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  1. Information on health-related quality of life is becoming increasingly important in children with cerebral palsy. This study investigated the relationship between activity limitation and health-related quality...

    Authors: Eun-Young Park
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:87
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  2. Infertility has a negative impact on quality of life (QoL) and well-being of affected individuals and couples. A variety of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures to assess infertility-related QoL are availab...

    Authors: Helen Kitchen, Natalie Aldhouse, Andrew Trigg, Roberto Palencia and Stephen Mitchell
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:86
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  3. The aims of this study were to report nutritional status in a large panel of patients with cancer requiring exclusive chemotherapy and to study the influence of nutritional status on their quality of life (QoL).

    Authors: Sebastien Salas, Sophie Mercier, Benjamin Moheng, Sandrine Olivet, Marie-Eve Garcia, Sophie Hamon, Camille Sibertin-Blanc, Florence Duffaud, Pascal Auquier and Karine Baumstarck
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:85
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  4. Although body temperature is one of four key vital signs routinely monitored and treated in clinical practice, relatively little is known about the symptoms associated with febrile states. The purpose of this ...

    Authors: Nancy J. Ames, John H. Powers, Alexandra Ranucci, Kyungsook Gartrell, Li Yang, Mark VanRaden, Nancy Kline Leidy and Gwenyth R. Wallen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:84
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  5. New technologies to collect patient - reported outcomes have substantially solved the challenge of integrating a questionnaire in a busy clinical practice. At Memorial Sloan Kettering, we have been collecting ...

    Authors: Andrew J. Vickers and Ling Y. Chen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:83
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:112

  6. Dental care seeking behaviour is often driven by symptoms. The value of oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) measures to predict utilisation of dental services is unknown. This study aims to explore th...

    Authors: Piyada Gaewkhiew, Eduardo Bernabé, Jennifer E. Gallagher, Charlotte Klass and Elsa K. Delgado-Angulo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:82
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  7. The purpose of this study is to provide Dutch normative data and to assess internal consistency and known-groups validity for the TNO AZL Preschool Children Quality of Life (TAPQOL) and the acute version of th...

    Authors: S. A. Schepers, H. A. van Oers, H. Maurice-Stam, J. Huisman, C. M. Verhaak, M. A. Grootenhuis and L. Haverman
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:81
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  8. Improvement in quality of life is crucial for HIV infected people. Social and behavioral interventions have been implemented in different contexts to improve the quality of life among HIV infected people. This...

    Authors: Dharma Nand Bhatta, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul and Edward B. McNeil
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:80
    Content type: Review Published on:

  9. Shared decision-making is a cornerstone of patient-centred care. The 9-item Shared Decision-Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9) is a brief self-assessment tool for measuring patients’ perceived level of involvement...

    Authors: Javier Ballesteros, Ester Moral, Luis Brieva, Elena Ruiz-Beato, Daniel Prefasi and Jorge Maurino
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:79
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  10. China’s rapid urbanization over the past decades has exacerbated the problems of environmental degradation and health disparities. However, few studies have analysed the differences between urban and rural res...

    Authors: Hongsheng Chen, Ye Liu, Zhenjun Zhu and Zhigang Li
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:78
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  11. The expansion of methadone maintenance treatment in mountainous areas in still limited and little is known about its health impacts on drug users. This study aimed to examine health-related quality of life (HR...

    Authors: Long Hoang Nguyen, Lan Huong Thi Nguyen, Victoria L. Boggiano, Canh Dinh Hoang, Hung Van Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Hai Quan Le, Tho Dinh Tran, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Nabil Zary and Minh Thuc Thi Vu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:77
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  12. Although the quality of life (QoL) experienced by patients with schizophrenia has been recognized, few studies have assessed the relationship between the caregivers’ QoL and patients’ QoL.

    Authors: Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar, Marine Alessandrini, Alfonso Urzúa, Xavier Zendjidjian, Laurent Boyer and David R. Williams
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:76
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  13. The responsiveness of a measurement instrument is important for understanding its ability to detect changes in the progression of a disease. We examined and compared the internal and external responsiveness of...

    Authors: Xiao-Jing Tu, Wen-Juh Hwang, Shih-Pin Hsu and Hui-Ing Ma
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:75
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  14. Patients with terminal chronic kidney disease (CKDT) requiring renal replacement therapies (RRT) undergo important changes in living habits and frequently need caregiving. These patients and their caregivers a...

    Authors: Beatriz dos Santos Pereira, Neimar da Silva Fernandes, Nayara Pires de Melo, Renata Abrita, Fabiane Rossi dos Santos Grincenkov and Natália Maria da Silva Fernandes
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:74
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  15. Multimorbidity, the coexistence of two or more chronic diseases, is common in older adults. And it may lead to many adverse health outcomes, such as disability. However, data on multimorbidity and its relation...

    Authors: Xiao-Xiao Wang, Wei-Quan Lin, Xu-Jia Chen, Ying-Yu Lin, Ling-Ling Huang, Sheng-Chao Zhang and Pei-Xi Wang
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:73
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  16. There is growing interest in health related quality of life (HRQoL) as an outcome measure in international trials. However, there might be differences in the conceptualization of HRQoL across different socio-c...

    Authors: Maryse C. Cnossen, Suzanne Polinder, Pieter E. Vos, Hester F. Lingsma, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Yanming Sun, Pengpeng Ye, Leilei Duan and Juanita A. Haagsma
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:72
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  17. Despite the importance of coping in caregiving, there are few studies on the relationship between coping and quality of life in caregivers of the frail dependent elderly. Thus, this study aims to analyze the r...

    Authors: Margarita Rodríguez-Pérez, Ana Abreu-Sánchez, María Jesús Rojas-Ocaña and Rafael del-Pino-Casado
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:71
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  18. Studies indicate a relationship between cost and quality of life (QOL) in diabetes care, however, the interaction is complex and the relationship is not well understood. The aim of this study was to 1) examine...

    Authors: Jennifer A. Campbell, Kinfe G. Bishu, Rebekah J. Walker and Leonard E. Egede
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:70
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  20. Despite the overall success of total hip replacement (THR) in patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA), up to one-quarter of patients report suboptimal recovery. The aim of this study was to determine whe...

    Authors: Espen Andreas Brembo, Heidi Kapstad, Sandra Van Dulmen and Hilde Eide
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:68
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  21. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adolescents and young adults with bleeding disorders is under-researched. We aimed to describe factors related to HRQoL in adolescents and young adults with hemophilia...

    Authors: John M. McLaughlin, James E. Munn, Terry L. Anderson, Angela Lambing, Bartholomew Tortella and Michelle L. Witkop
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:67
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  22. The Swallowing Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (SWAL-QoL) is considered the gold standard for assessing health-related QoL in oropharyngeal dysphagia. The Dutch translation (DSWAL-QoL) and its adjusted version (...

    Authors: Ingeborg S. Simpelaere, Gwen Van Nuffelen, Marc De Bodt, Jan Vanderwegen and Tina Hansen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:66
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  23. The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS-2.0) has been adapted and validated in several cultures, but data on performance in the African context are lacking. The aim of the study wa...

    Authors: Kassahun Habtamu, Atalay Alem, Girmay Medhin, Abebaw Fekadu, Michael Dewey, Martin Prince and Charlotte Hanlon
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:64
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  24. The Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) was originally developed to assess the level of subjective burden in caregivers of people with dementia. The Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (IEQ) is amongst the leading s...

    Authors: Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira, Eduardo González-Fraile, Borja Santos-Zorrozúa, Manuel Martín-Carrasco, Paola Fernández-Catalina, Ana I. Domínguez-Panchón, Paula Muñoz-Hermoso and Javier Ballesteros
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:63
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  25. We investigated the determinants of trajectories of physical symptoms related to lung cancer (a quality of life [QOL] aspect) and self-efficacy among patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It was hy...

    Authors: Anna Banik, Ralf Schwarzer, Izabela Pawlowska, Monika Boberska, Roman Cieslak and Aleksandra Luszczynska
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:62
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  26. As the worldwide prevalence of chronic illness increases so too does the demand for novel treatments to improve chronic illness care. Quantifying improvement in chronic illness care from the patient perspectiv...

    Authors: C. J. Gibbons, N. Small, J. Rick, J. Burt, M. Hann and P. Bower
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:61
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  27. Item response theory (IRT) has been increasingly applied to patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures. The purpose of this study is to apply IRT to examine item properties (discrimination and severity of depress...

    Authors: Yue Zhao, Wai Chan and Barbara Chuen Yee Lo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:60
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  28. Quality of life refers to a person’s experienced standard of health, comfort and happiness and is typically measured using subjective self-report scales. Despite increasing scientific interest in the value of ...

    Authors: Sophie S. Hall, Jessica MacMichael, Amy Turner and Daniel S. Mills
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:59
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  29. The applicability of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in screening of insomnia is demonstrated in various populations. But, the tool has not been validated in a sample of Ethiopians. Therefore, this s...

    Authors: Mohammed Salahuddin, Tarekegn Tesfaye Maru, Abera Kumalo, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Ahmed S. Bahammam and Md Dilshad Manzar
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:58
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  30. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common condition in primary care. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are crucial in the evaluation of interventions to improve diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of UT...

    Authors: Anne Holm, Gloria Cordoba, Volkert Siersma and John Brodersen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:57
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  31. The regret intensity scale (RIS) and the regret coping scale for healthcare professionals (RCS-HCP) working in hospitals assess the experience of care-related regrets and how healthcare professional deal with ...

    Authors: Silvia C. Richner, Stéphane Cullati, Boris Cheval, Ralph E. Schmidt, Pierre Chopard, Christoph A. Meier and Delphine S. Courvoisier
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:56
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:69

  32. The leukemia affects not only the quality of life (QOL) of patients with the disease but also that of their family caregivers (FCs). The research studies on QOL of FCs for leukemia patients are limited. This s...

    Authors: Hongjuan Yu, Limin Li, Chaojie Liu, Weidong Huang, Jin Zhou, Wenqi Fu, Yi Ma, Si Li, Yuying Chang, Guoxiang Liu and Qunhong Wu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:55
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  33. The Malay version of the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire has been validated for use by Malaysian adolescents. Although Malay is their national language, English is widely used as the lin...

    Authors: Wan Nurazreena Wan Hassan, Zamros Yuzadi Mohd Yusof, Mohd Zambri Mohamed Makhbul, Siti Safuraa Zahirah Shahidan, Siti Farhana Mohd Ali, Rashidah Burhanudin and Maria Jirom Gere
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:54
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  34. Limited evidence supports a possible association between a person’s perception of their weight status and their quality of life (QoL). This study evaluates whether misperception around weight status is associated...

    Authors: Christopher Heard, Paul A. Scuffham, Julie Ratcliffe and Jennifer A. Whitty
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:53
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  36. In patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) the persistence of and adherence to disease modifying drug (DMD) treatment is inadequate. To take individualised measures there is a need to ident...

    Authors: Peter Joseph Jongen, Wim A. Lemmens, Erwin L. Hoogervorst and Rogier Donders
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:50
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  37. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most prevalent type of cardiac disease among adults worldwide, including those in Singapore. Most of its risk factors, such as smoking, physical inactivity and high blood pr...

    Authors: Hui Zhang, Ying Jiang, Hoang D. Nguyen, Danny Chiang Choon Poo and Wenru Wang
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:49
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  38. In those with symptoms indicative of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), respiratory-specific health-related quality of life (HRQL) may be an important patient-centered outcome. The aim of this study was to assess ...

    Authors: Denis Vinnikov, Paul D. Blanc, Alaena Alilin, Moshe Zutler and Jon-Erik C. Holty
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:48
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  39. In 1993, the Performance Scales© was created to assess multi-dimensional disability in multiple sclerosis (MS). This tool has been used in a variety of settings and study designs internationally. The present w...

    Authors: Carolyn E. Schwartz and Victoria E. Powell
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:47
    Content type: Review Published on:

  40. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare genetic disorder caused by a defect in the metabolism of phenylalanine (PHE) resulting in elevated blood and brain PHE levels, and leading to cognitive, emotional, and psychosoc...

    Authors: Elaina Jurecki, Amy Cunningham, Vanessa Birardi, Grégory Gagol and Catherine Acquadro
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:46
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  41. As populations age, chronic geriatric conditions linked to progressive organ failure jeopardize health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Thus, this research assessed the validity and applicability of the EQ-5D ...

    Authors: Jennifer E. Lutomski, Paul F. M. Krabbe, Nienke Bleijenberg, Jeanett Blom, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen, Janet MacNeil-Vroomen, Maaike E. Muntinga, Ewout Steyerburg, Marcel G. M. Olde-Rikkert and René J. F. Melis
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:45
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  42. Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) has a negative impact on psychological and overall well-being. Screening for Health-related Quality of Life (HrQoL) and addressing HrQoL issues in the clinic leads to improved well-being ...

    Authors: Julie Bøjstrup Nielsen, Julie Nyholm Kyvsgaard, Stine Møller Sildorf, Svend Kreiner and Jannet Svensson
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:44
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  43. Oral glucocorticoids (steroids) are the mainstay of treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but their use is often associated with short- and long-term side effects. Following a literature review and...

    Authors: Susan D. Mathias, Pamela Berry, Jane De Vries, Anca Askanase, Katie Pascoe, Hilary H. Colwell and David J. Chang
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:43
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  44. Aging perceptions have been found to be major contributors to health in old age. To quantitatively explore aging perceptions among elderly Turkish migrants, valid and reliable Turkish-language instruments are ...

    Authors: Anne Slotman, Jane M Cramm and Anna P Nieboer
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:42
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  45. New approaches to cope with clinical and psychosocial aspects of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are needed; gender influences the complex interplay between clinical and non-clinical factors. We used data from the BENC...

    Authors: Maria Chiara Rossi, Giuseppe Lucisano, Basilio Pintaudi, Angela Bulotta, Sandro Gentile, Marco Scardapane, Soren Eik Skovlund, Giacomo Vespasiani and Antonio Nicolucci
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:41
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  46. An individualized patient reported outcome (PRO) has recently been recommended within LBP research, but no study has evaluated this instrument with commonly applied PROs. Moreover, the impact of psychological ...

    Authors: Ida Løchting, Andrew M. Garratt, Kjersti Storheim, Erik L. Werner and Margreth Grotle
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:40
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  47. The EuroQol Group has extended the severity levels of the EQ-5D from three to five (EQ-5D-5L). There are valuation studies worldwide planned in order to convert the EQ-5D-5L health states into a single prefere...

    Authors: Kristina Ludwig, J.-Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg and Wolfgang Greiner
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:39
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  48. Little is known about the quality of life of parents and families of preterm infants after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Our aims were (1) to describe the impact of preterm birth on p...

    Authors: Ashwini Lakshmanan, Meghana Agni, Tracy Lieu, Eric Fleegler, Michele Kipke, Philippe S. Friedlich, Marie C. McCormick and Mandy B. Belfort
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:38
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  49. People with ischemic heart disease have increased drastically, and their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been increasingly important. The Coronary Revascularization Outcome Questionnaire (CROQ) is a...

    Authors: Minju Kim, JiYeong Seo, Jin-Yong Hwang and Ki Soo Park
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:37
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  50. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects 10–15% of adults in the US, and is associated with significant impairment in health-related quality of life (HRQoL); however, information specific to the diarrhea subtype...

    Authors: Jessica L. Buono, Robyn T. Carson and Natalia M. Flores
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2017 15:35
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