Quality of Life Research

Guidelines for improving the stringency of response shift research using the thentest

Carolyn E. Schwartz, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers

• Commentary

Abandoning the language of “response shift”: a plea for conceptual clarity in distinguishing scale recalibration from true changes in quality of life

Peter A. Ubel, Yvette Peeters, Dylan Smith

• Commentary

An opportunity to refine our understanding of “response shift” and to educate researchers on designing quality research studies: response to Ubel, Peeters, and Smith

Bryce B. Reeve

• Open Access
• Commentary

Do not throw out the baby with the bath water: build on current approaches to realize conceptual clarity. Response to Ubel, Peeters, and Smith

Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Carolyn E. Schwartz

• Commentary

Why should changing the bathwater have to harm the baby?

Peter A. Ubel, Dylan M. Smith

• Brief Communication

Applying cognitive debriefing to pre-test patient-reported outcomes in older people with multiple sclerosis

Michelle Ploughman, Mark Austin, Mark Stefanelli, Marshall Godwin

• Open Access

On the (not so) constant proportional trade-off in TTO

Arthur E. Attema, Werner B. F. Brouwer

Does mode of administration matter? Comparison of online and face-to-face administration of a time trade-off task

Richard Norman, Madeleine T. King, Dushyant Clarke, Rosalie Viney, Paula Cronin, Deborah Street

• Open Access
• Brief Communication

No negative effects of a multi-factorial, intensified treatment on self-reported health status, treatment satisfaction, and diabetes-related distress in screen-detected type 2 diabetes patients. The ADDITION-Netherlands study

Maureen van den Donk, Kees J. Gorter, Guy E. Rutten

Associations between body mass index and health-related quality of life among Australian adults

Andre Renzaho, Mark Wooden, Brendan Houng

Proxy and patients ratings on quality of life in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Korea

Eun Joo Kim, Dong Ho Song, Se Joo Kim, Jin Young Park, Eun Lee, Jeong Ho Seok, Duk-In Jon, Hyun-Sang Cho

Restless legs syndrome and its relationship with anxiety, depression, and quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Luca Ostacoli, Andrea Saini, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Vincenza Castronovo, Erica Sguazzotti, Rocco Luigi Picci, Mario Toje, Gabriella Gorzegno, Serena Capogna, Vincenzo Dongiovanni, Luigi Dogliotti, Pier Maria Furlan, Alfredo Berruti

• Open Access

The COSMIN checklist for assessing the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties of health status measurement instruments: an international Delphi study

Lidwine B. Mokkink, Caroline B. Terwee, Donald L. Patrick, Jordi Alonso, Paul W. Stratford, Dirk L. Knol, Lex M. Bouter, Henrica C. W. de Vet

Validation of the PAGI-SYM and PAGI-QOL among healing and maintenance of erosive esophagitis clinical trial participants

Kathleen W. Wyrwich, Reema Mody, Lois M. Larsen, Misun Lee, Neesha Harnam, Dennis A. Revicki

• Brief Communication

Responsiveness of the EQ-5D and 8-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-8) in a 4-year follow-up study

Nan Luo, Wai-Yee Ng, Puay-Ngoh Lau, Wing-Lok Au, Louis CS Tan

Development of the WHOQOL disabilities module

M. J. Power, A. M. Green

Sampling plan and patient characteristics of the PROMIS pediatrics large-scale survey

Debra E. Irwin, Brian D. Stucky, David Thissen, Esi Morgan DeWitt, Jin Shei Lai, Karin Yeatts, James W. Varni, Darren A. DeWalt

An item response analysis of the pediatric PROMIS anxiety and depressive symptoms scales

Debra E. Irwin, Brian Stucky, Michelle M. Langer, David Thissen, Esi Morgan DeWitt, Jin-Shei Lai, James W. Varni, Karin Yeatts, Darren A. DeWalt

• Commentary

Healthcare apartheid and quality of life for people with disabilities

Margaret A. Nosek

Retracted Article: Association of physical fitness with health-related quality of life in Finnish young men

Arja Häkkinen, Marjo Rinne, Tommi Vasankari, Matti Santtila, Keijo Häkkinen, Heikki Kyröläinen