Quality of Life Research

• Open Access

Health-related quality of life in primary hepatic cancer: a systematic review assessing the methodological properties of instruments and a meta-analysis comparing treatment strategies

Kerstin Wohlleber, Patrick Heger, Pascal Probst, Christoph Engel, Markus K. Diener, André L. Mihaljevic

• Review

The handgrip strength and risk of depressive symptoms: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Xiuxia Huang, Jun Ma, Yuting Ying, Kailiang Liu, Chunxia Jing, Guang Hao

• Open Access

The relationship between emotional intelligence and quality of life in schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder

Beatrice Frajo-Apor, Silvia Pardeller, Georg Kemmler, Moritz Mühlbacher, Anna-Sophia Welte, Christine Hörtnagl, Birgit Derntl, Alex Hofer

• Open Access

The influence of frailty syndrome on quality of life in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes

E. Bąk, A. Młynarska, C. Marcisz, R. Bobiński, D. Sternal, R. Młynarski

Diabetes and health-related quality of life among American Indians: the role of psychosocial factors

Lisa Scarton, Luciana E. Hebert, R. Turner Goins, Jason G. Umans, Luohua Jiang, Ashley Comiford, Sixia Chen, Ashley White, Tara Ritter, Spero M. Manson

Health-related quality of life in women after colposcopy: results from a longitudinal patient survey

M. O’Connor, A. Ó. Céilleachair, K. O’Brien, J. O’Leary, C. Martin, T. D’Arcy, G. Flannelly, J. McRae, W. Prendiville, C. Ruttle, C. White, L. Pilkington, L. Sharp

The association between nonrestorative sleep and health-related quality of life in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study

S. Li, D. Y. T. Fong, J. Y. H. Wong, B. McPherson, E. Y. Y. Lau, M. S. M. Ip

Symptom profiles following combat injury and long-term quality of life: a latent class analysis

Andrew J. MacGregor, Amber L. Dougherty, Edwin W. D’Souza, Cameron T. McCabe, Daniel J. Crouch, James M. Zouris, Jessica R. Watrous, John J. Fraser

Exercise tolerance and quality of life in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease

Vasiliki Katsi, Georgios Georgiopoulos, Panagiota Mitropoulou, Konstantinos Kontoangelos, Zoi Kollia, Chara Tzavara, Dimitrios Soulis, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Dimitrios Oikonomou, Alberto Aimo, Konstantinos Tsioufis

PROMIS Global Health: Feasibility in home health

Jennifer S. Riggs, Marisa Roczen, Alan Levitt, Tara McMullen, Joan Proctor, Eugene Nuccio

Impact of Moringa Oleifera leaves supplementation on quality of life of people living with HIV: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Aisha Gambo, Indres Moodley, Musa Babashani, Tesleem K. Babalola

Prospective analysis of disability and quality of life in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

Ivo Bozovic, Marina Peric, Ana Arsic Azanjac, Aleksa Palibrk, Ivana Bulatovic, Dejan Aleksic, Stojan Peric, Ivana Basta

• Correction

Correction to: Prospective analysis of disability and quality of life in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

Ivo Bozovic, Marina Peric, Ana Arsic Azanjac, Aleksa Palibrk, Ivana Bulatovic, Dejan Aleksic, Stojan Peric, Ivana Basta

The predictive ability of EQ-5D-3L compared to the LACE index and its association with 30-day post-hospitalization outcomes

Fatima Al Sayah, Finlay A. McAlister, Arto Ohinmaa, Sumit R. Majumdar, Jeffrey A. Johnson

Comparison of EQ-5D-3L and metabolic components between patients with hyperhidrosis and the general population: a propensity score matching analysis

Yea-Chan Lee, Young Kyung You, Jun Hyuk Lee, Duk Hwan Moon, Sungsoo Lee, Soyoung Jeon, Hye Sun Lee, Ji-Won Lee

Association between knee symptoms, change in knee symptoms over 6–9 years, and SF-6D health state utility among middle-aged Australians

Ambrish Singh, Julie A. Campbell, Alison Venn, Graeme Jones, Leigh Blizzard, Andrew J. Palmer, Terence Dwyer, Flavia Cicuttini, Changhai Ding, Benny Antony

The impact of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on health state utility values: evidence from Australia

Ingrid A. Cox, Barbara de Graaff, Hasnat Ahmed, Julie Campbell, Petr Otahal, Tamera J. Corte, Ian Glaspole, Yuben Moodley, Nicole Goh, Sacha Macansh, E. Haydn Walters, Andrew J. Palmer

• Open Access

Psychometric assessment of EQ-5D-5L and ReQoL measures in patients with anxiety and depression: construct validity and responsiveness

Matthew Franklin, Angel Enrique, Jorge Palacios, Derek Richards

Enabling cross-cultural data pooling in trials: linguistic validation of head and neck cancer measures for Indian patients

Chindhu Shunmugasundaram, Haryana M. Dhillon, Phyllis N. Butow, Puma Sundaresan, Claudia Rutherford

• Open Access

A psychometric evaluation of the Functional assessment of cancer therapy—kidney symptom index (FKSI-19) among renal cell carcinoma patients suggesting an alternative two-factor structure

Andreas Karlsson Rosenblad, Pernilla Sundqvist, Bodil Westman, Börje Ljungberg

The development and initial validation of the Breast Cancer Recurrence instrument (BreastCaRe)—a patient-reported outcome measure for detecting symptoms of recurrence after breast cancer

Beverley Lim Høeg, Lena Saltbæk, Karl Bang Christensen, Randi Valbjørn Karlsen, Christoffer Johansen, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Antonia Bennett, Pernille Envold Bidstrup

Psychometric properties of the Dutch-Flemish PROMIS® pediatric item banks Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in a general population

L. H. Klaufus, M. A. J. Luijten, E. Verlinden, M. F. van der Wal, L. Haverman, P. Cuijpers, M. J. M. Chinapaw, C. B. Terwee

Measurement properties of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire in subjects with neurophysiological confirmation of carpal tunnel syndrome: a Rasch analysis perspective

Camilo Mendoza-Pulido, Fernando Ortiz-Corredor

• Open Access
• Correction

Correction to: Social inequalities in health‑related quality of life among people aging with HIV/AIDS: the role of comorbidities and disease severity

Jochen Drewes, Jennifer Ebert, Phil C. Langer, Dieter Kleiber, Burkhard Gusy

• Correction

Correction to: Financial difficulties and patient‑reported outcomes among patients with advanced heart failure

Chetna Malhotra, Filipinas Bundoc, Felicia Jia Ler Ang, Semra Ozdemir, Irene Teo, David Sim, Fazlur Rehman Jaufeerally, Than Aung, Eric Finkelstein