Quality of Life Research

Cost of informal care for patients with cardiovascular disease or diabetes: current evidence and research challenges

• Review

Heesoo Joo, Ping Zhang, Guijing Wang

Toward mindfulness in quality-of-life research: perspectives on how to avoid rigor becoming rigidity

• Open Access
• Commentary

Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Carolyn E. Schwartz

Establishing the values for patient engagement (PE) in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) research: an international, multiple-stakeholder perspective

• Open Access

Kirstie Haywood, Anne Lyddiatt, Samantha J. Brace-McDonnell, Sophie Staniszewska, Sam Salek

Predicting parent health-related quality of life: evaluating conceptual models

Ellen K. Defenderfer, Tiffany M. Rybak, W. Hobart Davies, Kristoffer S. Berlin

The PROMIS fatigue item bank has good measurement properties in patients with fibromyalgia and severe fatigue

Kathleen J. Yost, Niels G. Waller, Minji K. Lee, Ann Vincent

Preliminary evidence on the uptake, use and benefits of the CONSORT-PRO extension

Rebecca Mercieca-Bebber, Julie Rouette, Melanie Calvert, Madeleine T. King, Lori McLeod, Patricia Holch, Michael J. Palmer, Michael Brundage

Item bias detection in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale using structural equation modeling: comparison with other item bias detection methods

• Open Access

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

Differential item functioning of the patient-reported outcomes information system (PROMIS®) pain interference item bank by language (Spanish versus English)

Sylvia H. Paz, Karen L. Spritzer, Steven P. Reise, Ron D. Hays

Minimal impact of response shift for SF-12 mental and physical health status in homeless and vulnerably housed individuals: an item-level multi-group analysis

Anne M. Gadermann, Richard Sawatzky, Anita Palepu, Anita M. Hubley, Bruno D. Zumbo, Tim Aubry, Susan Farrell, Stephen W. Hwang

Longitudinal measurement invariance of the Dutch Outcome Questionnaire-45 in a clinical sample

• Open Access

Ruslan Jabrayilov, Wilco H. M. Emons, Kim de Jong, Klaas Sijtsma

Health literacy and logical inconsistencies in valuations of hypothetical health states: results from the Canadian EQ-5D-5L valuation study

Fatima Al Sayah, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Arto Ohinmaa, Feng Xie, Nick Bansback

Framing of mobility items: a source of poor agreement between preference-based health-related quality of life instruments in a population of individuals receiving assisted ventilation

Liam M. Hannan, David G. T. Whitehurst, Stirling Bryan, Jeremy D. Road, Christine F. McDonald, David J. Berlowitz, Mark E. Howard

The relationship between SF-6D utility scores and lifestyle factors across three life stages: evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

Jeeva Kanesarajah, Michael Waller, Jennifer A. Whitty, Gita D. Mishra

Lower educational level and unemployment increase the impact of cardiometabolic conditions on the quality of life: results of a population-based study in South Australia

David Alejandro González-Chica, Robert Adams, Eleonora Dal Grande, Jodie Avery, Phillipa Hay, Nigel Stocks

Cultural values: can they explain self-reported health?

• Open Access

Bram Roudijk, Rogier Donders, Peep Stalmeier

Physical exercise, vegetable and fruit intake and health-related quality of life in Chinese breast cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study

Xiao-Huan Gong, Ji-Wei Wang, Jiang Li, Xue-Fen Chen, Li Sun, Zheng-Ping Yuan, Jin-Ming Yu

How do Kenyan orphan girls experience less meaningful lives and how much does it matter for ‘health’?

Michael L. Goodman, Thomas M. Johnson, Shannon Guillot-Wright, Katherine Ackerman Porter, Philip H. Keiser, Stanley Gitari

Correlates of health-related quality of life in young-old and old–old community-dwelling older adults

Élvio R. Quintal Gouveia, Bruna R. Gouveia, Andreas Ihle, Matthias Kliegel, José A. Maia, Sergi Bermudez i Badia, Duarte L. Freitas

Factors related to the quality of life of older prisoners

Stefaan De Smet, Liesbeth De Donder, Denis Ryan, Sofie Van Regenmortel, Dorien Brosens, Stijn Vandevelde

Impact of caregiver activities and social supports on multidimensional caregiver burden: analyses from nationally-representative surveys of cancer patients and their caregivers

Michael T. Halpern, Mallorie H. Fiero, Melanie L. Bell

Quality of life improves in children and adolescents during a community-based overweight and obesity treatment

Pernille M. Mollerup, Tenna R. H. Nielsen, Christine Bøjsøe, Julie T. Kloppenborg, Jennifer L. Baker, Jens-Christian Holm

Quality of life and uncertainty in Crohn’s disease

Galia Niv, Simona Bar Josef, Ofer Ben Bassat, Irit Avni, Lev Lictenstein, Yaron Niv, Sivia Barnoy

Changes in health-related quality of life over a 1-year follow-up period in children with inflammatory bowel disease

Helene Werner, Markus A. Landolt, Patrick Buehr, Rebekka Koller, Andreas Nydegger, Johannes Spalinger, Klaas Heyland, Susanne Schibli, Christian P. Braegger

Patient versus general population health state valuations: a case study of non-specific low back pain

• Open Access

J. M. van Dongen, B. van denBerg, G. E. Bekkering, M. W. van Tulder, R. W. J. G. Ostelo

Long-term follow-up after active surveillance or curative treatment: quality-of-life outcomes of men with low-risk prostate cancer

• Open Access

Lionne D. F. Venderbos, Shafak Aluwini, Monique J. Roobol, Leonard P. Bokhorst, Eric H. G. M. Oomens, Chris H. Bangma, Ida J. Korfage