Quality of Life Research

Quality of life as a potential predictor for morbidity and mortality in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer

Patrick W. Sullivan, Joel B. Nelson, Parvez M. Mulani, Darryl Sleep

Sociodemographic, Disease Status, and Illness Perceptions Predictors of Global Self-ratings of Health and Quality of Life Among those with Coronary Heart Disease – One Year Follow-up Study

• OriginalPaper

Anna-Mari Aalto, Arja R. Aro, John Weinman, Monique Heijmans, Kristiina Manderbacka, Marko Elovainio

Psychological Correlates of Quality of Life in Atrial Fibrillation

• Original Paper

Lephuong Ong, Robert Cribbie, Louise Harris, Paul Dorian, David Newman, Iqwal Mangat, Robert Nolan, Jane Irvine

Patient’s Quality of Life and Coping Style Influence General Practitioner’s Management in Men with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: The Krimpen Study

Esther T. Kok, Arthur M. Bohnen, J. L. H. Ruud Bosch, Siep Thomas, Frans P. M. J. Groeneveld

The Use of Focus Groups in the Development of the KIDSCREEN HRQL Questionnaire

S.B. Detmar, J. Bruil, U. Ravens-Sieberer, A. Gosch, C. Bisegger

Measuring meaning in life following cancer

Heather S. Jim, Jason Q. Purnell, Susan A. Richardson, Deanna Golden-Kreutz, Barbara L. Andersen

A New Condition Specific Quality of Life Measure for the Blind and the Partially Sighted in Sub-Saharan Africa, the IOTAQOL : Methodological Aspects of the Development Procedure

Alain Leplège, Jean François Schemann, Bah Diakité, Ousmane Touré, Emmanuel Ecosse, Yannick Jaffré, Gérard Dumestre

Single-factor scoring validation for the Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) in patients with systemic sclerosis and comparison with early rheumatoid arthritis patients

• Original Paper

Jason C. Cole, Dinesh Khanna, Philip J. Clements, James R. Seibold, Donald P. Tashkin, Harold E. Paulus, Michael R. Irwin, Sarosh J. Motivala, Daniel E. Furst

Parents’ Global Rating of Mental Health Correlates with SF-36 Scores and Health Services Satisfaction

• Brief communication

Jean K. Mah, Suzanne Tough, Thomas Fung, Kathleen Douglas-England, Marja Verhoef

The Impact of 29 Chronic Conditions on Health-related Quality of Life: A General Population Survey in Finland Using 15D and EQ-5D

• Brief communication

Samuli I. Saarni, Tommi Härkänen, Harri Sintonen, Jaana Suvisaari, Seppo Koskinen, Arpo Aromaa, Jouko Lönnqvist

Measuring health status and decline in at-risk seniors residing in the community using the Health Utilities Index Mark 2

Jenny X. Zhang, Jennifer D. Walker, Walter P. Wodchis, David B. Hogan, David H. Feeny, Colleen J. Maxwell

The Association between Symptom Burdens and Utility in Chinese Cancer Patients

Ya-Chen Tina Shih, Xin Shelley Wang, Scott B. Cantor, Charles S. Cleeland