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Quality of Life Research

Ausgabe 9/2014

Inhalt (28 Artikel)

Review

Defining recovery in chronic fatigue syndrome: a critical review

Jenna L. Adamowicz, Indre Caikauskaite, Fred Friedberg

Commentary

Authors’ response to commentary by Twisk

Jenna L. Adamowicz, Indre Caikauskaite, Fred Friedberg

Minimal evidence of response shift in the absence of a catalyst

Sara Ahmed, Richard Sawatzky, Jean-Frédéric Levesque, Deborah Ehrmann-Feldman, Carolyn E. Schwartz

Mapping the content of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) using the International Classification of Functioning, Health and Disability

Carole A. Tucker, Reuben Escorpizo, Alarcos Cieza, Jin Shei Lai, Gerold Stucki, T. Bedirhan Ustun, Nenad Kostanjsek, David Cella, Christopher B. Forrest

The validity of a patient-reported adverse drug event questionnaire using different recall periods

Sieta T. de Vries, Flora M. Haaijer-Ruskamp, Dick de Zeeuw, Petra Denig

Psychometric properties of a brief, clinically relevant measure of pain in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Zeeshan Butt, Jin-Shei Lai, Jennifer L. Beaumont, Karen Kaiser, Rajiv Mallick, David Cella, Jennifer L. Steel

Open Access Brief Communication

The Hunter Syndrome-Functional Outcomes for Clinical Understanding Scale (HS-FOCUS) Questionnaire: item reduction and further validation

Ingela Wiklund, Mireia Raluy-Callado, Wen-Hung Chen, Joseph Muenzer, Juanzhi Fang, David Whiteman

Brief Communication

Assessing quality of life in middle-aged and older adults with HIV: psychometric testing of the WHOQOL-HIV-Bref

Marco Pereira, Alexandra Martins, Stephanie Alves, Maria Cristina Canavarro

Brief Communication

Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Patient-Oriented Prostate Utility Scale (PORPUS)

Mónica Ávila, Yolanda Pardo, Manel Castells, Ferran Ferrer, Ana Boladeras, Joan Pera, Pedro J. Prada, Benjamin Guix, Belen de Paula, Helena Hernandez, Angels Pont, Jordi Alonso, Olatz Garin, Karen Bremner, Murray Krahn, Montse Ferrer

Brief Communication

Transcultural and psychometric validation of the Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS-15) in Chinese adult women

Janet Yuen-Ha Wong, Daniel Yee-Tak Fong, Anna Wai-Man Choi, Claudia Kor-Yee Chan, Agnes Tiwari, Ko Ling Chan, Vincent Lai, TK Logan, Paul Bartone

Exploring the outcomes in studies of primary frozen shoulder: is there a need for a core outcome set?

Sara Rodgers, Stephen Brealey, Laura Jefferson, Catriona McDaid, Emma Maund, Nigel Hanchard, Lorna Goodchild, Sally Spencer

Open Access

Does abortion reduce self-esteem and life satisfaction?

M. A. Biggs, Ushma D. Upadhyay, Julia R. Steinberg, Diana G. Foster

Brief Communication

Longitudinal changes in health-related quality of life in normal glucose tolerance, prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: results from the KORA S4/F4 cohort study

Matthias Hunger, Rolf Holle, Christa Meisinger, Wolfgang Rathmann, Annette Peters, Michaela Schunk

Assessing individual and neighborhood social factors in child oral health-related quality of life: a multilevel analysis

Renata Saraiva Guedes, Chaiana Piovesan, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Fausto Medeiros Mendes, Thiago Machado Ardenghi

Measurement of stable changes of self-management skills after rehabilitation: a latent state–trait analysis of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ™)

M. Schuler, G. Musekamp, J. Bengel, M. Schwarze, K. Spanier, Chr. Gutenbrunner, I. Ehlebracht-König, S. Nolte, R. H. Osborne, H. Faller

Open Access

Vitamin D and health-related quality of life in a community sample of older Canadians

Y. S. Chao, J. P. Ekwaru, A. Ohinmaa, G. Griener, P. J. Veugelers

Change and predictors of quality of life in institutionalized older adults with dementia

Emilia Castro-Monteiro, Maria João Forjaz, Alba Ayala, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez, Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas, Alicia Diaz-Redondo, Pablo Martinez-Martin

Impact of psychological and cancer-related factors on HRQoL for Korean childhood cancer survivors

Myung Ah Rhee, Kyong Mee Chung, Yuri Lee, Hana K. Choi, Jung Woo Han, Hyo Sun Kim, Sun Hee Kim, Yoon Jung Shin, Chuhl Joo Lyu

Brief Communication

Diminishing marginal disutility of hypoglycaemic events: results from a time trade-off survey in five countries

Jørgen T. Lauridsen, Jonas Lønborg, Jens Gundgaard, Henrik Holm Jensen