Quality of Life Research

• Open Access
• Review

Outcome measurement instruments for peripheral vascular malformations and an assessment of the measurement properties: a systematic review

Sophie E. R. Horbach, Amber P. M. Rongen, Roy G. Elbers, Chantal M. A. M. van der Horst, Cecilia A. C. Prinsen, Phyllis I. Spuls, F. Blei, C. J. M. van der Vleuten, I. J. Frieden, G. T. Richter, S. T. Tan, T. Muir, A. J. Penington, L. M. Boon

• Open Access
• Review

Health-related quality-of-life among patients with premature ovarian insufficiency: a systematic review and meta-analysis

X. T. Li, P. Y. Li, Y. Liu, H. S. Yang, L. Y. He, Y. G. Fang, J. Liu, B. Y. Liu, J. E. Chaplin

Relationships between cognition, function, and quality of life among HIV+ Canadian men

Nancy E. Mayo, Marie-Josée Brouillette, Susan C. Scott, Marianne Harris, Fiona Smaill, Graham Smith, Réjean Thomas, Lesley K. Fellows

• Open Access

Personality types and subjective well-being among people living with HIV: a latent profile analysis

Marcin Rzeszutek, Ewa Gruszczyńska

• Open Access

Health-related quality of life of carfilzomib- and daratumumab-based therapies in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, based on German benefit assessment data

Katja Weisel, Heinz Ludwig, Achim Rieth, Andrea Lebioda, Hartmut Goldschmidt

Hope predicted quality of life in dyads of community-dwelling patients receiving hemodialysis and their family caregivers

Sami Al-Rawashdeh, Ali Alshraifeen, Mohammad Rababa, Ala Ashour

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Quality of life in nursing home residents with pain: pain interference, depression and multiple pain-related diseases as important determinants

A. Brandauer, S. Berger, N. Freywald, I. Gnass, J. Osterbrink, D. Seidenspinner, P. Kutschar

• Open Access

No deterioration in health-related quality of life in patients with axial spondyloarthritis followed for 5 years in ordinary outpatient clinics in the biological treatment era

Gudrun Rohde, Kari Hansen Berg, Are Hugo Pripp, Anne Prøven, Glenn Haugeberg

• Open Access

‘Diabetes is a gift from god’ a qualitative study coping with diabetes distress by Indonesian outpatients

Bustanul Arifin, Ari Probandari, Abdul Khairul Rizki Purba, Dyah Aryani Perwitasari, Catharina C. M. Schuiling-Veninga, Jarir Atthobari, Paul F. M. Krabbe, Maarten J. Postma

Differential associations between interpersonal variables and quality-of-life in a sample of college students

Adam M. Kuczynski, Jonathan W. Kanter, Donald J. Robinaugh

Socioeconomic status, social support, oral health beliefs, psychosocial factors, health behaviours and health-related quality of life in adolescents

Andressa Coelho Gomes, Maria Augusta Bessa Rebelo, Adriana Correa de Queiroz, Ana Paula Correa de Queiroz Herkrath, Fernando José Herkrath, Janete Maria Rebelo Vieira, Juliana Vianna Pereira, Mario Vianna Vettore

The impacts of peer education based on adolescent health education on the quality of life in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial

Hua Diao, Yang Pu, Lianjian Yang, Ting Li, Feng Jin, Hong Wang

Parental perception of child health status and quality of life associated with overweight and obesity in early childhood

Maira Alejandra Ortiz-Pinto, Honorato Ortiz-Marrón, Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Laura Casado-Sánchez, José I. Cuadrado-Gamarra, Iñaki Galán

• Open Access

Health-related quality of life in children after laparoscopic gastrostomy placement

Josephine Franken, Rebecca K. Stellato, Stefaan H.A.J. Tytgat, David C. van der Zee, Femke A. Mauritz, Maud Y.A. Lindeboom

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Health-related quality of life of children and their parents 6 months after children’s critical illness

José Hordijk, Sascha Verbruggen, Ilse Vanhorebeek, Greet Van den Berghe, Elisabeth Utens, Koen Joosten, Karolijn Dulfer

Reliability and validity of PROMIS® pediatric family relationships short form in children 8–17 years of age with chronic disease

Elizabeth D. Cox, Jennifer R. Connolly, Mari Palta, Victoria P. Rajamanickam, Kathryn E. Flynn

Psychometric validation of PROMIS® Anxiety and Depression Item Banks for the Brazilian population

Natália Fontes Caputo de Castro, Rogério de Melo Costa Pinto, Tânia Maria da Silva Mendonça, Carlos Henrique Martins da Silva

A comparison of computer adaptive tests (CATs) and short forms in terms of accuracy and number of items administrated using PROMIS profile

Eisuke Segawa, Benjamin Schalet, David Cella

• Open Access

Psychometric validation of the Japanese version of Alcohol Quality of Life Scale (AQoLS-Japan) in the treatment of patients with alcohol use disorder

Susumu Higuchi, Yoshiya Moriguchi, Kristin Hui Xian Tan

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A validation study of the ICECAP-O in informal carers of people with dementia from eight European Countries

Meg Perry-Duxbury, Job van Exel, Werner Brouwer, Anders Sköldunger, Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira, Kate Irving, Gabriele Meyer, Geir Selbæk, Bob Woods, Orazio Zanetti, Frans Verhey, Anders Wimo, Ron L.H. Handels

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Development of Japanese utility weights for the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) SCT4

Takeru Shiroiwa, Yoko Moriyama, Hiromi Nakamura-Thomas, Mie Morikawa, Takashi Fukuda, Laurie Batchelder, Eirini-Christina Saloniki, Juliette Malley

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Mapping EQ-5D-3L from the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)

Ali Kiadaliri, Monica Hernández Alava, Ewa M. Roos, Martin Englund

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The longitudinal relationships between pain severity and disability versus health-related quality of life and costs among chronic low back pain patients

E. N. Mutubuki, Y. Beljon, E. T. Maas, F. J. P. M. Huygen, R. W. J. G. Ostelo, M. W. van Tulder, J. M. van Dongen

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Influence of elicitation procedure and phrasing on health state valuations in experience-based time trade-off tasks among diabetes patients in China

Shuang Hao, Emelie Heintz, Gert Helgesson, Sophie Langenskiöld, Jiaying Chen, Kristina Burström

Orthostatic hypotension and health-related quality of life among community-living older people in Korea

Nahyun Kim, Jooyeon Park, Hyunjung Hong, In Deok Kong, Hyunwook Kang