger, Edith Span, Katharina Luttenberger

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Posttraumatic growth, depression and posttraumatic stress in relation to quality of life in tsunami survivors: a longitudinal study

Johan Siqveland, Egil Nygaard, Ajmal Hussain, Richard G Tedeschi, Trond Heir

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Self-perception and quality of life among overweight and obese rural housewives in Kelantan, Malaysia

Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda, Dieudonne Kuate, Rohana Abdul Jalil, Wan Suriati Wan Nik, Siti Azima Awang

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Multidimensional fatigue inventory and post-polio syndrome – a Rasch analysis

Anna Dencker, Katharina S Sunnerhagen, Charles Taft, Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson

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Symptoms and markers of symptom severity in asthma—content validity of the asthma symptom diary

Gary Globe, Mona Martin, Michael Schatz, Ingela Wiklund, Joseph Lin, Robyn von Maltzahn, Maria S Mattera

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Working mechanism of a multidimensional computerized adaptive test for fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis

Stephanie Nikolaus, Christina Bode, Erik Taal, Harald E Vonkeman, Cees AW Glas, Mart AFJ van de Laar

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Early intervention influences positively quality of life as reported by prematurely born children at age nine and their parents; a randomized clinical trial

Inger Pauline Landsem, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Stein Erik Ulvund, Per Ivar Kaaresen, John A Rønning

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Do patient-reported outcome measures cover personal factors important to people with rheumatoid arthritis? A mixed methods design using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as frame of reference

Mona Dür, Michaela Coenen, Michaela Alexandra Stoffer, Veronika Fialka-Moser, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Ingvild Kjeken, Răzvan Gabriel Drăgoi, Malin Mattsson, Carina Boström, Josef Smolen, Tanja Alexandra Stamm

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Factors influencing life satisfaction in acute myeloid leukemia survivors following allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a cross-sectional study

Susanne Amler, Maria Cristina Sauerland, Christian Deiters, Thomas Büchner, Andrea Schumacher

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Health-related quality of life of the rural-China left-behind children or adolescents and influential factors: a cross-sectional study

Yun Huang, Xiao-Ni Zhong, Qing-Ying Li, Dan Xu, Xuan-Lin Zhang, Chao Feng, Guo-Xiu Yang, Yun-Yun Bo, Bing Deng

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Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the spine functional index

Eda Tonga, Charles Philip Gabel, Sedef Karayazgan, Antonio I Cuesta-Vargas

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Psychosocial factors for influencing healthy aging in adults in Korea

KyungHun Han, YunJung Lee, JaSung Gu, Hee Oh, JongHee Han, KwuyBun Kim

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Estimation of minimally important differences in the EQ-5D and SF-6D indices and their utility in stroke

Sang-Kyu Kim, Seon-Ha Kim, Min-Woo Jo, Sang-il Lee

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Mapping the EQ-5D index from the cystic fibrosis questionnaire-revised using multiple modelling approaches

Sarah Acaster, Binny Pinder, Clara Mukuria, Amanda Copans

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Utility estimation of hypothetical chronic obstructive pulmonary disease health states by the general population and health professionals

Sujin Cho, Hochang Kim, Seon-Ha Kim, Minsu Ock, Yeon-Mok Oh, Min-Woo Jo

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Quality of life improved following in-patient substance use disorder treatment

Adrian R Pasareanu, Anne Opsal, John-Kåre Vederhus, Øistein Kristensen, Thomas Clausen

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Outcomes measured by mortality rates, quality of life and degree of autonomy in the first year in stroke units in Spain

Javier Mar, Jaime Masjuan, Juan Oliva-Moreno, Nuria Gonzalez-Rojas, Virginia Becerra, Miguel Ángel Casado, Covadonga Torres, María Yebenes, Manuel Quintana, Jose Alvarez-Sabín

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Exercise barriers self-efficacy: development and validation of a subcale for individuals with cancer-related lymphedema

Jena Buchan, Monika Janda, Robyn Box, Laura Rogers, Sandi Hayes

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Establishing content validity in a novel patient reported outcome measure for cardiac arrhythmia ablation patients

Kathleen L Withers, Kathryn A Wood, Grace Carolan-Rees, Hannah Patrick, Mauro Lencioni, Michael Griffith

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Quality of life in caregivers of children and adolescents with Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Ana Paula Vanz, Têmis M Félix, Neusa Sica da Rocha, Ida V D Schwartz

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Evaluation of the American-English Quality of Life in Short Stature Youth (QoLISSY) questionnaire in the United States

Monika Bullinger, Rachel Sommer, Andreas Pleil, Nelly Mauras, Judith Ross, Ron Newfield, Lawrence Silverman, Anja Rohenkohl, Janet Fox, Julia Quitmann

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Adolescent self-report and parent proxy-report of health-related quality of life: an analysis of validity and reliability of PedsQL™ 4.0 among a sample of Malaysian adolescents and their parents

Sanker Kaartina, Yit Siew Chin, Rezali Fara Wahida, Fui Chee Woon, Chu Chien Hiew, Mohd Shariff Zalilah, Mohd Taib Mohd Nasir

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The impact of pediatric blood and marrow transplant on parents: introduction of the parent impact scale

Katherine E Heinze, Angie Mae Rodday, Marie T Nolan, Kristin Bingen, Mary Jo Kupst, Sunita K Patel, Karen Syrjala, Lynnette Harris, Christopher Recklitis, Lisa Schwartz, Stella Davies, Eva C Guinan, Robert Noll, Grace Chang, Susan K Parsons

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Intestinal symptoms and psychological factors jointly affect quality of life of patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea

Liming Zhu, Dan Huang, Lili Shi, Liexin Liang, Tao Xu, Min Chang, Wei Chen, Dong Wu, Facan Zhang, Xiucai Fang

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Reliability and validity of the Portuguese version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale

Tiago V Sousa, Vânia Viveiros, Maria V Chai, Filipe L Vicente, Gustavo Jesus, Maria J Carnot, Ana C Gordo, Pedro L Ferreira

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Cognitive emotion regulation: characteristics and effect on quality of life in women with breast cancer

Lingyan Li, Xiongzhao Zhu, Yanjie Yang, Jincai He, Jinyao Yi, Yuping Wang, Jinqiang Zhang

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How are you? Do people with inflammatory bowel disease experience response shift on this question?

Nancy E Mayo, Susan C Scott, Charles N Bernstein, Lisa M Lix

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Development and validation of a patient-reported outcome measure for stroke patients

Yanhong Luo, Jie Yang, Yanbo Zhang

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Validation of the Dutch Aging Perceptions Questionnaire and development of a short version

Anne Slotman, Jane M Cramm, Anna P Nieboer

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Quality of life correlation with socioeconomic status in Korean hepatitis-B patients: a cross sectional study

Seung Ju Kim, Kyu-Tae Han, Seo Yoon Lee, Eun-Cheol Park

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Dutch translation and cross-cultural validation of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT)

Karen M van Leeuwen, Judith E Bosmans, Aaltje PD Jansen, Stacey E Rand, Ann-Marie Towers, Nick Smith, Kamilla Razik, Birgit Trukeschitz, Maurits W van Tulder, Henriette E van der Horst, Raymond W Ostelo

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Quality of life and its association with direct medical costs for COPD in urban China

Minmin Wu, Qi Zhao, Yue Chen, Chaowei Fu, Biao Xu

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Validation of the Spanish version of the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale (MSBS)

Marta Alda, Joaquin Minguez, Jesús Montero-Marin, Margalida Gili, Marta Puebla-Guedea, Paola Herrera-Mercadal, Mayte Navarro-Gil, Javier Garcia-Campayo

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Qualitative and quantitative validation of the FACIT-fatigue scale in iron deficiency anemia

Sarah Acaster, Rene Dickerhoof, Kendra DeBusk, Kristine Bernard, William Strauss, Lee F. Allen

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The international Hip Outcome Tool-33 (iHOT-33): multicenter validation and translation to Spanish

Miguel Angel Ruiz-Ibán, Roberto Seijas, Andrea Sallent, Oscar Ares, Oliver Marín-Peña, Alfonso Muriel, Ricardo Cuéllar

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Spanish cultural adaptation and validation of the shoulder pain and disability index, and the oxford shoulder score after breast cancer surgery

María Torres-Lacomba, Beatriz Sánchez-Sánchez, Virginia Prieto-Gómez, Soraya Pacheco-da-Costa, María José Yuste-Sánchez, Beatriz Navarro-Brazález, Carlos Gutiérrez-Ortega

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Validation of a French-language version of the health education impact Questionnaire (heiQ) among chronic disease patients seen in primary care: a cross-sectional study

Anne Bélanger, Catherine Hudon, Martin Fortin, José Amirall, Tarek Bouhali, Maud-Christine Chouinard

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Health-related quality of life and tuberculosis: a longitudinal cohort study

Melissa Bauer, Sara Ahmed, Andrea Benedetti, Christina Greenaway, Marek Lalli, Allison Leavens, Dick Menzies, Claudia Vadeboncoeur, Bilkis Vissandjée, Ashley Wynne, Kevin Schwartzman

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Elicitation of health state utilities associated with varying severities of flares in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

C. Pollard, S. Hartz, S. Liu Leage, M.A Paget, J. Cook, A. Enstone

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Impact of periodontal conditions on the quality of life of pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

Hai-Xia Lu, Wei Xu, May Chun Mei Wong, Tian-You Wei, Xi-Ping Feng

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Effect of obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis on health related quality of life

Serena Iacono Isidoro, Adriana Salvaggio, Anna Lo Bue, Salvatore Romano, Oreste Marrone, Giuseppe Insalaco

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Relationship between health-related quality of life, comorbidities and acute health care utilisation, in adults with chronic conditions

Anastasia F. Hutchinson, Marnie Graco, Tshepo Mokuedi Rasekaba, Sumit Parikh, David John Berlowitz, Wen Kwang Lim

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Development of the web-based Spanish and Catalan versions of the Euroqol 5D-Y (EQ-5D-Y) and comparison of results with the paper version

Noemí Robles, Luis Rajmil, Dolors Rodriguez-Arjona, Marta Azuara, Francisco Codina, Hein Raat, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Michael Herdman

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The subjective experience of young women with non-metastatic breast cancer: the Young Women with Breast Cancer Inventory

V. Christophe, C. Duprez, A. Congard, P. Antoine, A. Lesur, E. Fournier, L. Vanlemmens

Open Access Study Protocol

Research protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the health effects of volunteering for seniors

Simone Pettigrew, Michelle Jongenelis, Robert U Newton, Jeni Warburton, Ben Jackson

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Prevalence and risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder among survivors five years after the “Wenchuan” earthquake in China

Li-Ping Zhang, Qian Zhao, Zhong-Cheng Luo, Yi-Xiong Lei, Yu Wang, Pei-Xi Wang

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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Schizophrenia Caregiver Questionnaire (SCQ) and the Caregiver Global Impression (CaGI) Scales in 11 languages

Diana Rofail, Catherine Acquadro, Cécile Izquierdo, Antoine Regnault, Steven H. Zarit

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Relationship between optimism and quality of life in patients with two chronic rheumatic diseases: axial spondyloarthritis and chronic low back pain: a cross sectional study of 288 patients

Sarah Kreis, Anna Molto, Florian Bailly, Sabrina Dadoun, Stéphanie Fabre, Christopher Rein, Christophe Hudry, Franck Zenasni, Sylvie Rozenberg, Edouard Pertuiset, Bruno Fautrel, Laure Gossec

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Are all health gains equally important? An exploration of acceptable health as a reference point in health care priority setting

S. Wouters, N.J.A. van Exel, K.I.M. Rohde, W.B.F. Brouwer

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Presurgical assessment of bariatric patients with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)—A screening of the prevalence of psychosocial comorbidity

Patrick H. Alizai, Maren K. Akkerman, Daniel Kaemmer, Florian Ulmer, Christian D. Klink, Sabine Ernst, Klaus Mathiak, Ulf P. Neumann, Volker Perlitz

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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Amblyopia and Strabismus Questionnaire (ASQE)

Wei Bian, Min Li, Zonghua Wang, Xiaolei Wang, Yang Liu, Yan Wu

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Validation of the Turkish version of the Celiac Disease Questionnaire (CDQ)

Ayşegül Aksan, Seyit Mehmet Mercanlıgil, Winfried Häuser, Eda Karaismailoğlu

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Health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional study focusing on non-motor symptoms

Liis Kadastik-Eerme, Marika Rosenthal, Tiiu Paju, Mari Muldmaa, Pille Taba

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Rasch analysis of the Patient Rated Elbow Evaluation questionnaire

Joshua I. Vincent, Joy C. MacDermid, Graham J. W. King, Ruby Grewal

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Living on a knife edge-the daily struggle of coping with symptomatic cardiac arrhythmias

Kathleen L Withers, Kathryn A Wood, Grace Carolan-Rees, Hannah Patrick, Mauro Lencioni, Michael Griffith

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Meaningful health outcomes for paediatric neurodisability: Stakeholder prioritisation and appropriateness of patient reported outcome measures

Christopher Morris, Astrid Janssens, Valerie Shilling, Amanda Allard, Andrew Fellowes, Richard Tomlinson, Jane Williams, Jo Thompson Coon, Morwenna Rogers, Bryony Beresford, Colin Green, Crispin Jenkinson, Alan Tennant, Stuart Logan

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Health-related quality of life for medical rescuers one month after Ludian earthquake

Bihan Tang, Yang Ge, Zhipeng Liu, Xu Liu, Peng Kang, Yuan Liu, Lulu Zhang

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Impact of overactive bladder on quality of life and resource use: results from Korean Burden of Incontinence Study (KOBIS)

Kyu Sung Lee, Myung Soo Choo, Ju Tae Seo, Seung June Oh, Hyeong Gon Kim, Kwong Ng, Kyung Jin Lee, Jonathan T. Tan, Joon Chul Kim

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Health state utilities associated with major clinical events in the context of secondary hyperparathyroidism and chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis

Evan W. Davies, Louis S. Matza, Gavin Worth, David H. Feeny, Jacqueline Kostelec, Steven Soroka, David Mendelssohn, Philip McFarlane, Vasily Belozeroff

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Reliability and validity of a vertical numerical rating scale supplemented with a faces rating scale in measuring fatigue after stroke

Li-ling Chuang, Keh-chung Lin, An-lun Hsu, Ching-yi Wu, Ku-chou Chang, Yen-chen Li, You-lin Chen

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Development and content validity testing of a patient-reported outcomes questionnaire for the assessment of hereditary angioedema in observational studies

Nicola Bonner, Linda Abetz-Webb, Lydie Renault, Teresa Caballero, Hilary Longhurst, Marcus Maurer, Sandra Christiansen, Bruce Zuraw

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Effect of ivacaftor treatment in patients with cystic fibrosis and the G551D-CFTR mutation: patient-reported outcomes in the STRIVE randomized, controlled trial

Alexandra Quittner, Ellison Suthoff, Regina Rendas-Baum, Martha S. Bayliss, Isabelle Sermet-Gaudelus, Brenda Castiglione, Montserrat Vera-Llonch

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“Married with children” the influence of significant others in TTO exercises

F.E. van Nooten, N.J.A. van Exel, X. Koolman, W.B.F. Brouwer

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Quantifying the importance of disease burden on perceived general health and depressive symptoms in patients within the Mayo Clinic Biobank

Euijung Ryu, Paul Y. Takahashi, Janet E. Olson, Matthew A. Hathcock, Paul J. Novotny, Jyotishman Pathak, Suzette J. Bielinski, James R. Cerhan, Jeff A. Sloan

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Health related quality of life in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: a cross-sectional study

Anette Winger, Gunnvald Kvarstein, Vegard Bruun Wyller, Mirjam Ekstedt, Dag Sulheim, Even Fagermoen, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Sølvi Helseth

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Recovery from musculoskeletal injury: the role of social support following a transport accident

Khic-Houy Prang, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Sharon Newnam

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Impact of dental health on children’s oral health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study

Aishah Alsumait, Mohamed ElSalhy, Kim Raine, Ken Cor, Rebecca Gokiert, Sabiha Al-Mutawa, Maryam Amin

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Oral health-related quality of life after prosthetic rehabilitation: a longitudinal study with the OHIP questionnaire

Ágnes Jenei, János Sándor, Csaba Hegedűs, Kinga Bágyi, László Nagy, Csongor Kiss, Gyula Szabó, Ildikó J. Márton

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Assessing resilience in adolescence: The Spanish adaptation of the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire

Georgina Guilera, Noemí Pereda, Ana Paños, Judit Abad

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Mobility predicts change in older adults’ health-related quality of life: evidence from a Vancouver falls prevention prospective cohort study

Jennifer C. Davis, Stirling Bryan, John R. Best, Linda C. Li, Chun Liang Hsu, Caitlin Gomez, Kelly A. Vertes, Teresa Liu-Ambrose

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The impact of oral health on the quality of life of nursing home residents

Jessie Porter, Antiopi Ntouva, Andrew Read, Mandy Murdoch, Dennis Ola, Georgios Tsakos

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Cross-cultural measurement equivalence of the 5-level EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Singapore

Ye Wang, Ngiap-Chuan Tan, Ee-Guan Tay, Julian Thumboo, Nan Luo

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Assessing children’s interpretations of the Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-Being Measure (ACHWM)

Nancy L. Young, Mary Jo Wabano, Stephen D. Ritchie, Tricia A. Burke, Brenda Pangowish, Rita G. Corbiere

Open Access Commentary

Preferred reporting items for studies mapping onto preference-based outcome measures: The MAPS statement

Stavros Petrou, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Helen Dakin, Louise Longworth, Mark Oppe, Robert Froud, Alastair Gray

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Development and validation of the BRIGHTLIGHT Survey, a patient-reported experience measure for young people with cancer

Rachel M. Taylor, Lorna A. Fern, Anita Solanki, Louise Hooker, Anna Carluccio, Julia Pye, David Jeans, Tom Frere–Smith, Faith Gibson, Julie Barber, Rosalind Raine, Dan Stark, Richard Feltbower, Susie Pearce, Jeremy S. Whelan

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Patterns of health-related quality of life and associated factors in Chinese patients undergoing haemodialysis

Eric Y. F. Wan, Julie Y. Chen, Edmond P. H. Choi, Carlos K. H. Wong, Anca K. C. Chan, Karina H. Y. Chan, Cindy L. K. Lam

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Validation of the French translation-adaptation of the impact of cancer questionnaire version 2 (IOCv2) in a breast cancer survivor population

Myriam Blanchin, Sarah Dauchy, Alejandra Cano, Anne Brédart, Neil K. Aaronson, Jean-Benoit Hardouin

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Health related quality of life in patients with actinic keratosis – an observational study of patients treated in dermatology specialist care in Denmark

Gunnel Ragnarson Tennvall, J.M. Norlin, I. Malmberg, A.M. Erlendsson, M. Hædersdal

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Development of ATAQ-LAM: a tool to assess quality of life in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Tarik D. Walker, Jennifer Desserich, Karen Albright, Frederick S. Wamboldt, Amanda Belkin, Kaitlin Fier, Jeffrey J. Swigris

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Predictors of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. A cross-sectional study in Norway

Vilde Lehne Michalsen, Per Olav Vandvik, Per G. Farup

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The responsiveness of the EQ-5D and time trade-off scores in schizophrenia, affective disorders, and alcohol addiction

Michael Sonntag, Hans-Helmut König, Alexander Konnopka

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An up-date on health-related quality of life in myasthenia gravis -results from population based cohorts

M. I. Boldingh, L. Dekker, A. H. Maniaol, C. Brunborg, A. F. Lipka, E. H. Niks, J. J. G. M. Verschuuren, C. M. E. Tallaksen

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Potential predictors for health-related quality of life in stroke patients undergoing inpatient rehabilitation

Chien-Min Chen, Chih-Chien Tsai, Chia-Ying Chung, Chia-Ling Chen, Katie PH Wu, Hsieh-Ching Chen

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Differences in utility scores obtained through Brazilian and UK value sets: a cross-sectional study

Maíra Libertad Soligo Takemoto, Nilceia Lopes da Silva, Ana Carolina Padula Ribeiro-Pereira, Arthur Orlando Correa Schilithz, Cibele Suzuki

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Psychosocial factors of caregiver burden in child caregivers: results from the new national study of caregiving

Steven A. Cohen, Sarah Cook, Lauren Kelley, Trisha Sando, Allison E. Bell

Open Access Commentary

The PROMIS of QALYs

Janel Hanmer, David Feeny, Baruch Fischhoff, Ron D. Hays, Rachel Hess, Paul A. Pilkonis, Dennis A. Revicki, Mark S Roberts, Joel Tsevat, Lan Yu

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Adverse childhood experiences and health-related quality of life in adulthood: revelations from a community needs assessment

Abraham A. Salinas-Miranda, Jason L. Salemi, Lindsey M. King, Julie A. Baldwin, Estrellita “Lo” Berry, Deborah A. Austin, Kenneth Scarborough, Kiara K. Spooner, Roger J. Zoorob, Hamisu M. Salihu

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Reliability and validity of a new HIV-specific questionnaire with adults living with HIV in Canada and Ireland: the HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ)

Kelly K. O’Brien, Patricia Solomon, Colm Bergin, Siobhán O’Dea, Paul Stratford, Nkem Iku, Ahmed M. Bayoumi

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Responsiveness, construct and criterion validity of the Personal Care-Participation Assessment and Resource Tool (PC-PART)

Susan W. Darzins, Christine Imms, Nora Shields, Nicholas F. Taylor

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Evaluation of smoking-specific and generic quality of life measures in current and former smokers in Germany and the United States

John E. Ware Jr, Barbara Gandek, Anuradha Kulasekaran, Rick Guyer

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Modelling of diabetes knowledge, attitudes, self-management, and quality of life: a cross-sectional study with an Australian sample

Yee Cheng Kueh, Tony Morris, Erika Borkoles, Himanshu Shee

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A psychometric assessment of the St. George’s respiratory questionnaire in patients with COPD using rasch model analysis

Chyi Lo, Wen-Miin Liang, Liang-Wen Hang, Tai-Chin Wu, Yu-Jun Chang, Chih-Hung Chang

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Evaluating functional outcomes in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: development and initial testing of a self-report instrument

Asha Hareendran, Juliana Setyawan, Robin Pokrzywinski, Anna Steenrod, Manisha Madhoo, M. Haim Erder

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Fatigue in Egyptian patients with rheumatic diseases: a qualitative study

Mohamed Mortada, Amal Abdul-Sattar, Laure Gossec

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One-year trajectories of mental and physical functioning during and after rehabilitation among individuals with disabilities

Line Preede, Martin Saebu, Paul. B. Perrin, Astrid Nyquist, Haakon Dalen, Erik Bautz-Holter, Cecilie Røe

Open Access Short report

Cross cultural translation, adaptation and reliability of the Malay version of the Canadian Acute Respiratory Illness and Flu Scale (CARIFS)

Anna Marie Nathan, Rafdzah Zaki, Rachael Rozario, Nurul Dhania, Siti Nur Sabrina Mohd Hamirudin, Kah Peng Eg, Sze Ying Kee, Cindy Teh, Kartini Abdul Jabar, Caroline Westerhout, Surendran Thavagnanam, Jessie de Bruyne

Open Access Research

Effects of social activity on health-related quality of life according to age and gender: an observational study

Hye Ki Park, Sung Youn Chun, Young Choi, Seo Yoon Lee, Seung Ju Kim, Eun-Cheol Park

Open Access Research

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of yoruba version of the short-form 36 health survey

Chidozie Emmanuel Mbada, Gafar Atanda Adeogun, Michael Opeoluwa Ogunlana, Rufus Adesoji Adedoyin, Adesanmi Akinsulore, Taofeek Oluwole Awotidebe, Opeyemi Ayodiipo Idowu, Olumide Ayoola Olaoye

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Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) in Serbian patients

Bojan Kovac, Miroslav Vukosavljevic, Jelena Djokic Kovac, Mirko Resan, Goran Trajkovic, Janko Jankovic, Milena Smiljanic, Anita Grgurevic

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Oral health-related quality of life and related factors among residents in a disaster area of the Great East Japan Earthquake and giant tsunami

Mitsuo Kishi, Fumie Aizawa, Miki Matsui, Yukari Yokoyama, Akiko Abe, Kentaro Minami, Ruriko Suzuki, Hiroyuki Miura, Kiyomi Sakata, Akira Ogawa

Open Access Research

Relationship between CD4 count and quality of life over time among HIV patients in Uganda: a cohort study

Doris Mutabazi Mwesigire, Faith Martin, Janet Seeley, Achilles Katamba

Open Access Review

Patient reported outcome measures for visual impairment after stroke: a systematic review

Lauren R. Hepworth, Fiona J. Rowe, Robert Harper, Kathryn Jarvis, Tracey Shipman, Helen Rodgers

Open Access Research

Validity of the Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-being Measure: Aaniish Naa Gegii?

Nancy L. Young, Mary Jo Wabano, Koyo Usuba, Brenda Pangowish, Mélanie Trottier, Diane Jacko, Tricia A. Burke, Rita G. Corbiere

Open Access Research

Relationship between self-reported weight change, educational status, and health-related quality of life in patients with diabetes in Luxembourg

Anastase Tchicaya, Nathalie Lorentz, Stefaan Demarest, Jean Beissel, Daniel R. Wagner

Open Access Research

Construction of quality of life change patterns: example in oncology in a phase III therapeutic trial (FFCD 0307)

Gillles Nuemi, Hervé Devilliers, Karine Le Malicot, Rosine Guimbaud, Côme Lepage, Catherine Quantin

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Exploring the nonlinear relationship between body mass index and health-related quality of life among adults: a cross-sectional study in Shaanxi Province, China

Yongjian Xu, Zhongliang Zhou, Yanli Li, Jinjuan Yang, Xiaoyuan Guo, Jianmin Gao, Ju’e Yan, Gang Chen

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An in-depth psychometric analysis of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale: calibration with Rasch-Andrich model

Víctor B. Arias González, María Teresa Crespo Sierra, Benito Arias Martínez, Agustín Martínez-Molina, Fernando P. Ponce

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Psychometric evaluation of health related quality of life among rural-to-urban migrants in China

Peigang Wang, Cen Chen, Ronghua Yang, Yan Wu

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Mental distress among Liberian medical staff working at the China Ebola Treatment Unit: a cross sectional study

Li Li, Changli Wan, Ru Ding, Yi Liu, Jue Chen, Zonggui Wu, Chun Liang, Zhiqing He, Chengzhong Li

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Validation of the Questionnaire to Identify Knee Symptoms (QuIKS) using Rasch analysis

Clayon B. Hamilton, Monica R. Maly, J. Robert Giffin, Jessica M. Clark, Mark Speechley, Robert J. Petrella, Bert M. Chesworth

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Cross cultural adaptation of the English version of the IOF-QLQ to Polish, to assess the health-related quality-of-life of patients after a distal radius fracture

Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski, Brandon Michael Henry, Jan Paradowski, Michał Kłosiński, Ewa Walocha, Joanna Golec, Ewa Kucharska, Zbigniew Dudkiewicz

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The negative impact of spasticity on the health-related quality of life of stroke survivors: a longitudinal cohort study

Patrick J. Gillard, Heidi Sucharew, Dawn Kleindorfer, Samir Belagaje, Sepideh Varon, Kathleen Alwell, Charles J. Moomaw, Daniel Woo, Pooja Khatri, Matthew L. Flaherty, Opeolu Adeoye, Simona Ferioli, Brett Kissela

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Meaning in life and perceived quality of life in Switzerland: results of a representative survey in the German, French and Italian regions

Mathieu Bernard, Giliane Braunschweig, Martin Johannes Fegg, Gian Domenico Borasio

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When patients and surgeons disagree about surgical outcome: investigating patient factors and chart note communication

Carolyn E. Schwartz, Armon Ayandeh, Joel A. Finkelstein

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Mode of allocation and social demographic factors correlate with impaired quality of life after liver transplantation

Nils Heits, Gunnar Meer, Alexander Bernsmeier, Rainer Guenther, Bjoern Malchow, Thomas Kuechler, Thomas Becker, Felix Braun

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An empirical comparison of the OPQoL-Brief, EQ-5D-3 L and ASCOT in a community dwelling population of older people

Billingsley Kaambwa, Liz Gill, Nicola McCaffrey, Emily Lancsar, Ian D. Cameron, Maria Crotty, Len Gray, Julie Ratcliffe

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Mapping and direct valuation: do they give equivalent EQ-5D-5L index scores?

Nan Luo, Yin Bun Cheung, Raymond Ng, Chun Fan Lee

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Equivalence of electronic and paper administration of patient-reported outcome measures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies conducted between 2007 and 2013

Willie Muehlhausen, Helen Doll, Nuz Quadri, Bethany Fordham, Paul O’Donohoe, Nijda Dogar, Diane J. Wild

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Multimorbidity and functional decline in community-dwelling adults: a systematic review

Aine Ryan, Emma Wallace, Paul O’Hara, Susan M. Smith

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Quality of life in polyneuropathy: association with biomarkers of small fiber impairment

Meng-Ting Lin, Lukas Jyuhn-Hsiarn Lee, Chi-Chao Chao, Sung-Tsang Hsieh

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Differential item functioning (DIF) of SF-12 and Q-LES-Q-SF items among french substance users

Stéphanie Bourion-Bédès, Raymund Schwan, Vincent Laprevote, Alex Bédès, Jean-Louis Bonnet, Cédric Baumann

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Autism spectrum quotient, coping with stress and quality of life in a non-clinical sample – an exploratory report

Ewa Pisula, Dorota Danielewicz, Rafał Kawa, Wojciech Pisula

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Validation of a Dutch version of the Actionable 8-item screening questionnaire for neurogenic bladder overactivity in multiple sclerosis: an observational web-based study

Peter Joseph Jongen, Bertil F. M. Blok, John P. Heesakkers, Marco Heerings, Wim A. Lemmens, Rogier Donders

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Validation of the child oral health impact profile (COHIP) french questionnaire among 12 years-old children in New Caledonia

Nada El Osta, Helene Pichot, Delphine Soulier-Peigue, Martine Hennequin, Stephanie Tubert-Jeannin

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A systematic review of instruments for measuring outcomes in economic evaluation within aged care

Norma B. Bulamu, Billingsley Kaambwa, Julie Ratcliffe

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Population preference values for health states in relapsed or refractory B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the United Kingdom

Mike Aristides, Arie Barlev, Beth Barber, Merel Gijsen, Casey Quinn

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Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the Quality of Life in Adult Cancer Survivors (QLACS) questionnaire: application in a sample of short-term survivors

Antonio Escobar, Maria del Mar Trujillo-Martín, Antonio Rueda, Elisabeth Pérez-Ruiz, Nancy E. Avis, Amaia Bilbao

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Health-related quality of life in patients with sickle cell disease in Saudi Arabia

Anwar E. Ahmed, Ahmed S. Alaskar, Ahmad M. Al-Suliman, Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, Donna K. McClish, Majid Al Salamah, Yosra Z. Ali, Hafiz Malhan, May Anne Mendoza, Abdulrahman O. Gorashi, Mohamed E. El-toum, Wala E. El-toum

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Psychometric validation of the Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale-Parent Report Form in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Kavita Gajria, Mark Kosinski, Vanja Sikirica, Michael Huss, Elayne Livote, Kathleen Reilly, Ralf W. Dittmann, M. Haim Erder

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Comparison and concordance of health-related quality of life tests among substance users

Antonio J. Rojas, Oscar Lozano, Katia Foresti, Elham Zolfaghari, Carlos Zubaran

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Combined association of fitness and central adiposity with health-related quality of life in healthy Men: a cross-sectional study

Robert A. Sloan, Susumu S. Sawada, Corby K. Martin, Benjamin Haaland

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Comparing the measurement equivalence of EQ-5D-5L across different modes of administration

Brendan Mulhern, Hannah O’Gorman, Neil Rotherham, John Brazier

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A qualitative examination of the content validity of the EQ-5D-5L in patients with type 2 diabetes

Louis S. Matza, Kristina S. Boye, Katie D. Stewart, Bradley H. Curtis, Matthew Reaney, Amanda S. Landrian

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Chinese cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Oxford shoulder score

Ximing Xu, Fei Wang, Xiaolin Wang, Xianzhao Wei, Zimin Wang

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Disease profile and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using the EuroQol (EQ-5D + C) questionnaire for chronic metallic mercury vapor intoxication

Nadine Steckling, Dietrich Plass, Stephan Bose-O’Reilly, Alfred Bogomir Kobal, Alexander Krämer, Claudia Hornberg

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Oral health-related quality of life before and after crown therapy in young patients with amelogenesis imperfecta

Gunilla Pousette Lundgren, Agneta Karsten, Göran Dahllöf

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Psychometric evaluation of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in Chinese adolescents – a methodological study

Cheng Guo, Göran Tomson, Jizhi Guo, Xiangyun Li, Christina Keller, Fredrik Söderqvist

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Detecting short-term change and variation in health-related quality of life: within- and between-person factor structure of the SF-36 health survey

Amanda Kelly, Jonathan Rush, Eric Shafonsky, Allen Hayashi, Kristine Votova, Christine Hall, Andrea M. Piccinin, Jens Weber, Philippe Rast, Scott M. Hofer

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Shoulder pain and disability index: cross cultural validation and evaluation of psychometric properties of the Spanish version

Miguel David Membrilla-Mesa, Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas, Rocio Pozuelo-Calvo, Victor Tejero-Fernández, Lydia Martín-Martín, Manuel Arroyo-Morales

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Factors associated with the life satisfaction amongst the rural elderly in Odisha, India

Pallavi Banjare, Rinshu Dwivedi, Jalandhar Pradhan

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Family income is associated with quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease in the pre-dialysis phase: a cross sectional study

Camila Foresti Lemos, Marcelo Palmeira Rodrigues, Joel Russomano Paulo Veiga

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Validity and reliability of EQ-5D-3L for breast cancer patients in Korea

Seon-Ha Kim, Min-Woo Jo, Jong-Won Lee, Hyeon-Jeong Lee, Jong Kyung Kim

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Health-related quality of life in people with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: data from the Brazilian Type 1 Diabetes Study Group

Ana Carolina Contente Braga de Souza, João Soares Felício, Camila Cavalcante Koury, João Felício Abrahão Neto, Karem Barbosa Miléo, Flávia Marques Santos, Carlos Antonio Negrato, Ana Regina Bastos Motta, Denisson Dias Silva, Thaís Pontes Arbage, Carolina Tavares Carvalho, Hana Andrade de Rider Brito, Elizabeth Sumi Yamada, Franciane Trindade Cunha de Melo, Fabricio de Souza Resende, Juliana Cristina Cardoso Ferreira, Marilia Brito Gomes

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Anxiety, depression, perceived social support and quality of life in Malaysian breast cancer patients: a 1-year prospective study

Chong Guan Ng, Salina Mohamed, Mee Hoong See, Faizah Harun, Maznah Dahlui, Ahmad Hatim Sulaiman, Nor Zuraida Zainal, Nur Aishah Taib

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Depression with pain co morbidity effect on quality of life among HIV positive patients in Uganda: a cross sectional study

Emmanuel K. Mwesiga, Levi Mugenyi, Noeline Nakasujja, Shirley Moore, Mark Kaddumukasa, Martha Sajatovic