Quality of Life Research

Estimating clinically significant differences in quality of life outcomes

Kathleen W. Wyrwich, Monika Bullinger, Neil Aaronson, Ron D. Hays, Donald L. Patrick, Tara Symonds

The contextual model of HRQoL: A paradigm for expanding the HRQoL framework

Kimlin Tam Ashing-Giwa

Literature review of instruments to assess health-related quality of life during and after menopause

YF. Zöllner, C. Acquadro, M. Schaefer

The quality of life impact of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECB): A literature review

Jordana K. Schmier, Michael T. Halpern, Mitchell K. Higashi, Alan Bakst

Life values in patients with COPD: Relations with pulmonary functioning and health related quality of life

Lars-Olof Persson, Carl-Peter Engström, Anna Rydén, Sven Larsson, Marianne Sullivan

Influence of exercise activity on quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors

Adam R. Kendall, Maya Mahue-Giangreco, Catherine L. Carpenter, Patricia A. Ganz, Leslie Bernstein

Development and evaluation of an instrument to assess social difficulties in routine oncology practice

E. P. Wright, M. Kiely, C. Johnston, A. B. Smith, A. Cull, P. J. Selby

A prospective comparison of quality of life measures for patients with esophageal cancer

Jane M. Blazeby, Vasia Kavadas, Craig W. Vickery, Rosemary Greenwood, Richard G. Berrisford, Derek Alderson

A two-year prospective study of the health-related quality of life of children with chronic illness – the parents’ perspective

M. G. Sawyer, K. E. Reynolds, J. J. Couper, D. J. French, D. Kennedy, J. Martin, R. Staugas, P. A. Baghurst

Is treatment adherence associated with better quality of life in children with sickle cell disease?

Lamia P. Barakat, Meredith Lutz, Kim Smith-Whitley, Kwaku Ohene-Frempong

Self-perceived quality of life of children and adolescents with physical disabilities in Hong Kong

Susanna M. K. Chow, Sing Kai Lo, Robert A. Cummins

Quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients with urinary disorders: Discriminative validation of the english version of qualiveen

Véronique Bonniaud, Dianne Jackowski, Bernard Parratte, Rick Paulseth, Sharon Grad, Peter Margetts, Gordon Guyatt

Quality of life and temperament factors in schizophrenia: Comparative study of patients, their siblings and controls

Rena Kurs, Herman Farkas, Michael Ritsner

Changes in quality of life in chronic psychiatric patients: A comparison between EuroQol (EQ-5D) and WHOQoL

Gerard van de Willige, Durk Wiersma, Fokko J. Nienhuis, Jack A. Jenner

Quality of life related to type 1 Gaucher disease: Spanish experience

Pilar Giraldo, Victor Solano, Juan-Ignacio Pérez-Calvo, Manuel Giralt, Daniel Rubio-Félix

Quality of life of caregivers in Parkinson’s disease

Pablo Martínez-Martín, Julián Benito-León, Fernando Alonso, Mª José Catalán, M. Pondal, I. Zamarbide, A. Tobías, J. de Pedro

Psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument (WHOQoL-BREF) in alcoholic males: A pilot study

A. F. Barros da Silva Lima, M. Fleck, F. Pechansky, R. de Boni, P. Sukop

Gender differences in health-related quality of life in patients with HIV/AIDS

Joseph M. Mrus, Paige L. Williams, Joel Tsevat, Susan E. Cohn, Albert W. Wu

Effect of order of administration of health-related quality of life interview instruments on responses

Ashley L. Childs

Health-related quality of life during the bereavement period of caregivers of a deceased elderly person

P. Rebollo, J. Alonso, I. Ramon, G. Vilagut, R. Santed, R. Pujol

Social network and health-related quality of life in older adults: A population-based study in Spain

E. López. García, J. R. Banegas, A. Graciani. Pérez-Regadera, R. Herruzo. Cabrera, F. Rodríguez-Artalejo

Quality of life of participants in a mind-body-based self-development course: A descriptive study

Lotta Fernros, Anna-Karin Furhoff, Per E. Wändell

Does being bilingual in English and Chinese influence changes in quality of life scale scores? Evidence from a prospective, population based study

Julian Thumboo, Yin-Bun Cheung, David Machin, Pao-Hsii Feng, Mee-Leng Boey, Szu-tien Thio, Kok-Yong Fong

• Brief communication

Is the standard SF-12 Health Survey valid and equivalent for a Chinese population?

Cindy L.K. Lam, Eileen Y.Y. Tse, Barbara Gandek

• Brief communication

Translation and psychometric testing of the Basque version of the SF-36 Health Survey

N. González, J. M. Quintana, I. Aróstegui, A. Padierna, E. Martínez, I. Crespo, M. A. Vesga

• Brief communication

Discriminative ability of the Short-Form 36 Health Survey: A tale of two versions

Y. -B. Cheung, D. Machin, K. -Y. Fong, S. -T. Thio, J. Thumboo

• Brief communication

Reliability and validity of the WHOQOL BREF in a sample of Brazilian outpatients with major depression

Marcelo T. Berlim, Daniele P. Pavanello, Marco A. K. Caldieraro, Marcelo P. A. Fleck

Reliability and validity testing of a Chinese-translated version of the 39-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39)

Hui-Ing Ma, Wen-Juh Hwang, Mei-Jin Chen-Sea

• Book Review

Book Review:The Measurement and Valuation of Health Status Using EQ-5D: A European Perspective. Evidence from the EuroQol BIOMED Research Program

Dennis G. Fryback, Janel Hanmer