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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Ausgabe 1/2022

Inhalt (171 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Stress, pain, and work affiliation are strongly associated with health-related quality of life in parents of 14–15-year-old adolescents

Gudrun Rohde, Sølvi Helseth, Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen, Siv Skarstein, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Kristin Haraldstad

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Quality of life and challenges experienced by the surviving adults with transfusion dependent thalassaemia in Malaysia: a cross sectional study

Wai Cheng Foong, Kooi Yau Chean, Fairuz Fadzilah Rahim, Ai Sim Goh, Seoh Leng Yeoh, Angeline Aing Chiee Yeoh

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Pediatric quality of life multidimensional fatigue scale (PedsQL-MFS) detects the effects of a 3-week Inpatient body weight reduction program for children and adolescents with obesity

Matthew F. Smout, Gian Mauro Manzoni, Sofia Tamini, Nicoletta Marazzi, Alessandra De Col, Giada Pietrabissa, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Enrico Molinari, Alessandro Sartorio

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Development and measurement properties of the AxEL (attitude toward education and advice for low-back-pain) questionnaire

Edel T. O’Hagan, Ian W. Skinner, Matthew D. Jones, Emma L. Karran, Adrian C. Traeger, Aidan G. Cashin, Benedict M. Wand, Siobhan M. Schabrun, Sean O’Neill, Ian A. Harris, James H. McAuley

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More often than not, we’re in sync: patient and caregiver well-being over time in stem cell transplantation

Timothy S. Sannes, Krista W. Ranby, Miryam Yusufov, Benjamin W. Brewer, Jamie M. Jacobs, Stephanie Callan, Gillian R. Ulrich, Nicole A. Pensak, Crystal Natvig, Mark L. Laudenslager

Open Access Review

Psychometric properties of self-reported measures of health-related quality of life in people living with HIV: a systematic review

Huan Wen, Zhongfang Yang, Zheng Zhu, Shuyu Han, Lin Zhang, Yan Hu

Open Access Research

Anxiety disorders in patients with noncardiac chest pain: association with health-related quality of life and chest pain severity

Stéphanie Hamel, Isabelle Denis, Stéphane Turcotte, Richard Fleet, Patrick Archambault, Clermont E. Dionne, Guillaume Foldes-Busque

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Analysis of the psychometric properties of the Sense of Coherence scale (SOC-13) in patients with cardiovascular risk factors: a study of the method effects associated with negatively worded items

Sara Domínguez-Salas, Montserrat Andrés-Villas, Aina Riera-Sampol, Pedro Tauler, Miquel Bennasar-Veny, Antoni Aguilo, Francisco Rivera

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Depression, anxiety and health-related quality of life in paediatric intracranial germ cell tumor survivors

Wenyi Lv, Bo Li, Jin Feng, Li Chen, Xiaoguang Qiu, Shuai Liu

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Health-related quality of life among Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone: the role of socio-demographic, health-related and psycho-social factors

Peter Bai James, Jon Wardle, Razak M. Gyasi, Amie Steel, Jon Adams, John Alimamy Kabba, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Michael Lahai, Eugene B. Conteh

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Correlates of health-related quality of life in primary caregivers of perinatally HIV infected and HIV exposed uninfected adolescents at the Kenyan Coast

Patrick N. Mwangala, Derrick Ssewanyana, Paul Mwangi, Esther Chongwo, Carophine Nasambu, Vincent A. Kagonya, Gaia Scerif, Charles R. Newton, Amina Abubakar

Open Access Review

Qualitative measures that assess functional disability and quality of life in ALS

Susan L. Hartmaier, Thomas Rhodes, Suzanne F. Cook, Courtney Schlusser, Chao Chen, Steve Han, Neta Zach, Venkatesha Murthy, Shreya Davé

Open Access Research

Urinary incontinence in pregnant women and its impact on health-related quality of life

Xiaojuan Wang, Ying Jin, Ping Xu, Suwen Feng

Open Access Research

Rural population’s preferences matter: a value set for the EQ-5D-3L health states for China’s rural population

Gordon G. Liu, Haijing Guan, Xuejing Jin, Han Zhang, Samantha A. Vortherms, Hongyan Wu

Open Access Research

Quality of life of women with breast cancer in a tertiary referral university hospital

Jamilah Yusoff, Aniza Ismail, Mohd Rizal Abd Manaf, Fuad Ismail, Norlia Abdullah, Rohaizak Muhammad, Shahrun Niza Abdullah Suhaimi, Reena Rahayu Mat Zin

Open Access COVID-19 Research

The COVID-19 patients' educational needs assessment questionnaire (COPENAQ): development and psychometrics

Reza Hajialibeigloo, Yaser Moradi, Hossein Habibzadeh, Rahim Baghaei, Vahid Alinejad, Mohammad Namazi Nia

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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire 2.0 into Brazilian Portuguese in a general population

Josane Soares Pinto Melo, Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho, Adriana Sousa Rêgo, Daniel Santos Rocha, Isabel Aparecida Porcatti de Walsh, Rudys Rodolfo de Jesus Tavarez, Maria Claudia Gonçalves, Karen Larissa Brito Damasceno, Cid André Fidelis de Paula Gomes, Daniela Bassi-Dibai

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Adolescent valuation of CARIES-QC-U: a child-centred preference-based measure of dental caries

H. J. Rogers, J. Sagabiel, Z. Marshman, H. D. Rodd, D. Rowen

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Relationship between social capital and quality of life among adult stroke patients: a cross-sectional study in Anhui Province, China

Kai Ji, Zhongliang Bai, Yan Zhao, Lingzhi Sang, Danni Wang, Ren Chen

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Detection of response shift in health-related quality of life studies: a systematic review

Estelina Ortega-Gómez, Purificación Vicente-Galindo, Helena Martín-Rodero, Purificación Galindo-Villardón

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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) into Igbo language: a validation study

Ukamaka Gloria Mgbeojedo, Christopher Olusanjo Akosile, Juliet Chidera Ezugwu, Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye, Jeneviv Nene John, Kenneth Umezulike Ani, Obinna Chinedu Okezue

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Continued alcohol consumption and hepatic encephalopathy determine quality of life and psychosocial burden of caregivers in patients with liver cirrhosis

Michael Nagel, Vanessa Weidner, Sina Schulz, Jens U. Marquardt, Peter R. Galle, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Marc Nguyen-Tat, Marcus-Alexander Wörns, Christian Labenz

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Psychometric properties of the kidney disease quality of life-36 (KDQOL-36) in Ethiopian patients undergoing hemodialysis

Mignote Hailu Gebrie, Hussen Mekonnen Asfaw, Workagegnehu Hailu Bilchut, Helena Lindgren, Lena Wettergren

Open Access Review

Health-related quality of life in individuals with genital herpes: a systematic review

Angela Devine, Xiuqin Xiong, Sami Lynne Gottlieb, Maeve Britto de Mello, Christopher K. Fairley, Jason J. Ong

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Health-related quality of life in outpatients with substance use disorder: evolution over time and associated factors

Melexima Simirea, Cédric Baumann, Michael Bisch, Hélène Rousseau, Paolo Di Patrizio, Sarah Viennet, Stéphanie Bourion-Bédès

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Assessing the psychometric properties of the Chinese return-to-work self-efficacy questionnaire using Rasch model analysis

Feng Liu, Zhenxiang Zhang, Beilei Lin, Zhiguang Ping, Yongxia Mei

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Quality of life of caregivers of breast cancer patients: a cross-sectional evaluation

Marloes E. Clarijs, Arvind Oemrawsingh, Mirelle E. E. Bröker, Cornelis Verhoef, Hester Lingsma, Linetta B. Koppert

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Independent and combined effects of sleep quality and night sleep duration on health-related quality of life in rural areas: a large-scale cross-sectional study

Wei Liao, Xiaotian Liu, Ning Kang, Lulu Wang, Zhihan Zhai, Jing Yang, Xueyan Wu, Yongxia Mei, Shengxiang Sang, Chongjian Wang, Yuqian Li

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Translation and validation of Indonesian version of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) Neuromuscular Module

Guswan Wiwaha, Dian M. Sari, Vitriana Biben, Deni K. Sunjaya, Dany Hilmanto

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Effect of aerobic exercise intensity on health-related quality of life in severe obesity: a randomized controlled trial

Jarle Berge, Jøran Hjelmesæth, Ronette L. Kolotkin, Øyvind Støren, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Jens Kristoffer Hertel, Espen Gjevestad, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Jan Helgerud, Tomm Bernklev

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Quality of life and informal care burden associated with duchenne muscular dystrophy in Portugal: the COIDUCH study

Valeska Andreozzi, Pedro Labisa, Melina Mota, Susana Monteiro, Rita Alves, João Almeida, Björn Vandewalle, Jorge Felix, Katharina Buesch, Hugo Canhão, Igor Beitia Ortiz de Zarate

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Health-related quality of life among older adults who experienced the Pohang earthquake in South Korea: A cross-sectional survey

Eun-Mi Kim, Gwang Suk Kim, Heejung Kim, Chang Gi Park, Ogcheol Lee, Betty Pfefferbaum

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Differential associations among social support, health promoting behaviors, health-related quality of life and subjective well-being in older and younger persons: a structural equation modelling approach

Phoenix K. H. Mo, Eliza L. Y. Wong, Nelson C. Y. Yeung, Samuel Y. S. Wong, Roger Y. Chung, Alan C. Y. Tong, Chris C. Y. Ko, Jia Li, Eng-kiong Yeoh

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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Spanish MINICHAL instrument into English for use in the United Kingdom

Andrew N. Jordan, Christine Anning, Lindsay Wilkes, Claire Ball, Nicola Pamphilon, Christopher E. Clark, Nicholas G. Bellenger, Angela C. Shore, Andrew S. P. Sharp, Jose M. Valderas

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Psychometric assessment of scales for measuring loneliness and social isolation: an analysis of the household, income and labour dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey

Karine E. Manera, Ben J. Smith, Katherine B. Owen, Philayrath Phongsavan, Michelle H. Lim

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Psychometric properties of the Depression Stigma Scale in the Portuguese population and its association with gender and depressive symptomatology

Virgínia Conceição, Inês Rothes, Milton Severo, Kathleen Griffiths, Ulrich Hegerl, Ricardo Gusmão

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Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Swiss French version of the Older People’s Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL-35-SF)

Sophie Carrard, Claudia Mooser, Roger Hilfiker, Anne-Gabrielle Mittaz Hager

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Psychometric properties of the Child-OIDP and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in secondary schools in Suva, Fiji

Anumala Ram, Masoud Mohammadnezhad, Tamara Mangum, Brian Mangum

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Combined quality of life and survival for estimation of long-term health outcome of patients with stroke

Nipaporn Butsing, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Jung-Der Wang, Disya Ratanakorn

Open Access Brief Report

Giving meaning to the scores of the Amsterdam instrumental activities of daily living questionnaire: a qualitative study

Mark A. Dubbelman, Caroline B. Terwee, Merike Verrijp, Leonie N. C. Visser, Philip Scheltens, Sietske A. M. Sikkes

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Psychometric properties of the end-of-life care decision inventory (EOL-CDI): a mixed-methods study

Shinmi Kim, Insook Lee, Sun-Woo Hong, Su-Jin Koh

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Health-related quality of life in young adults born small for gestational age: a prospective cohort study

Cathrin Vano Mehl, Ingrid Marie Husby Hollund, Johanne Marie Iversen, Stian Lydersen, Paul Jarle Mork, Eero Kajantie, Kari Anne I. Evensen

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Measurement properties of the EQ-5D-Y administered through a smartphone app in children with asthma: a longitudinal questionnaire study

Karina Mayoral, Olatz Garin, Catalina Lizano-Barrantes, Angels Pont, Araceli M. Caballero-Rabasco, Manuel Praena-Crespo, Laura Valdesoiro-Navarrete, María Teresa Guerra, José Antonio Castillo, Inés de Mir, Eva Tato, Jordi Alonso, Vicky Serra-Sutton, Yolanda Pardo, Montse Ferrer

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The Chinese version of the Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire-16-C (QOLCE-16-C): translation, validity, and reliability

Ping Tang, Qunfeng Lu, Yinghui Wu, Lin Wang, Wenjuan Tang, Yan Jiang, Liling Yang, Jianlin Ji, Xiaomin Sun, Jingmin Sun, Jie Yang

Open Access Study protocol

Development and validation of the health-related quality of life instrument for Chinese infertile couples: a mixed-methods study protocol

Zhao Shi, Zhuxin Mao, Hongwei Nie, Ling Geng, Gang Chen, Shunping Li

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Validation of a novel quality of life questionnaire: the Digestion-associated Quality of Life Questionnaire (DQLQ)

Matthew Beke, Alyssa M. Burns, Sydney Weir, Rebecca J. Solch, Taylor C. Judkins, Carmelo Nieves Jr., Bobbi Langkamp-Henken

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Adaptation and validation of the HIV Knowledge Questionnaire-18 for the general population of Indonesia

Bustanul Arifin, M. Rifqi Rokhman, Zulkarnain Zulkarnain, Dyah Aryani Perwitasari, Marianti Manggau, Saidah Rauf, Rasuane Noor, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Maarten J. Postma, Muhammad Nasrum Massi, Jurjen van der Schans

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Sense of coherence moderates the relationship between social capital and oral health‑related quality of life in schoolchildren: a 10-year cohort study

Jessica Klöckner Knorst, Mario Vianna Vettore, Bruna Brondani, Bruno Emmanuelli, Fernanda Tomazoni, Thiago Machado Ardenghi

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Socio-economic correlates of quality of life in single and married urban individuals: a Polish case study

Daniel Puciato, Michał Rozpara, Marek Bugdol, Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń

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Post-intensive care screening: French translation and validation of the Healthy Aging Brain Care-Monitor, hybrid version

Geoffrey Horlait, Charlotte Beaudart, Laurine Bougard, Stephen Bornheim, Camille Colson, Benoit Misset, Olivier Bruyère, Malaz Boustani, Anne-Françoise Rousseau

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Quality of life and mental health in emerging adults with cerebral palsy compared to the general population

Silke Schmidt, Henriette Markwart, Marion Rapp, Audrey Guyard, Catherine Arnaud, Jérôme Fauconnier, Ute Thyen, Stefanie Hahm, Nicolas Vidart d’Egurbide Bagazgoïtia, Holger Muehlan

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Health-related quality of life among Chinese patients with Crohn’s disease: a cross-sectional survey using the EQ-5D-5L

Ziyun Gao, Pei Wang, Jie Hong, Yuqing Yan, Tianying Tong, Bin Wu, Jun Hu, Zhenhua Wang

Open Access Comment

Mental health and quality of life in different obesity phenotypes: a systematic review

Behnaz Abiri, Farhad Hosseinpanah, Seyedshahab Banihashem, Seyed Ataollah Madinehzad, Majid Valizadeh

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The association between health-promoting-lifestyles, and socioeconomic, family relationships, social support, health-related quality of life among older adults in china: a cross sectional study

Xiao Zheng, Yaqing Xue, Fang Dong, Lei Shi, Shujuan Xiao, Jiachi Zhang, Benli Xue, Yi Qian, Hong Zhu, Qiang Man, Chichen Zhang

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‘I thought I had fibroids, and now I don’t’: a mixed method study on health-related quality of life in uterine sarcoma patients

Dide den Hollander, Emma Lidington, Susanne Singer, Samantha C. Sodergren, Samer Salah, Marco Fiore, Charlotte Benson, Ingrid M. E. Desar, Vivian W. G. Burgers, Olga Husson, Winette T. A. van der Graaf

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Changed health behavior improves subjective well-being and vice versa in a follow-up of 9 years

Säde Stenlund, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Lauri Sillanmäki, Hanna Lagström, Päivi Rautava, Sakari Suominen

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The KIDSCREEN-27 scale: translation and validation study of the Slovenian version

Leona Cilar Budler, Majda Pajnkihar, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Owen Barr, Gregor Stiglic

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Development and validation of the psoriasis scale among the system of quality of life instruments for chronic diseases QLICD-PS (V2.0)

Qiongling Liu, Li Feng, Chonghua Wan, Jianfeng Tan, Jianbin Yu, Li Wang

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Association between quality of life and mental stress-induced myocardial ischaemia in high-risk patients after coronary revascularization

Nan Nan, Wei Dong, Bingyu Gao, Feihuan Cui, Zhi Chang, Jian Jiao, Huijuan Zuo, Hongzhi Mi, Xiantao Song, Shuzheng Lyu, Hongjia Zhang

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Validation and minimally important difference of the Child-OIDP in a socioeconomically diverse sample of Indian adolescents

Manu Raj Mathur, Deepti Nagrath, Huda Yusuf, Vijay Kumar Mishra, Georgios Tsakos

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Analysis of different domains of physical activity with health-related quality of life in adults: 2-year cohort

Catarina Covolo Scarabottolo, William Rodrigues Tebar, Luis Alberto Gobbo, David Ohara, Aline Duarte Ferreira, Daniel da Silva Canhin, Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Combined quality of life and survival for estimation of long-term health outcome of patients with stroke

Nipaporn Butsing, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Jung-Der Wang, Disya Ratanakorn

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Socio-economic correlates of quality of life in single and married urban individuals: a Polish case study

Daniel Puciato, Michał Rozpara, Marek Bugdol, Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń

Open Access Correction

Correction: Psychometric analysis of the questionnaires for the assessment of upper limbs available in their Italian version: a systematic review of the structural and psychometric characteristics

Luca Barni, María Ruiz‑Muñoz, Manuel Gonzalez‑Sanchez, Antonio I. Cuesta‑Vargas, Jose Merchan‑Baeza, Marco Freddolini

Open Access Research

Listening to families with a person with neurodegenerative disease talk about their quality of life: integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches

Alba Aza, María Gómez-Vela, Marta Badia, M. Begoña Orgaz, Eva González-Ortega, Isabel Vicario-Molina, Estrella Montes-López

Open Access Review

Health related quality of life and its association with social support among people living with HIV/AIDS receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nebiyu Mengistu, Habtamu Endashaw Hareru, Seid Shumye, Solomon Yimer, Daniel Sisay, Abdene Weya Kaso, Temesgen Muche, Chalachew Kassaw, Negasa Eshete Soboksa, Wondwosen Molla, Alemayehu Molla, Bereket Duko

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Vision-related quality of life in patients with glaucoma: the role of illness perceptions

Qiqi Zhang, Wenzhe Zhou, Di Song, Yanqian Xie, Hao Lin, Youping Liang, Yanhan Ren, Yuanbo Liang, Yanyan Chen

Open Access Review

Predictors of health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery: a systematic review

Julie Sanders, Tracey Bowden, Nicholas Woolfe-Loftus, Mandeep Sekhon, Leanne M. Aitken

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A head-to-head comparison of the EQ-5D-3L index scores derived from the two EQ-5D-3L value sets for China

Ruo-Yu Zhang, Wei Wang, Hui-Jun Zhou, Jian-Wei Xuan, Nan Luo, Pei Wang

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Quality of life and factors associated with a good quality of life among diabetes mellitus patients in northern Thailand

Ratipark Tamornpark, Suphaphorn Utsaha, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Dunlayaphap Panklang, Fartima Yeemard, Peeradone Srichan

Open Access Review

Patient reported outcomes in oncology: changing perspectives—a systematic review

Augusta Silveira, Teresa Sequeira, Joaquim Gonçalves, Pedro Lopes Ferreira

Open Access Research

Development and testing of an instrument to measure contextual factors influencing self-care decisions among adults with chronic illness

Shayleigh Dickson Page, Christopher Lee, Subhash Aryal, Kenneth Freedland, Anna Stromberg, Ercole Vellone, Heleen Westland, Douglas J. Wiebe, Tiny Jaarsma, Barbara Riegel

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Problems undermining the health-related quality of life of people living with HIV in Spain: a qualitative study to inform the development of a novel clinic screening tool

Kelly Safreed-Harmon, Maria J. Fuster-RuizdeApodaca, Marta Pastor de la Cal, Jeffrey V. Lazarus

Open Access Research

Exploring the importance of controlling heteroskedasticity and heterogeneity in health valuation: a case study on Dutch EQ-5D-5L

Suzana Karim, Benjamin M. Craig, Catharina G. M. Groothuis-Oudshoorn

Open Access Research

Partners matter: The psychosocial well-being of couples when dealing with endometriosis

Maren Schick, Ariane Germeyer, Bettina Böttcher, Stephanie Hecht, Magdalena Geiser, Sabine Rösner, Monika Eckstein, Kilian Vomstein, Bettina Toth, Thomas Strowitzki, Tewes Wischmann, Beate Ditzen

Open Access Research

EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L proxy report: psychometric performance and agreement with self-report

Titi Sahidah Fitriana, Fredrick Dermawan Purba, Elly Stolk, Jan J. V. Busschbach

Open Access Research

Correlated physical and mental health composite scores for the RAND-36 and RAND-12 health surveys: can we keep them simple?

John Roger Andersen, Kyrre Breivik, Inger Elise Engelund, Marjolein M. Iversen, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Tone Merete Norekvål, Kjersti Oterhals, Anette Storesund

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Adaptation and validation of a German version of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire

Josefine Schulze, Amanda Breckner, Polly Duncan, Martin Scherer, Nadine Janis Pohontsch, Dagmar Lühmann

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Factors associated with the health-related quality of life among people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a study using the Health Utilities Index (HUI)

Shelagh M. Szabo, Ivana F. Audhya, Basia Rogula, David Feeny, Katherine L. Gooch

Open Access Research

Preliminary evaluation of the Chinese version of the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system 29-item profile in patients with aortic dissection

Wanbing Huang, Qiansheng Wu, Yufen Zhang, Chong Tian, Haishan Huang, Sufang Huang, Yanrong Zhou, Jing He, Hui Wang

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Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System adult profile-57 (PROMIS-57)

Tingting Cai, Fulei Wu, Qingmei Huang, Chunfang Yu, Yang Yang, Feixia Ni, Changrong Yuan

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Comparison of the measurement properties of SF-6Dv2 and EQ-5D-5L in a Chinese population health survey

Shitong Xie, Dingyao Wang, Jing Wu, Chunyu Liu, Wenchen Jiang

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The FACT-8D, a new cancer-specific utility algorithm based on the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapies-General (FACT-G): a Canadian valuation study

Helen McTaggart-Cowan, Madeleine T. King, Richard Norman, Daniel S. J. Costa, A. Simon Pickard, Rosalie Viney, Stuart J. Peacock, Kelvin Chan, Jeffery Hoch, Natasha Leighl, Nicole Mittmann, Dean Regier

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Mapping the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) to SF-6Dv2 in Chinese patients with heart failure

Jianni Cong, Yanbo Zhu, Jinhang Du, Lin Lin, Yuan He, Qian Zhang, Tan Ooh Chye, Xiaoying Lv, Wenqiong Liu, Xinrui Wu, Fanghui Ma, Xinyuan Zhao, Yuqiong Li, Liqun Long

Open Access Research

Does the relative importance of the OxCAP-MH’s capability items differ according to mental ill-health experience?

Timea Mariann Helter, Alexander Kaltenboeck, Josef Baumgartner, Franz Mayrhofer, Georg Heinze, Andreas Sönnichsen, Johannes Wancata, Judit Simon

Open Access Research

Time and gender measurement invariance in the modified Calderon depression scale

Erika Arenas, Graciela Teruel, Pablo Gaitán-Rossi

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Predicting panel attrition in longitudinal HRQoL surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US

Tianzhou Yu, Jiafan Chen, Ning Yan Gu, Joel W. Hay, Cynthia L. Gong

Open Access Research

Valuing EQ-5D-Y: the current state of play

N. Devlin, T. Pan, S. Kreimeier, J. Verstraete, E. Stolk, K. Rand, M. Herdman

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Psychometric properties of the 12-item WHODAS applied through phone survey: an experience in PERSIAN Traffic Cohort

Nasrin Shahedifar, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi

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Health-related quality of life and influencing factors in drug addicts based on the scale QLICD-DA: a cross-sectional study

Zilin Ma, Yuxi Liu, Chonghua Wan, Jianming Jiang, Xiaomei Li, Ying Zhang

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Validity and reliability of the Persian version of the short-form child perceptions questionnaire 11–14-year-old children (CPQ11–14)

Tahereh Baherimoghadam, Shahram Hamedani, Navid Naseri, Alireza Ghafoori

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Development of health-related quality of life and subjective health complaints in adults born extremely preterm: a longitudinal cohort study

Merete Røineland Benestad, Jorunn Drageset, Geir Egil Eide, Maria Vollsæter, Thomas Halvorsen, Bente Johanne Vederhus

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The association of cognitive impairment with quality of life and functional impairment in Ugandan first-episode psychosis patients: a cross sectional study

Emmanuel K. Mwesiga, Andrew S. Ssemata, Joy Gumikiriza, Angel Nanteza, Anne Jacqueline Nakitende, Juliet Nakku, Dickens Akena, Noeline Nakasujja

Open Access Correction

Correction: Quality of life of caregivers of breast cancer patients: a cross-sectional evaluation

Marloes E. Clarijs, Arvind Oemrawsingh, Mirelle E. E. Bröker, Cornelis Verhoef, Hester Lingsma, Linetta B. Koppert

Open Access Correction

Correction: Partners matter: The psychosocial well-being of couples when dealing with endometriosis

Maren Schick, Ariane Germeyer, Bettina Böttcher, Stephanie Hecht, Magdalena Geiser, Sabine Rösner, Monika Eckstein, Kilian Vomstein, Bettina Toth, Thomas Strowitzki, Tewes Wischmann, Beate Ditzen

Open Access Research

Relationship between oral health literacy of caregivers and the oral health-related quality of life of children: a cross-sectional study

Sofia Rafaela Maito Velasco, Caroline Moraes Moriyama, Marcelo Bonecker, Luciane Butini, Jenny Abanto, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes

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ADaPTS “(AD)olescents (P)ath through (T)ransplant (S)ickle cell disease”

Aisha A. K. Bruce, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Sunil Desai, Tony H. Truong, Michael Leaker, Dominic A. Alaazi, Sasia J. V. Pedersen, Bukola Salami

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Development of shortened HIV-related stigma scales for young people living with HIV and young people affected by HIV in India

Ivan Marbaniang, Rohidas Borse, Shashikala Sangle, Aarti Kinikar, Amol Chavan, Smita Nimkar, Nishi Suryavanshi, Vidya Mave

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Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the quality of life of Type 1 diabetes patients using insulin pumps and of those receiving multiple daily insulin injections

Lilian Tzivian, Jelizaveta Sokolovska, Anna E. Grike, Agate Kalcenaua, Abraham Seidmann, Arriel Benis, Martins Mednis, Ieva Danovska, Ugis Berzins, Arnolds Bogdanovs, Emil Syundyukov

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Socioeconomic inequalities in HRQoL in England: an age-sex stratified analysis

Paul Schneider, James Love-Koh, Simon McNamara, Tim Doran, Nils Gutacker

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Cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Kinyarwanda version of the diabetes-39 (D-39) questionnaire

Jean Paul Uwizihiwe, Charilaos Lygidakis, Michela Bia, Damas Dukundane, Brenda Asiimwe-Kateera, Sabin Nsanzimana, Claus Vögele, Per Kallestrup

Open Access Research

Changes in health-related quality of life in adolescents and the impact of gender and selected variables: a two-year longitudinal study

Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Kristin Haraldstad, Sølvi Helseth, Siv Skarstein, Gudrun Rohde

Open Access Research

Frailty and its association with health-related quality of life among older cancer patients: an evidence-based study from China

Mingzhu Su, Nengliang Yao, Meimei Shang, Yuzhen Shen, Tingting Qin, Jialin Wang, Xiaojie Sun

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Impact of long-COVID on health-related quality of life in Japanese COVID-19 patients

Shinya Tsuzuki, Yusuke Miyazato, Mari Terada, Shinichiro Morioka, Norio Ohmagari, Philippe Beutels

Open Access Research

Assessment of health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure: a cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia

Muslet Alharbi, Fahad Alharbi, Abdullah AlTuwayjiri, Yaqoub Alharbi, Yazeed Alhofair, Ahmed Alanazi, Faisal AlJlajle, Rehana Khalil, Osama Al-Wutayd

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