Quality of Life Research

Intellectual property rights and good research practice

• Editorial

Dennis A. Revicki, Carolyn E. Schwartz

Patient-reported outcomes instruments: bridging the gap between international copyright laws and common practice for developers and users—a case example

• Commentary

Caroline Anfray

Same question, different answers: a comparison of global health assessments using visual analogue scales

Mark J. Harrison, Annelies Boonen, Peter Tugwell, Deborah P. M. Symmons

The association of body mass index and health-related quality of life in the general population: data from the 2003 Health Survey of England

• Open Access

F. Søltoft, M. Hammer, N. Kragh

Age trajectories of quality of life among older adults: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Paola Zaninotto, Emanuela Falaschetti, Amanda Sacker

Does urinary incontinence affect quality of life of Greek women less severely? A cross-sectional study in two Mediterranean settings

Stella Anifantaki, Tuncay Muge Filiz, Athanasios Alegakis, Pinar Topsever, Adelais Markaki, Nursan Dede Cinar, Frangiskos Sofras, Christos Lionis

Determinants of overall quality of life in women over the first year after surgery for early stage breast cancer

Brenda L. Den Oudsten, Jolanda De Vries, Alida F. W. Van der Steeg, Jan A. Roukema, Guus L. Van Heck

Development and validation of a composite score based on clinically meaningful events for the opioid-related symptom distress scale

Kitty S. Chan, Wen-Hung Chen, T. J. Gan, Ray Hsieh, Connie Chen, Mani Lakshminarayanan, Dennis A. Revicki

Derivation and testing of an interval-level score for measuring locomotor disability in epidemiological studies of middle and old age

Sara Muller, Elaine Thomas, George Peat

Psychometric properties of the Patient Activation Measure among individuals presenting for elective lumbar spine surgery

Richard L. Skolasky, Ellen J. Mackenzie, Lee H. Riley III, Stephen T. Wegener

The Oxford Ankle Foot Questionnaire for children: responsiveness and longitudinal validity

Christopher Morris, Helen Doll, Neville Davies, Andrew Wainwright, Tim Theologis, Keith Willett, Ray Fitzpatrick

The association of survey language (Spanish vs. English) with Health Utilities Index and EQ-5D index scores in a United States population sample

Nan Luo, Yu Ko, Jeffrey A. Johnson, Stephen Joel Coons