Quality of Life Research

• Review

Quality of life in maltreated children and adult survivors of child maltreatment: a systematic review

S. Weber, A. Jud, M. A. Landolt

• Open Access

Correcting bias in self-rated quality of life: an application of anchoring vignettes and ordinal regression models to better understand QoL differences across commuting modes

Melanie Crane, Chris Rissel, Stephen Greaves, Klaus Gebel

The case for using country-specific scoring coefficients for scoring the SF-12, with scoring implications for the SF-36

Graeme Tucker, Robert Adams, David Wilson

• Open Access

Preferred reporting items for studies mapping onto preference-based outcome measures: the MAPS statement

Stavros Petrou, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Helen Dakin, Louise Longworth, Mark Oppe, Robert Froud, Alastair Gray

• Open Access

Is the Oswestry Disability Index a valid measure of response to sacroiliac joint treatment?

Anne G. Copay, Daniel J. Cher

Content validity of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) items in the context of HIV clinical care

Todd C. Edwards, Rob J. Fredericksen, Heidi M. Crane, Paul K. Crane, Mari M. Kitahata, William C. Mathews, Kenneth H. Mayer, Leo S. Morales, Michael J. Mugavero, Rosa Solorio, Frances M. Yang, Donald L. Patrick

Preference-based health-related quality of life among victims of bullying

Linda Beckman, Mikael Svensson, Ann Frisén

Empirical validation of the English version of the Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory

Sophie Lebel, Sebastien Simard, Cheryl Harris, Andrea Feldstain, Sara Beattie, Megan McCallum, Monique Lefebvre, Josée Savard, Gerald M. Devins

An EQ-5D-5L value set based on Uruguayan population preferences

Federico Augustovski, Lucila Rey-Ares, Vilma Irazola, Osvaldo Ulises Garay, Oscar Gianneo, Graciela Fernández, Marcelo Morales, Luz Gibbons, Juan Manuel Ramos-Goñi

• Erratum

Erratum to: An EQ-5D-5L value set based on Uruguayan population preferences

Federico Augustovski, Lucila Rey-Ares, Vilma Irazola, Osvaldo Ulises Garay, Oscar Gianneo, Graciela Fernández, Marcelo Morales, Luz Gibbons, Juan Manuel Ramos-Goñi

• Brief Communication

Adaptation of the 10-Item Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire to Iranian Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Sara Rahavi-Ezabadi, Amin Amali, Khosro Sadeghniiat-Haghighi, Ali Montazeri

• Brief Communication

Screening commercial drivers for obstructive sleep apnea: translation and validation of Serbian version of Berlin Questionnaire

Martin B. Popević, Anđela Milovanović, Ljudmila Nagorni-Obradović, Dejan Nešić, Jovica Milovanović, Aleksandar P. S. Milovanović

• Brief Communication

Test–retest reliability of HeartQoL and its comparability to the MacNew heart disease health-related quality of life questionnaire

Wan Ling Lee, Karuthan Chinna, Awang Bulgiba, Khatijah Lim Abdullah, Imran Zainal Abidin, Stefan Höfer

• Commentary

International Society for Quality of Life Research commentary on the draft European Medicines Agency reflection paper on the use of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in oncology studies

Derek Kyte, Bryce B. Reeve, Fabio Efficace, Kirstie Haywood, Rebecca Mercieca-Bebber, Madeleine T. King, Josephine M. Norquist, William R. Lenderking, Claire Snyder, Lena Ring, Galina Velikova, Melanie Calvert

Baseline overall health-related quality of life predicts the 10-year incidence of cardiovascular events in a Chinese population

Gaoqiang Xie, Henyun Zou, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Ping Shi, Fuxiu Ren, Wei Gao, Yangfeng Wu

Quality of life and emotional distress in patients and burden in caregivers: a comparison between assisted peritoneal dialysis and self-care peritoneal dialysis

K. Griva, C. S. Goh, W. C. A. Kang, Z. L. Yu, M. C. Chan, S. Y. Wu, T. Krishnasamy, M. Foo

A brief psychological intervention to protect subjective well-being in a community sample

Christopher J. Armitage

Burden of caregivers of adult patients with schizophrenia in a predominantly African ancestry population

Gabrielle Alexander, Charlotte-Ellen Bebee, Kelly-Maria Chen, Ross-Michael Des Vignes, Brandon Dixon, Richard Escoffery, Chazine Francis, DeAngelo Francis, Zahra Mendoza, Skyla Montano, Maxine Nelson, Stephon Ramcharan, Siobhan Richards, Maria D. Jackson

Quality of life in women with lipoedema: a contextual behavioral approach

Joanna E. Dudek, Wojciech Białaszek, Paweł Ostaszewski

Gender, race, BMI, and social support in relation to the health-related quality of life of cancer survivors: a report from the American Cancer Society’s Study of Cancer Survivors II (SCS-II)

Ruth P. Westby, Carla J. Berg, Corinne Leach

Associations between adult attachment and: oral health-related quality of life, oral health behaviour, and self-rated oral health

Pamela Meredith, Jenny Strong, Pauline Ford, Grace Branjerdporn

• Open Access

Psychosocial profile of pediatric brain tumor survivors with neurocognitive complaints

Marieke Anna de Ruiter, Antoinette Yvonne Narda Schouten-van Meeteren, Dannis Gilbert van Vuurden, Heleen Maurice-Stam, Corrie Gidding, Laura Rachel Beek, Bernd Granzen, Jaap Oosterlaan, Martha Alexandra Grootenhuis

The definition and role of quality of life in Germany’s early assessment of drug benefit: a qualitative approach

David Lohrberg, Matthias Augustin, Christine Blome

• Open Access

Predictors of quality of life of people receiving intensive community-based care

P. M. J. Emmerink, D. P. K. Roeg

Quality-of-life measures as predictors of post-esophagectomy survival of patients with esophageal cancer

Yu-Ling Chang, Yun-Fang Tsai, Yin-Kai Chao, Meng-Yu Wu

Pain acts through fatigue to affect participation in individuals with multiple sclerosis

Shahnaz Shahrbanian, Pierre Duquette, Sara Ahmed, Nancy E. Mayo