Quality of Life Research

WHOQOL-BREF as predictors of mortality: A two-year follow-up study at veteran homes

Senyeong Kao, Kuan-Lang Lai, Herng-Ching Lin, Hong-Shen Lee, Hsyien-Chia Wen

Relationships between health domains and sense of coherence: A two-year cross-lagged study in patients with chronic illness

Marijke Veenstra, Torbjørn Moum, Espen Røysamb

Population-based study of the relationship of treatment and sociodemographics on quality of life for early stage breast cancer

Nancy K. Janz, Mahasin Mujahid, Paula M. Lantz, Angela Fagerlin, Barbara Salem, Monica Morrow, Dennis Deapen, Steven J. Katz

Perceived cognitive function in coronary artery disease – An unrecognised predictor of unemployment

Anna Kiessling, Peter Henriksson

Understanding the complex associations between patient–provider relationships, self-care behaviours, and health-related quality of life in type 2 diabetes: A structural equation modeling approach

Sheri L. Maddigan, Sumit R. Majumdar, Jeffrey A. Johnson

Diabetes-related symptoms and negative mood in participants of a targeted population-screening program for type 2 diabetes: The Hoorn Screening study

Marcel C. Adriaanse, Jacqueline M. Dekker, Annemieke M. W. Spijkerman, Jos W. R. Twisk, Giel Nijpels, Henk M. van der Ploeg, Robert J. Heine, Frank J. Snoek

Quality of life and eating disorders

S. M. de la Rie, G. Noordenbos, E. F. van Furth

Comparison of the minimally important difference for two health state utility measures: EQ-5D and SF-6D

Stephen J. Walters, John E. Brazier

Analysis of incomplete quality of life data in advanced stage cancer: A practical application of multiple imputation

Satoshi Morita, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kenji Eguchi, Taketoshi Matsumoto, Masahiko Shibuya, Yasufumi Yamaji, Yasuo Ohashi

Quantifying responsiveness of quality of life measures without an external criterion

Guang Yong Zou

Developing a questionnaire to measure the psychosocial impact of an abnormal cervical smear result and its subsequent management: the TOMBOLA (Trial Of Management of Borderline and Other Low-grade Abnormal smears) trial

N. M. Gray, L. Sharp, S. C. Cotton, M. Avis, Z. Philips, I. Russell, L. G. Walker, D. Whynes, J. Little

Academic and behavioral limitations and health-related quality of life in school-age survivors of bacterial meningitis

Irene Koomen, Hein Raat, Aag Jennekens-Schinkel, Diederick E Grobbee, John J Roord, Marceline van Furth

Adolescent health-related quality of life and perceived satisfaction with life

Keith J. Zullig, Robert F. Valois, E. Scott Huebner, J. Wanzer Drane

The relationship between health-related quality of life, pain, and coping strategies in juvenile arthritis – A one year prospective study

Michael G. Sawyer, Josephine A. Carbone, Justine N. Whitham, Don M. Roberton, John E. Taplin, James W. Varni, Peter A. Baghurst

Determinants of quality of life in children with psychiatric disorders

Dennis Bastiaansen, Hans M. Koot, Robert F. Ferdinand

Preliminary psychometric evaluation of the Child Health Ratings Inventory (CHRIs) and Disease-Specific Impairment Inventory-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (DSII-HSCT) in parents and children

S. K. Parsons, M. C. Shih, D. K. Mayer, S. E. Barlow, S. E. Supran, S. L. Levy, S. Greenfield, S. H. Kaplan

Korean translation and validation of the functional assessment of cancer therapy-breast (FACT-B) scale version 4

• Brief communication

Hee J. Yoo, Sei H. Ahn, Sonya Eremenco, Hwan Kim, Woo K. Kim, Sung B. Kim, Oh S. Han

Development and psychometric tests of the Chinese-version Low Vision Quality of Life Questionnaire

• Brief communication

H. Zou, X. Zhang, X. Xu, L. Bai, J. S. Wolffsohn

Assessment of quality of life among HIV-infected persons in Pune, India

Rewa M. Kohli, Suvarna Sane, Kishore Kumar, Ramesh S. Paranjape, Sanjay M. Mehendale

Book review: Edited by: Christine Eiser, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., Mahwah, NJ, 2004, 368 pp, ISBN: 0-8058-3544-X, price $80 (hardback)

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