Quality of Life Research

Integrating health profile with survival for quality of life assessment

Jing-Shiang Hwang, Jung-Der Wang

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Diane Fairclough

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Jing-Shiang Hwang, Jung-Der Wang

The stability of utility scores: Test–retest reliability and the interpretation of utility scores in elective total hip arthroplasty

D. Feeny, C.M. Blanchard, J.L. Mahon, R. Bourne, C. Rorabeck, L. Stitt, S. Webster-Bogaert

Can we identify the poorest quality of life? Assessing the importance of quality of life using the WHOQOL-100

Suzanne M. Skevington, Kathryn A. O'Connell

Content-based interpretation aids for health-related quality of life measures in clinical practice. An example for the visual function index (VF-14)

J.M. Valderas, J. Alonso, L. Prieto, M. Espallargues, X. Castells

Health-related quality of life in patients with thyroid disorders

G.P. Bianchi, V. Zaccheroni, E. Solaroli, F. Vescini, R. Cerutti, M. Zoli, G. Marchesini

Hysterectomy status, estrogen use and quality of life in older women: The Rancho Bernardo study

Donna Kritz-Silverstein, Denise G. Von Muhlen, Theodore G. Ganiats, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

The association between disease severity, functional status, depression and daily quality of life in congestive heart failure patients

Robert A. Carels

Effect of a comprehensive intervention program targeting general practice staff on quality of life in patients at high cardiovascular risk: A randomized controlled trial

C.M. Lobo, B.D. Frijling, M.E.J.L. Hulscher, R.M.D. Bernsen, R.P.T.M. Grol, A. Prins, J.C. van der Wouden

Association between patient education and health-related quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease

T. Shimbo, M. Goto, T. Morimoto, K. Hira, M. Takemura, K. Matsui, A. Yoshida, T. Fukui

Quality of life improvement in treatment of psoriasis with intermittent short course cyclosporin (Neoral®)

M.S. Salek, A.Y. Finlay, J.J.C. Lewis, M.I. Sumner

Quality of life in spinal cord injured individuals and their caregivers during the initial 6 months following rehabilitation

Kathleen T. Lucke, Holly Coccia, Joseph S. Goode, Joseph F. Lucke

Chronic oral disadvantage, a measure of long-term decrements in oral health-related quality of life

L. Scott Chavers, Gregg H. Gilbert, Brent J. Shelton

Overall and health related quality of life among the oldest old in pain

Ulf Jakobsson, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Albert Westergren

The functional assessment of cancer therapy–BRM (FACT–BRM): A new tool for the assessment of quality of life in patients treated with biologic response modifiers

J. Bacik, M. Mazumdar, B.A. Murphy, D.L. Fairclough, S. Eremenco, T. Mariani, R.J. Motzer, D. Cella

Confidant and breast cancer patient reports of quality of life

Ann K. Sandgren, Amy B. Mullens, Shannon C. Erickson, Kathleen M. Romanek, Kevin D. McCaul

Perceived stress, internal resources, and social support as determinants of mental health among young adults

Patrick A. Bovier, Eric Chamot, Thomas V. Perneger

Health and happiness in young Swiss adults

Thomas V. Perneger, Patricia M. Hudelson, Patrick A. Bovier

The use of focus groups in evaluating quality of life components among elderly Chinese people

Kai-Kuen Leung, En-Chang Wu, Bee-Horng Lue, Li-Yu Tang

The value of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for comparing women with early onset breast cancer with population-based reference women

R.H. Osborne, G.R. Elsworth, M.A.G. Sprangers, F.J. Oort, J.L. Hopper

Subjective quality of life and positive appraisal of care among Japanese family caregivers of older adults

Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani, Kazuko Ishigaki, Midori Kuniyoshi, Noriko Kawahara-Maekawa, Kunihiko Hayashi, Kiyomi Hasegawa, Chieko Sugishita

Validation of the German version of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM (PedsQLTM) in childhood cancer patients off treatment and children with epilepsy

R. Felder-Puig, E. Frey, K. Proksch, J.W. Varni, H. Gadner, R. Topf

Shortening the VSP-A: Preliminary development of the VSP-A12, a 12-item short-form

C. Sapin, S. Antoniotti, M.C. Simeoni, A. Clément, M. El Khammar, P. Auquier

Association between diarrhea and quality of life in HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy

Andrea Tramarin, Nicoletta Parise, Stefano Campostrini, Donald D. Yin, Maarten J. Postma, Ramon Lyu, Roberta Grisetti, Amedeo Capetti, Anna Maria Cattelan, Maria Teresa Di Toro, Antonio Mastroianni, Elena Pignattari, Valeria Mondardini, Guido Calleri, Enzo Raise, Fabrizio Starace

Performance of the Swedish SF-36 version 2.0

Charles Taft, Jan Karlsson, Marianne Sullivan

Quality of life of lung cancer patients: Validation of the Taiwan Chinese version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-LC13

Wei-Chu Chie, Chih-Hsin Yang, Chiun Hsu, Pan-Chyr Yang

FACT-G: Reliability and validity of the Malayalam translation

B.C. Thomas, M. Pandey, K. Ramdas, P. Sebastian, M.K. Nair

The validity and reliability of EQ-5D health state valuations in a survey of Māori

M.R.V. Perkins, N.J. Devlin, P. Hansen

Design and analysis of quality of life studies in clinical trials

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