Quality of Life Research

• Open Access

PRO development: rigorous qualitative research as the crucial foundation

Kathryn Eilene Lasch, Patrick Marquis, Marc Vigneux, Linda Abetz, Benoit Arnould, Martha Bayliss, Bruce Crawford, Kathleen Rosa

Chemotherapy-related polyneuropathy may deteriorate quality of life in patients with B-cell lymphoma

Byung-Jo Kim, Ha-Rim Park, Hak Jae Roh, Du-Shin Jeong, Byung Soo Kim, Kun-Woo Park, S. Charles Cho, Yuen T. So, Sung Yong Oh, Seok Jin Kim

Using the Short Form-36 mental summary score as an indicator of depressive symptoms in patients with coronary heart disease

Rosanna Tavella, Tracy Air, Graeme Tucker, Robert Adams, John F. Beltrame, Geoffrey Schrader

• Open Access

Gender differences in health-related quality-of-life are partly explained by sociodemographic and socioeconomic variation between adult men and women in the US: evidence from four US nationally representative data sets

Dasha Cherepanov, Mari Palta, Dennis G. Fryback, Stephanie A. Robert

• Open Access
• Erratum

Erratum to: Gender differences in health-related quality-of-life are partly explained by sociodemographic and socioeconomic variation between adult men and women in the US: evidence from four US nationally representative data sets

Dasha Cherepanov, Mari Palta, Dennis G. Fryback, Stephanie A. Robert

• Brief Communication

Quality of life of patients with oesophageal cancer in Taiwan: validation and application of the Taiwan Chinese (Mandarin) version of the EORTC QLQ-OES18: a brief communication

Wei-Chu Chie, Chia-Jih Tsai, Chieh Chiang, Yung-Chie Lee

Quality of life, subjective well-being, and religiosity in Muslim college students

Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek

Preliminary findings of an investigation into the relationship between national culture and EQ-5D value sets

Henry Bailey, Paul Kind

The relationship of health-related quality of life to workplace physical violence against nurses by psychiatric patients

Wen-Ching Chen, Chuan-Ju Huang, Jing-Shiang Hwang, Chiao-Chicy Chen

Interference with activities due to pain and fatigue: accuracy of ratings across different reporting periods

Joan E. Broderick, Stefan Schneider, Joseph E. Schwartz, Arthur A. Stone

Invariance test of the Multidimensional Body Self-Relations Questionnaire: do women with breast cancer interpret this measure differently?

Catherine M. Sabiston, Shayna Rusticus, Jennifer Brunet, Meghan H. McDonough, Valerie Hadd, Anita M. Hubley, Peter R. E. Crocker

• Open Access

The impact of next and back buttons on time to complete and measurement reliability in computer-based surveys

Ron D. Hays, Rita Bode, Nan Rothrock, William Riley, David Cella, Richard Gershon

Measuring community integration after spinal cord injury: validation of the Sydney psychosocial reintegration scale and community integration measure

Annelies De Wolf, Amanda Lane-Brown, Robyn L. Tate, James Middleton, Ian D. Cameron

• Open Access

Development of the Healthy Pathways Child-Report Scales

Katherine B. Bevans, Anne W. Riley, Christopher B. Forrest

Psychometric evaluation of the functional assessment of HIV Infection (FAHI) questionnaire and its usefulness in clinical trials

Muriel Viala-Danten, Dominique Dubois, Hélène Gilet, Silas Martin, Katrien Peeters, David Cella

Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 generic core scales

Yuantao Hao, Qi Tian, Yiyun Lu, Yiming Chai, Shaoqi Rao

Validation of a Spanish version of the airways questionnaire 20: a short and simple instrument

Marina Blanco-Aparicio, Maria Isabel Vázquez, Esther Romero-Frais, Gloria Seoane, Hector Verea-Hernando

• Erratum

Erratum to: Effectiveness of a Tai chi Qigong program in promoting health-related quality of life and perceived social support in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clients

Aileen W. K. Chan, Albert Lee, Lorna K. P. Suen, Wilson W. S. Tam