Quality of Life Research

• Review

A review of the application, feasibility, and the psychometric properties of the individualized measures in cancer

Ala’ S. Aburub, Nancy E. Mayo

The validation of a computer-adaptive test (CAT) for assessing health-related quality of life in children and adolescents in a clinical sample: study design, methods and first results of the Kids-CAT study

D. Barthel, C. Otto, S. Nolte, A.-K. Meyrose, F. Fischer, J. Devine, O. Walter, A. Mierke, K. I. Fischer, U. Thyen, M. Klein, T. Ankermann, M. Rose, U. Ravens-Sieberer

Expanding a common metric for depression reporting: linking two scales to PROMIS® depression

Aaron J. Kaat, Michael E. Newcomb, Daniel T. Ryan, Brian Mustanski

• Open Access

Evaluating and establishing national norms for mental wellbeing using the short Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS): findings from the Health Survey for England

Linda Ng Fat, Shaun Scholes, Sadie Boniface, Jennifer Mindell, Sarah Stewart-Brown

Can in-the-moment diary methods measure health-related quality of life in Duchenne muscular dystrophy?

Paula Bray, Anita C. Bundy, Monique M. Ryan, Kathryn N. North

Development of the forensic inpatient quality of life questionnaire: short version (FQL-SV)

S. H. H. Schel, Y. H. A. Bouman, E. C. W. Vorstenbosch, B. H. Bulten

• Open Access

Condition-specific or generic preference-based measures in oncology? A comparison of the EORTC-8D and the EQ-5D-3L

Paula K. Lorgelly, Brett Doble, Donna Rowen, John Brazier, David M Thomas, Stephen B Fox, Heather Thorne, John P Parisot, Ken Doig, Andrew Fellowes, Alexander Dobrovic, Paul A James, Lara Lipton, David Ashley, Theresa Hayes, Paul McMurrick, Gary Richardson, Paula Lorgelly, Mark Lucas, John J McNeil, Tom John

Does the EQ-5D capture the effects of physical and mental health status on life satisfaction among older people? A path analysis approach

Eithne Sexton, Kathleen Bennett, Tom Fahey, Caitriona Cahir

Using EQ-5D-3L and OAB-5D to assess changes in the health-related quality of life of men with lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia

Zalmai Hakimi, Mike Herdman, Marco Pavesi, Nancy Devlin, Jameel Nazir, Chris Hoyle, Isaac A. O. Odeyemi

• Open Access

Employing quality control and feedback to the EQ-5D-5L valuation protocol to improve the quality of data collection

Fredrick Dermawan Purba, Joke A. M. Hunfeld, Aulia Iskandarsyah, Titi Sahidah Fitriana, Sawitri S. Sadarjoen, Jan Passchier, Jan J. V. Busschbach

Proxy-reported quality of life in adolescents and adults with dyskinetic cerebral palsy is associated with executive functions and cortical thickness

O. Laporta-Hoyos, J. Ballester-Plané, P. Póo, A. Macaya, M. Meléndez-Plumed, E. Vázquez, I. Delgado, L. Zubiaurre-Elorza, V. L. Botellero, A. Narberhaus, E. Toro-Tamargo, D. Segarra, R. Pueyo

Investigating acculturation orientations of patients with an immigration background and doctors in Canada: implications for medical advice adherence

Amanda Whittal, Katja Hanke, Sonia Lippke

• Open Access

Psychological morbidity and health-related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study

D. Kendrick, B. Kelllezi, C. Coupland, A. Maula, K. Beckett, R. Morriss, S. Joseph, J. Barnes, J. Sleney, N. Christie

• Open Access

Education as a predictor of antidepressant and anxiolytic medication use after bereavement: a population-based record linkage study

Aideen Maguire, John Moriarty, Dermot O’Reilly, Mark McCann

Health-related quality of life factors associated with completion of a study delivering lifestyle exercise intervention for endometrial cancer survivors

Jaejoon Song, Melissa Karlsten, José-Miguel Yamal, Karen Basen-Engquist

Mobility impairment, social engagement, and life satisfaction among the older population in China: a structural equation modeling analysis

Linna Li, Becky P. Y. Loo

Quality of life, psychological characteristics, and adjustment in parents of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Emilie Cappe, Mélanie Bolduc, Marie-Caroline Rougé, Marie-Claude Saiag, Richard Delorme

Contextual and individual determinants of oral health-related quality of life in older Brazilians

João Gabriel Silva Souza, Bárbara Emanoele Costa Oliveira, Andrea Maria Eleutério De Barros Lima Martins

The impact of living arrangements on quality of life among Korean elderly: findings from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006–2012)

Juyeong Kim, Young Choi, Sohee Park, Kyoung Hee Cho, Yeong Jun Ju, Eun-Cheol Park

Objectively measured sedentary behavior and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on the health-related quality of life in US adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003–2006

Junghoon Kim, Jeong-Soo Im, Yoon-Hyeong Choi

Recovery support mediates the relationship between parental warmth and quality of life among women with substance use disorders

Suzanne Brown, Bryan Victor, Laurel M. Hicks, Elizabeth M. Tracy

Factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adults with short stature skeletal dysplasias

Nitasha Dhiman, Alia Albaghdadi, Cheryl K. Zogg, Meesha Sharma, Julie E. Hoover-Fong, Michael C. Ain, Adil H. Haider

Factors associated with the quality of life of mothers of preterm infants with very low birth weight: a 3-year follow-up study

M. R. S. Moura, C. G. A. Araújo, M. M. Prado, H. B. M. S. Paro, R. M. C. Pinto, V. O. S. Abdallah, T. M. S. Mendonça, C. H. M. Silva

Neonatal risk mortality scores as predictors for health-related quality of life of infants treated in NICU: a prospective cross-sectional study

K. Lah Tomulic, J. Mestrovic, M. Zuvic, K. Rubelj, B. Peter, I. Bilic Cace, A. Verbic

Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood and adolescence

T. Nayiager, L. Anderson, A. Cranston, U. Athale, R. D. Barr