Quality of Life Research

• Editorial

Introduction to special section on response shift at the item level

Carolyn E. Schwartz

• Open Access
• Special Section: Response Shift Effects at Item Level (by invitation only)

Using a retrospective pretest instead of a conventional pretest is replacing biases: a qualitative study of cognitive processes underlying responses to thentest items

Elsbeth F. Taminiau-Bloem, Carolyn E. Schwartz, Florence J. van Zuuren, Margot A. Koeneman, Mechteld R. M. Visser, Carol Tishelman, Caro C. E. Koning, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers

• Special Section: Response Shift Effects at Item Level (by invitation only)

On the validity of measuring change over time in routine clinical assessment: a close examination of item-level response shifts in psychosomatic inpatients

S. Nolte, A. Mierke, H. F. Fischer, M. Rose

• Special Section: Response Shift Effects at Item Level (by invitation only)

An item-level response shift study on the change of health state with the rating of asthma-specific quality of life: a report from the PROMIS® Pediatric Asthma Study

Pranav K. Gandhi, Carolyn E. Schwartz, Bryce B. Reeve, Darren A. DeWalt, Heather E. Gross, I-Chan Huang

• Open Access
• Special Section: Response Shift Effects at Item Level (by invitation only)

Using structural equation modeling to detect response shifts and true change in discrete variables: an application to the items of the SF-36

Mathilde G. E. Verdam, Frans J. Oort, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers

• Special Section: Response Shift Effects at Item Level (by invitation only)

The Guttman errors as a tool for response shift detection at subgroup and item levels

Myriam Blanchin, Véronique Sébille, Alice Guilleux, Jean-Benoit Hardouin

• Review

Systematic review of interventions addressing social isolation and depression in aged care clients

Linél Franck, Natalie Molyneux, Lynne Parkinson

• Review

Quality of life among patients after bilateral prophylactic mastectomy: a systematic review of patient-reported outcomes

Shantanu N. Razdan, Vishal Patel, Sarah Jewell, Colleen M. McCarthy

• Open Access

Impact of clinical osteoarthritis of the hip, knee and hand on self-rated health in six European countries: the European Project on OSteoArthritis

N. M. van Schoor, S. Zambon, M. V. Castell, C. Cooper, M. Denkinger, E. M. Dennison, M. H. Edwards, F. Herbolsheimer, S. Maggi, M. Sánchez-Martinez, N. L. Pedersen, R. Peter, L. A. Schaap, J. J. M. Rijnhart, S. van der Pas, D. J. H. Deeg

Relationship between depression and health-related quality of life in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a MOTIV-CABG substudy

Andréa Perrotti, Anne-Sophie Mariet, Camille Durst, Francesco Monaco, Pierre Vandel, Elisabeth Monnet, Sidney Chocron

Health-related quality of life after first-line anti-cancer treatments for advanced non-small cell lung cancer in clinical practice

Szu-Chun Yang, Wu-Wei Lai, Tzuen-Ren Hsiue, Wu-Chou Su, Cheng-Kuan Lin, Jing-Shiang Hwang, Jung-Der Wang

• Open Access

Distinct trajectories of disease-specific health status in heart failure patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy

Mirjam H. Mastenbroek, Susanne S. Pedersen, Mathias Meine, Henneke Versteeg

Gender differences in the impact of mental disorders and chronic physical conditions on health-related quality of life among non-demented primary care elderly patients

Luisa Baladón, Maria Rubio-Valera, Antoni Serrano-Blanco, Diego J. Palao, Ana Fernández

Quality of life across medical conditions and psychological factors: implications for population health management

Amy M. Williams, Pamela E. May, Shawn T. Mason, Chun Wang, Lidia Pomana

Health literacy and health-related quality of life in adults with type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study

Fatima Al Sayah, Weiyu Qiu, Jeffrey A. Johnson

The impact of taste and smell alterations on quality of life in head and neck cancer patients

M. Alvarez-Camacho, S. Gonella, S. Ghosh, C. Kubrak, R. A. Scrimger, K. P. Chu, W. V. Wismer

Health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s: impact of ‘off’ time and stated treatment preferences

Cicely Kerr, Emily J. Lloyd, Charlotte E. Kosmas, Helen T. Smith, James A. Cooper, Karissa Johnston, Emma McIntosh, Andrew J. Lloyd

Depression treatment and health-related quality of life among adults with diabetes and depression

Ebtihag O. Alenzi, Usha Sambamoorthi

Quality of life in patients with chronic venous disease in Turkey: influence of different treatment modalities at 6-month follow-up

Kadir Çeviker, Şahin Şahinalp, Erdinç Çiçek, Deniz Demir, Dinçer Uysal, Rasih Yazkan, Abdullah Akpınar, Turhan Yavuz

Obesity, metabolic abnormality, and health-related quality of life by gender: a cross-sectional study in Korean adults

Youngran Yang, Jerald R. Herting, Jongsan Choi

Validation of a new patient-reported outcome instrument of health-related quality of life specific to patients with alcohol use disorder: the Alcohol Quality of Life Scale (AQoLS)

A. Luquiens, D. Whalley, P. Laramée, B. Falissard, N. Kostogianni, J. Rehm, J. Manthey, F. Paille, H. J. Aubin

• Open Access

Using the Three-Step Test Interview to understand how patients perceive the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire for COPD patients (SGRQ-C)

Muirne C. S. Paap, Lukas Lange, Job van der Palen, Christina Bode

• Open Access

Cardiff cardiac ablation patient-reported outcome measure (C-CAP): validation of a new questionnaire set for patients undergoing catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias in the UK

Judith White, Kathleen L. Withers, Mauro Lencioni, Grace Carolan-Rees, Antony R. Wilkes, Kathryn A. Wood, Hannah Patrick, David Cunningham, Michael Griffith

Validity, responsiveness, and minimal clinically important difference of EQ-5D-5L in stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation

Poyu Chen, Keh-Chung Lin, Rong-Jiuan Liing, Ching-Yi Wu, Chia-Ling Chen, Ku-Chou Chang

Validation of the EORTC QLQ-INFO 25 questionnaire in Lebanese cancer patients: Is ignorance a Bliss?

Samer Tabchi, Elie El Rassy, Aline Khazaka, Fadi El Karak, Hampig Raphael Kourie, Ralph Chebib, Tarek Assi, Maya Ghor, Lara Naamani, Sami Richa, Marwan Ghosn, Joseph Kattan

Structural and construct validity of the Leeds Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life scale

Ipek Ensari, Robert W. Motl, Edward McAuley