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  1. The aim of the study was to examine the reciprocity between pain catastrophizing, social participation and quality of life outcomes (pain intensity, pain disability, negative affectivity) in patients with low ...

    Authors: Erik Farin
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:163
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  2. Effective physician-patient communication is a critical component of a clinical practice and in order to achieve optimal patient outcomes. We aimed to investigate indirect effects of physician-patient communic...

    Authors: Carolyn E. Schwartz, Armon Ayandeh and Joel A. Finkelstein
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:161
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  3. The concept of meaning in life (MIL) has become a central one in recent years, particularly in psycho-oncology and palliative care. The Schedule for Meaning in Life Evaluation (SMILE) has been developed to all...

    Authors: Mathieu Bernard, Giliane Braunschweig, Martin Johannes Fegg and Gian Domenico Borasio
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:160
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  4. Spasticity often leads to symptomatic and functional problems that can cause disability for stroke survivors. We studied whether spasticity has a negative impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

    Authors: Patrick J. Gillard, Heidi Sucharew, Dawn Kleindorfer, Samir Belagaje, Sepideh Varon, Kathleen Alwell, Charles J. Moomaw, Daniel Woo, Pooja Khatri, Matthew L. Flaherty, Opeolu Adeoye, Simona Ferioli and Brett Kissela
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:159
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  5. A distal radius fracture (DRF) is a common injury that can cause significant pain and lead to a prolonged decrease in physical, emotional, and social functioning. In modern randomized clinical trials, assessin...

    Authors: Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski, Brandon Michael Henry, Jan Paradowski, Michał Kłosiński, Ewa Walocha, Joanna Golec, Ewa Kucharska and Zbigniew Dudkiewicz
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:158
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  6. The Questionnaire to Identify Knee Symptoms (QuIKS) was recently developed to promote activity by screening for experiences related to early symptoms in people with emergent chronic knee pain problems, such as...

    Authors: Clayon B. Hamilton, Monica R. Maly, J. Robert Giffin, Jessica M. Clark, Mark Speechley, Robert J. Petrella and Bert M. Chesworth
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:157
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  7. Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa not only triggered a grave public health crisis, but also exerted and induced huge mental distress on medical staff, which would negatively influence epidemic control and so...

    Authors: Li Li, Changli Wan, Ru Ding, Yi Liu, Jue Chen, Zonggui Wu, Chun Liang, Zhiqing He and Chengzhong Li
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:156
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  8. Our study discusses health related quality of life (HRQOL) as measured by 36-item Short Form (SF-36) for rural-to-urban migrants in China, and assesses the validity and reliability of the SF-36 for this group.

    Authors: Peigang Wang, Cen Chen, Ronghua Yang and Yan Wu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:155
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  9. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is inarguably one of the best-known instruments in the field of resilience assessment. However, the criteria for the psychometric quality of the instrument were b...

    Authors: Víctor B. Arias González, María Teresa Crespo Sierra, Benito Arias Martínez, Agustín Martínez-Molina and Fernando P. Ponce
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:154
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  10. China is a country facing the “double burden” of both obesity and underweight. The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQO...

    Authors: Yongjian Xu, Zhongliang Zhou, Yanli Li, Jinjuan Yang, Xiaoyuan Guo, Jianmin Gao, Ju’e Yan and Gang Chen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:153
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  11. This study was conducted to examine the association between ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) and health-related quality of life and health status indicators.

    Authors: Norrina B. Allen, Sylvia Badon, Kurt J. Greenlund, Mark Huffman, Yuling Hong and Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:152
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  12. Quality of life data in cancerology are often difficult to summarize due to missing data and difficulty to analyze the pattern of evolution in different groups of patients. The aim of this work was to apply a ...

    Authors: Gillles Nuemi, Hervé Devilliers, Karine Le Malicot, Rosine Guimbaud, Côme Lepage and Catherine Quantin
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:151
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  13. This study aims to create a predictive typology of quality of life at five-year follow-up of 204 individuals with severe mental disorders, according to clinical, socio-demographic, and health service use varia...

    Authors: Marie-Josée Fleury, Guy Grenier and Jean-Marie Bamvita
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:150
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  14. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between self-reported weight change, socio-economic status, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with diabetes, 5 years after they underwe...

    Authors: Anastase Tchicaya, Nathalie Lorentz, Stefaan Demarest, Jean Beissel and Daniel R. Wagner
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:149
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  15. Aboriginal children experience challenges to their health and well-being, yet also have unique strengths. It has been difficult to accurately assess their health outcomes due to the lack of culturally relevant...

    Authors: Nancy L. Young, Mary Jo Wabano, Koyo Usuba, Brenda Pangowish, Mélanie Trottier, Diane Jacko, Tricia A. Burke and Rita G. Corbiere
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:148
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  16. Management of prescription opioids misuse and abuse problems among chronic pain patients has been increasingly important worldwide and little literature concerning prescription opioids can be found in mainland...

    Authors: Yang Zhao, Yuli Li, Xuekun Zhang and Fenglan Lou
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:147
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  17. The aim of this review was to identify patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for use in research and clinical practice involving individuals with visual impairment following stroke and to evaluate their co...

    Authors: Lauren R. Hepworth, Fiona J. Rowe, Robert Harper, Kathryn Jarvis, Tracey Shipman and Helen Rodgers
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:146
    Content type: Review Published on:

  18. To compare the performance of the recently developed Swedish experience-based time trade-off (TTO) valuation of the EuroQol-5D-3L (EQ-5D-3L) against the hypothetical-based TTO valuations from UK, US, Germany a...

    Authors: Aliasghar A. Kiadaliri, Björn Eliasson and Ulf-G Gerdtham
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:145
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  19. Immunological markers (CD4 count) are used in developing countries to decide on initiation of antiretroviral therapy and monitor HIV/AIDS disease progression. HIV is an incurable chronic illness, making qualit...

    Authors: Doris Mutabazi Mwesigire, Faith Martin, Janet Seeley and Achilles Katamba
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:144
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  20. Oral health is one of the most important issues for disaster survivors. The aim of this study was to determine post-disaster distribution of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and related factors in ...

    Authors: Mitsuo Kishi, Fumie Aizawa, Miki Matsui, Yukari Yokoyama, Akiko Abe, Kentaro Minami, Ruriko Suzuki, Hiroyuki Miura, Kiyomi Sakata and Akira Ogawa
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:143
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  21. To test the validity and reliability of the Serbian version of the interviewer-administered format of the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25).

    Authors: Bojan Kovac, Miroslav Vukosavljevic, Jelena Djokic Kovac, Mirko Resan, Goran Trajkovic, Janko Jankovic, Milena Smiljanic and Anita Grgurevic
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:142
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  22. The Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) is a valid quality of life tool often employed to determine the impact of medical intervention and the outcome of health care services. However, the SF-36 is culturally sen...

    Authors: Chidozie Emmanuel Mbada, Gafar Atanda Adeogun, Michael Opeoluwa Ogunlana, Rufus Adesoji Adedoyin, Adesanmi Akinsulore, Taofeek Oluwole Awotidebe, Opeyemi Ayodiipo Idowu and Olumide Ayoola Olaoye
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:141
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  23. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between types and amount of social activity and health-related quality of life according to gender and age group.

    Authors: Hye Ki Park, Sung Youn Chun, Young Choi, Seo Yoon Lee, Seung Ju Kim and Eun-Cheol Park
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:140
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  24. The Canadian Acute Respiratory Illness and Flu Scale (CARIFS) is a parent-proxy questionnaire that assesses severity of acute respiratory infections in children. The aim was to (a) perform a cross-cultural ada...

    Authors: Anna Marie Nathan, Rafdzah Zaki, Rachael Rozario, Nurul Dhania, Siti Nur Sabrina Mohd Hamirudin, Kah Peng Eg, Sze Ying Kee, Cindy Teh, Kartini Abdul Jabar, Caroline Westerhout, Surendran Thavagnanam and Jessie de Bruyne
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:139
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  26. We have previously reported that higher patient satisfaction (PS) with service quality is associated with favorable survival outcomes in a variety of cancers. However, we argued that patients with greater sati...

    Authors: Digant Gupta, Kamal Patel and Christopher G. Lis
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:137
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  27. The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) is a good clinical tool to evaluate patients with shoulder pain, but has not been adapted to Thai version. The objectives of this study were to translate the Engl...

    Authors: Chanwit Phongamwong and Apijaree Choosakde
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:136
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  28. First, to evaluate the trajectories of physical and mental functioning in individuals with chronic disabilities receiving adapted physical activity-based rehabilitation. Second, to determine whether demographi...

    Authors: Line Preede, Martin Saebu, Paul. B. Perrin, Astrid Nyquist, Haakon Dalen, Erik Bautz-Holter and Cecilie Røe
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:135
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  30. Engaging adolescents in decisions about their health may enhance their compliance with treatment and result in better health outcomes. Treatment outcomes in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are ...

    Authors: Asha Hareendran, Juliana Setyawan, Robin Pokrzywinski, Anna Steenrod, Manisha Madhoo and M. Haim Erder
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:133
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  31. Health intervention program (HIP) based on diet and lifestyle modifications had been shown to improve cardiovascular risks. The effects of such program on a variety of cardiometabolic outcome measures conducte...

    Authors: Chuan-Chuan Liu, Chung-Lieh Hung, Shou-Chuan Shih, Hung-Ju Ko and Ray-E Chang
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:132
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  32. The St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) was a widely used tool to assess disease impact on patients with obstructive airways disease. Although traditional methods have generally supported construct v...

    Authors: Chyi Lo, Wen-Miin Liang, Liang-Wen Hang, Tai-Chin Wu, Yu-Jun Chang and Chih-Hung Chang
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:131
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  33. The Profiles of Occupational Engagement in people with Severe mental illness (POES) instrument was developed to study time use profiles of occupations and measure the extent they are characterized by engagemen...

    Authors: Ulrika Bejerholm and Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:130
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  34. Quality of life (QoL) is an important aspect of wellbeing for people with chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes, making it a noteworthy outcome. Knowledge about diabetes, attitudes, and self-management of di...

    Authors: Yee Cheng Kueh, Tony Morris, Erika Borkoles and Himanshu Shee
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:129
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  35. Health-related quality of life (QOL) surveys include generic measures that enable comparisons across conditions and measures that focus more specifically on one disease or condition. We evaluated the psychomet...

    Authors: John E. Ware Jr, Barbara Gandek, Anuradha Kulasekaran and Rick Guyer
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:128
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  37. To assess the effect of a structured education intervention, Patient Empowerment Programme (PEP) patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients, and if p...

    Authors: Carlos K.H. Wong, William C.W. Wong, Eric Y.F. Wan, Winnie H.T. Wong, Frank W.K. Chan and Cindy L.K. Lam
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:126
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  38. The Personal Care-Participation Assessment and Resource Tool (PC-PART) was designed to measure participation restrictions in activities of daily living required for community life. Rasch analysis has confirmed...

    Authors: Susan W. Darzins, Christine Imms, Nora Shields and Nicholas F. Taylor
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:125
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  39. Our aim was to assess internal consistency reliability, construct validity, and test-retest reliability of the HDQ with adults living with HIV in Canada and Ireland.

    Authors: Kelly K. O’Brien, Patricia Solomon, Colm Bergin, Siobhán O’Dea, Paul Stratford, Nkem Iku and Ahmed M. Bayoumi
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:124
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  40. Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) have been previously linked to quality of life, health conditions, and life expectancy in adulthood. Less is known about the potential mechanisms which mediate these associa...

    Authors: Abraham A. Salinas-Miranda, Jason L. Salemi, Lindsey M. King, Julie A. Baldwin, Estrellita “Lo” Berry, Deborah A. Austin, Kenneth Scarborough, Kiara K. Spooner, Roger J. Zoorob and Hamisu M. Salihu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:123
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  41. Measuring health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important for tracking the health of individuals and populations over time. Generic HRQoL measures allow for comparison across health conditions. ...

    Authors: Janel Hanmer, David Feeny, Baruch Fischhoff, Ron D. Hays, Rachel Hess, Paul A. Pilkonis, Dennis A. Revicki, Mark S Roberts, Joel Tsevat and Lan Yu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:122
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  43. Over 50 million informal caregivers in the United States provide care to an aging adult, saving the economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually from costly hospitalization or institutionalization. Despite...

    Authors: Steven A. Cohen, Sarah Cook, Lauren Kelley, Trisha Sando and Allison E. Bell
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:120
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  44. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease associated with several impacts; especially regarding patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQL). EuroQol 5 Dimensions questionnaire (EQ-5D) provides self-repo...

    Authors: Maíra Libertad Soligo Takemoto, Nilceia Lopes da Silva, Ana Carolina Padula Ribeiro-Pereira, Arthur Orlando Correa Schilithz and Cibele Suzuki
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:119
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  45. Improving HRQOL is the desired outcome for patients with stroke undergoing inpatient rehabilitation services. This study aimed to comprehensively identify the potential health-related quality of life (HRQOL) p...

    Authors: Chien-Min Chen, Chih-Chien Tsai, Chia-Ying Chung, Chia-Ling Chen, Katie PH Wu and Hsieh-Ching Chen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:118
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  47. Overactive bladder is a prevalent and burdensome condition. Generic utility measures may fail to reflect its full impact on patients’ health status. The Incontinence Utility Index (IUI) is a community-based pr...

    Authors: Nacho Castejón, Kristin Khalaf, Quanhong Ni, Jesús Cuervo and Donald L Patrick
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:116
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  48. Current available therapies control Myasthenia gravis (MG) reasonably well, but Health Related Quality of life (HRQOL) remains lower than expected. The aim was provide insights in how HRQOL in MG stands across...

    Authors: M. I. Boldingh, L. Dekker, A. H. Maniaol, C. Brunborg, A. F. Lipka, E. H. Niks, J. J. G. M. Verschuuren and C. M. E. Tallaksen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:115
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  49. ‘Mapping’ onto generic preference-based outcome measures is increasingly being used as a means of generating health utilities for use within health economic evaluations. Despite publication of technical guides...

    Authors: Stavros Petrou, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Helen Dakin, Louise Longworth, Mark Oppe, Robert Froud and Alastair Gray
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:106
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  50. To compare the responsiveness of the EQ-5D index (German and British tariff), the EQ-5D visual analogue scale (EQ VAS), and time trade-off (TTO) scores in schizophrenia, affective disorders, and alcohol addict...

    Authors: Michael Sonntag, Hans-Helmut König and Alexander Konnopka
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015 13:114
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