Quality of Life Research

• Review

Systematic review of caregiver responses for patient health-related quality of life in adult cancer care

Jessica K. Roydhouse, Ira B. Wilson

• Review

Health-related quality of life in patients receiving long-term opioid therapy: a systematic review with meta-analysis

J. Douglas Thornton, Rashmi Goyat, Nilanjana Dwibedi, George A. Kelley

A systematic review of measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures for use in patients with foot or ankle diseases

Yuanxi Jia, Hsiaomin Huang, Joel J. Gagnier

• Open Access

Quality-of-life: a many-splendored thing? Belgian population norms and 34 potential determinants explored by beta regression

Joke Bilcke, Niel Hens, Philippe Beutels

Development and refinement of the WAItE: a new obesity-specific quality of life measure for adolescents

Yemi Oluboyede, Claire Hulme, Andrew Hill

Psychometric validation of the dysmenorrhea daily diary (DysDD): a patient-reported outcome for dysmenorrhea

Allison M. Nguyen, Rob Arbuckle, Tjeerd Korver, Fang Chen, Beverley Taylor, Alice Turnbull, Josephine M. Norquist

Comparative performance of the EQ-5D-5L and SF-6D index scores in adults with type 2 diabetes

Fatima Al Sayah, Weiyu Qiu, Feng Xie, Jeffrey A. Johnson

• Open Access

An exploration of differences between Japan and two European countries in the self-reporting and valuation of pain and discomfort on the EQ-5D

Yan Feng, Mike Herdman, Floortje van Nooten, Charles Cleeland, David Parkin, Shunya Ikeda, Ataru Igarashi, Nancy J. Devlin

• Brief Communication

The “no problems”-problem: an empirical analysis of ceiling effects on the EQ-5D 5L

Alexander Konnopka, Hans-Helmut Koenig

Physical symptoms screening for cardiopulmonary complications of obesity using audio computer-assisted self-interviews

Jorge L. Morales-Estrella, Farah D. Ciftci, William E. Trick, Keiki Hinami

Changes in quality of life after elective surgery: an observational study comparing two measures

Vanessa L. Kronzer, Michelle R. Jerry, Arbi Ben Abdallah, Troy S. Wildes, Sherry L. McKinnon, Anshuman Sharma, Michael S. Avidan

• Open Access

Symptom clusters for revising scale membership in the analysis of prostate cancer patient reported outcome measures: a secondary data analysis of the Medical Research Council RT01 trial (ISCRTN47772397)

Agnieszka Lemanska, Tao Chen, David. P. Dearnaley, Rajesh Jena, Matthew. R. Sydes, Sara Faithfull

Effects of long-term multicomponent exercise on health-related quality of life in older adults with type 2 diabetes: evidence from a cohort study

Liliana C. Baptista, Gonçalo Dias, Nelba R. Souza, Manuel T. Veríssimo, Raul A. Martins

Decrements in health-related quality of life associated with gender nonconformity among U.S. adolescents and young adults

Allegra R. Gordon, Nancy Krieger, Cassandra A. Okechukwu, Sebastien Haneuse, Mihail Samnaliev, Brittany M. Charlton, S. Bryn Austin

Visual function quality of life measure changes upon conversion to neovascular age-related macular degeneration in second eyes

Yannis M. Paulus, Joan L. Jefferys, Barbara S. Hawkins, Adrienne W. Scott

Effect of a comprehensive health education program on pre-hospital delay intentions in high-risk stroke population and caregivers

Li Yang, Qiuli Zhao, Xuemei Zhu, Xiaoying Shen, Yulan Zhu, Liu Yang, Wei Gao, Minghui Li

• Open Access

The association of catastrophizing with quality-of-life outcomes in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

LeeAnne B. Sherwin, Emily Leary, Wendy A. Henderson

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its correlates among community-recruited children living with HIV and uninfected children born to HIV-infected parents in West Bengal, India

Aritra Das, Roger Detels, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Marjan Javanbakht, Frank J. Sorvillo, Samiran Panda

Does the Sense of Coherence modifies the relationship of oral clinical conditions and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life?

Fernanda W. Machado, Ana Paula Perroni, Gustavo G. Nascimento, Marília L. Goettems, Noéli Boscato

What contributes to long-term quality of life in breast cancer patients who are undergoing surgery? Results of a multidimensional study

Victoria Wittmann, Melinda Látos, Zoltán Horváth, Zsolt Simonka, Attila Paszt, György Lázár, Márta Csabai

Predictors of the course of quality of life during therapy in women with primary breast cancer

Achim Wöckel, L. Schwentner, M. Krockenberger, R. Kreienberg, W. Janni, M. Wischnewsky, Kühn Thorsten, Flock Felix, Felberbaum Riccardo, M. Blettner, S. Singer

Pathways linking obesity to health-related quality of life

Sangshin Park

Quality of life independently predicts long-term mortality but not vascular events: the Northern Manhattan Study

John W. Liang, Ying Kuen Cheung, Joshua Z. Willey, Yeseon P. Moon, Ralph L. Sacco, Mitchell S. V. Elkind, Mandip S. Dhamoon

The role of parental rearing practices and family demographics on oral health-related quality of life in children

S. Kumar, M. J. Zimmer-Gembeck, J. Kroon, R. Lalloo, N. W. Johnson

• Open Access

Symptom burden and life challenges reported by adult chordoma patients and their caregivers

Paula H. Song, Hadi Beyhaghi, Josh Sommer, Antonia V. Bennett

• Erratum

Erratum to: Symptom burden and life challenges reported by adult chordoma patients and their caregivers

Paula H. Song, Hadi Beyhaghi, Josh Sommer, Antonia V. Bennett

• Erratum

Erratum to: Using a discrete choice experiment to value the QLU-C10D: feasibility and sensitivity to presentation format

R. Norman, R. Viney, N. K. Aaronson, J. E. Brazier, D. Cella, D. S. J. Costa, P. M. Fayers, G. Kemmler, S. Peacock, A. S. Pickard, D. Rowen, D. J. Street, G. Velikova, T. A. Young, M. T. King

• Erratum

Erratum to: The patient-reported outcome content of international ovarian cancer randomised controlled trial protocols

Rebecca Mercieca-Bebber, Michael Friedlander, Peey-Sei Kok, Melanie Calvert, Derek Kyte, Martin Stockler, Madeleine T. King