Quality of Life Research

• Letter to the Editor

Long-term health-related quality of life concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic: a call to action

W. Jeff Bryson

• Open Access
• Review

Psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-5L: a systematic review of the literature

You-Shan Feng, Thomas Kohlmann, Mathieu F. Janssen, Ines Buchholz

• Open Access
• Review

A systematic review of health state utility values for thyroid cancer

Rachel Houten, Nigel Fleeman, Eleanor Kotas, Angela Boland, Tosin Lambe, Rui Duarte

• Open Access
• Review

Quality of life of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients under brace treatment: a brief communication of literature review

Huan Wang, Daniel Tetteroo, J. J. Chris Arts, Panos Markopoulos, Keita Ito

Feasibility and validity of EQ-5D-5L proxy by nurses in measuring health-related quality of life of nursing home residents

Hui Jin Toh, Philip Yap, Shiou Liang Wee, Gerald Koh, Nan Luo

The relationship between health-promoting lifestyles and depression in the elderly: roles of aging perceptions and social support

Wei Zhou, Defeng Chen, Zijing Hong, Hang Fan, Shen Liu, Lin Zhang

Health-related quality of life and associated factors among patients with epilepsy at the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, northwest Ethiopia

Banchlay Addis, Amare Minyihun, Andualem Yalew Aschalew

• Open Access

Individual recovery of health-related quality of life during 18 months post-burn using a retrospective pre-burn measurement: an exploratory study

Elise Boersma-van Dam, Rens van de Schoot, Helma W. C. Hofland, Iris M. Engelhard, Nancy E. E. Van Loey

Executive dysfunction is associated with poorer health-related quality of life in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: differences by sex

Eveline R. Goethals, Lisa K. Volkening, Lori M. Laffel

Examining the relationship between nutrition, quality of life, and depression in hemodialysis patients

Shawona C. Daniel, Andres Azuero, Orlando M. Gutierrez, Karen Heaton

Improving health-related quality of life and adherence to health-promoting behaviors among coronary artery bypass graft patients: a non-randomized controlled trial study

Shabnam Zafari Nobari, Parvaneh Vasli, Meimanat Hosseini, Malihe Nasiri

HIV-related stigma and life goals among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Florida

Angel B. Algarin, Yancheng Li, Ronald A. Cohen, Christa L. Cook, Babette Brumback, Robert L. Cook, Gladys E. Ibañez

Smart wearable devices as a psychological intervention for healthy lifestyle and quality of life: a randomized controlled trial

Hsin-Yen Yen

• Open Access

US population norms for the EQ-5D-5L and comparison of norms from face-to-face and online samples

Ruixuan Jiang, M. F. Bas Janssen, A. Simon Pickard

• Open Access

Validity of the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire among the general population of Poland

Katarzyna Młyńczak, Dominik Golicki

• Open Access

Population norms of health-related quality of life in Moscow, Russia: the EQ-5D-5L-based survey

Malwina Hołownia-Voloskova, Aleksei Tarbastaev, Dominik Golicki

Comparing EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L performance in common cancers: suggestions for instrument choosing

Juan Zhu, Xin-Xin Yan, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Hong Wang, Le Wang, Su-Mei Cao, Xian-Zhen Liao, Yun-Feng Xi, Yong Ji, Lin Lei, Hai-Fan Xiao, Hai-Jing Guan, Wen-Qiang Wei, Min Dai, Wanqing Chen, Ju-Fang Shi

A head-to-head comparison of measurement properties of the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L in acute myeloid leukemia patients

Hongjuan Yu, Xueyun Zeng, Mingjie Sui, Rui Liu, Rachel Lee-Yin Tan, Jinjin Yang, Weidong Huang, Nan Luo

• Open Access

Obtaining EQ-5D-5L utilities from the disease specific quality of life Alzheimer’s disease scale: development and results from a mapping study

Ines Rombach, Marvi Iftikhar, Gurleen S. Jhuti, Anders Gustavsson, Pascal Lecomte, Mark Belger, Ron Handels, Amparo Y. Castro Sanchez, Jan Kors, Louise Hopper, Marcel Olde Rikkert, Geir Selbæk, Astrid Stephan, Sietske A. M. Sikkes, Bob Woods, Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira, Orazio Zanetti, Inez H. G. B. Ramakers, Frans R. J. Verhey, John Gallacher, Actifcare Consortium, LeARN Consortium, Filipa Landeiro, Alastair M. Gray

Cross-sectional validation of the PROMIS-Preference scoring system by its association with social determinants of health

Janel Hanmer

• Open Access

Enhancing the multi-dimensional assessment of quality of life: introducing the WHOQOL-Combi

Suzanne M. Skevington, Christine Rowland, Maria Panagioti, Peter Bower, Christian Krägeloh

• Open Access

Translation, cultural adaptation and construct validity of the German version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for informal Carers (German ASCOT-Carer)

Birgit Trukeschitz, Assma Hajji, Judith Litschauer, Juliette Malley, Adiam Schoch, Stacey Rand, Ismo Linnosmaa, Julien Forder

Development and validation of a voice-of-the-patient measure of cognitive concerns experienced by people living with HIV

Sorayya Askari, Lesley K. Fellows, Marie-Josée Brouillette, Nancy E. Mayo

• Open Access

Reliability and validity of the 6-item Headache Impact Test in chronic migraine from the PROMISE-2 study

Carrie R. Houts, James S. McGinley, R. J. Wirth, Roger Cady, Richard B. Lipton

• Open Access

Validation of the Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life assessment tool in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

Bengt Hoepken, Daniel Serrano, Kristina Harris, Mark C. Hwang, John Reveille

• Retraction Note

Retraction Note to: The efficacy of Guolin-Qigong on the body-mind health of Chinese women with breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial

Pei Liu, Jieshu You, Wing T. Y. Loo, Youzhi Sun, Yanhua He, Huiping Sit, Lei Jia, Meikuen Wong, Zhiyu Xia, Xiao Zheng, Zhiyu Wang, Neng Wang, Lixing Lao, Jianping Chen