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  1. Tinnitus research in an international context requires standardized and validated questionnaires in different languages. The aim of the present set of analyses was the reassessment of basic psychometric proper...

    Authors: Florian Zeman, Michael Koller, Martin Schecklmann, Berthold Langguth and Michael Landgrebe
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:128
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  2. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the Persian version of the KIDSCREEN-27 has the optimal number of response category to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescen...

    Authors: Peyman Jafari, Zahra Bagheri and Mozhgan Safe
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:127
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  3. To examine the psychometric properties of the Injection Pen Assessment Questionnaire (IPAQ) including the following: 1) item and scale characteristics (e.g., frequencies, item distributions, and factor structu...

    Authors: Andreas M Pleil, Miriam Kimel, Julie McCormack, Natasa Rajicic and Judith Hey-Hadavi
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:126
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  5. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) is one of the most commonly used self-report instruments for evaluation of health-related quality of life in oncology patients. However, cultural consideratio...

    Authors: Yan Ding, Yan Hu and Ingalill R Hallberg
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:124
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  6. Men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer (LPC) can choose from multiple treatment regimens and are faced with a decision in which medical factors and personal preferences are important. The Personal Patien...

    Authors: Jaclyn LF Bosco, Barbara Halpenny and Donna L Berry
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:123
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  7. While data for preterm children health-related quality of life are available, there are little data on the perception of health-related quality of life evaluation by physicians who manage preterm children, or ...

    Authors: Marie-Ange Einaudi, Marie-Claude Simeoni, Catherine Gire, Pierre Le Coz, Sophie Condopoulos and Pascal Auquier
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:122
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  9. The Anti-Clot Treatment Scale (ACTS) is a 15-item patient-reported instrument of satisfaction with anticoagulant treatment. It includes a 12-item ACTS Burdens scale and a 3-item ACTS Benefits scale. Its role i...

    Authors: Stefan J Cano, Donna L Lamping, Luke Bamber and Sarah Smith
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:120
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  10. Although it is known both patients’ and partners’ reactions to a prostate cancer diagnosis include fear, uncertainty, anxiety and depression, with patients’ and partners’ reactions mutually determining how the...

    Authors: Sylvie D Lambert, Afaf Girgis, Jane Turner, Patrick McElduff, Karen Kayser and Paula Vallentine
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:119
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  11. Index measures for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) quantify the desirability (utility) of a certain health state. The commonly used generic index measure, e.g. EuroQol: EQ-5D, may underestimate relevant...

    Authors: Carla J M Schölzel-Dorenbos, Alexander M M Arons, Joost J G Wammes, Marcel G M Olde Rikkert and Paul F M Krabbe
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:118
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  12. The prevalence of gout is increasing, and most research on the associated burden has focused on serum urate (sUA) levels. The present study quantifies the impact of the presence of tophi and frequency of acute...

    Authors: Puja P Khanna, George Nuki, Thomas Bardin, Anne-Kathrin Tausche, Anna Forsythe, Amir Goren, Jeffrey Vietri and Dinesh Khanna
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:117
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  13. Common symptoms for children with Anderson-Fabry Disease (FD) such as acroparaesthesia and gastrointestinal manifestations can only be objectively assessed in patients using a valid instrument. To date, no suc...

    Authors: Uma Ramaswami, Donald E Stull, Rossella Parini, Guillem Pintos-Morell, Catharina Whybra, Gisela Kalkum, Marianne Rohrbach, Mireia Raluy-Callado, Michael Beck, Wen-Hung Chen and Ingela Wiklund
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:116
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  14. Hemodialysis patients face numerous physical and psychological stresses that result in reduced health. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of an empowerment program on self-efficacy, quality of li...

    Authors: Marzieh Moattari, Marzieh Ebrahimi, Nasrin Sharifi and Jamshid Rouzbeh
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:115
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  15. To psychometrically validate the Spanish version of the self-administered 2-item GAD-2 scale for screening probable patients with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD).

    Authors: Javier García-Campayo, Enric Zamorano, Miguel A Ruiz, María Pérez-Páramo, Vanessa López-Gómez and Javier Rejas
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:114
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  16. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between experienced physical violence and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) by comparing self-reported health status for individuals with and without ...

    Authors: Jan Sørensen, Marie Kruse, Claire Gudex, Karin Helweg-Larsen and Henrik Brønnum-Hansen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:113
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  17. Quality of life (QoL) is increasingly recognized as an important outcome measure in clinical trials. The Canadian Hemophilia Outcomes-Kids Life Assessment Tool (CHO-KLAT) shows promise for use in China.

    Authors: Runhui Wu, Jishui Zhang, Koon Hung Luke, Xinyi Wu, Tricia Burke, Ling Tang, Man-Chiu Poon, Xiaojing Li, Min Zhou, Jing Sun, Marrisa Hang, Victor Blanchette and Nancy L Young
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:112
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  18. Patient’s satisfaction with medical service delivery/assessment of medical service/trust in health delivery system may have significant influence on patient’s life satisfaction in China’s health delivery syste...

    Authors: Liyang Tang
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:111
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  19. Individuals with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) experience severely impaired quality of life. A disease-specific outcome measure for PH, the Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR) ...

    Authors: Katharina Cima, James Twiss, Rudolf Speich, Stephen P McKenna, Ekkehard Grünig, Christian M Kähler, Nicola Ehlken, Ursula Treder, Sigrid R Crawford, Lars C Huber and Silvia Ulrich
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:110
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  20. Nutrition and physical activity are major determinants of health and quality of life; however, there exists little research focusing on determinants of these behaviours in older adults. This is important, sinc...

    Authors: Sarah A McNaughton, David Crawford, Kylie Ball and Jo Salmon
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:109
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  21. Gefitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is an effective treatment in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with an activating mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Randomised ...

    Authors: S Cora Verduyn, Bonne Biesma, Franz MNH Schramel, Feike W van der Scheer, Merel K Langenfeld, Maria A de Peuter and Anne-Marie C Dingemans
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:108
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  24. The concept Health related Quality of life (HRQOL) is increasingly recognized as an important health outcome measure in clinical and research fields. The present study attempted to evaluate the psychometric pr...

    Authors: Manjula Nishanthi Danansuriya and Lalini C Rajapaksa
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:105
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  25. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) has achieved widespread acceptance and reflects the core elements of patient-centred care in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In the Netherlands the extent t...

    Authors: Jane Murray Cramm and Anna Petra Nieboer
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:104
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  26. Sexual function among women undergoing hemodialysis (HD) is under-studied and there is no consensus about the effect of sexual dysfunction (SD) on their quality of life (QoL). We aimed to determine the prevale...

    Authors: Paulo Roberto Santos, José Roberto Frota Gomes Capote Júnior, Juliana Uchoa Cavalcanti, Cyntia Brito Vieira, Ana Rochelle Mesquita Rocha, Natália Alves Mineiro Apolônio and Elaine Barbosa de Oliveira
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:103
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  28. The aim of this prospective randomized single-center study was to investigate whether sling exercise therapy is superior to conventional exercises in osteoporosis patients.

    Authors: Guido Schröder, Andreas Knauerhase, Guenther Kundt and Hans-Christof Schober
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:101
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  29. Fatigue is a disruptive symptom that inhibits normal functional performance of COPD patients in daily activities. The availability of a short, simple, reliable and valid scale would improve assessment of the c...

    Authors: Khaled Al-shair, Hana Muellerova, Janelle Yorke, Stephen I Rennard, Emiel FM Wouters, Nicola A Hanania, Amir Sharafkhaneh and Jørgen Vestbo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:100
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  30. Health-related quality of life studies among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus, using the EQ-5D, have been short term and have not assessed change over years. This study assessed the change in health status...

    Authors: Susan Grandy and Kathleen M Fox
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:99
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  31. Longitudinal studies analyzing the correlations between disease-specific and generic health status questionnaires at different time points in patients with advanced COPD are lacking. The aim of this study was ...

    Authors: Sarah Wilke, Daisy JA Janssen, Emiel FM Wouters, Jos MGA Schols, Frits ME Franssen and Martijn A Spruit
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:98
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  32. This study explored the psychometric properties (internal consistency, construct validity, discriminative ability) of the Juniper Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (Mini AQLQ-J) and the Sydney Asthma Q...

    Authors: Christian Joachim Apfelbacher, Christina Jones, Matthew Hankins and Helen Smith
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:97
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  33. To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Taiwan Chinese Version of the EORTC QLQ-PR25 health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire for patients with prostate cancer.

    Authors: Yu-Jun Chang, Wen-Miin Liang, Hsi-Chin Wu, Hsueh-Chun Lin, Jong-Yi Wang, Tsai-Chung Li, Yi-Chun Yeh and Chih-Hung Chang
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:96
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  34. Severe obesity is a complex condition that is associated with a wide range of serious health complications and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL). In addition to physiological factors, activity and...

    Authors: Randi Andenæs, May S Fagermoen, Hilde Eide and Anners Lerdal
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:95
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  35. Expectations held by patients and health professionals may affect treatment choices and participation (by both patients and health professionals) in therapeutic interventions in contemporary patient-centered h...

    Authors: Steven McPhail and Terry Haines
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:94
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  36. The aim of this study was to identify what is most important to the quality of life (QoL) of those who experience homelessness by directly soliciting the views of homeless and hard-to-house Canadians themselve...

    Authors: Anita Palepu, Anita M Hubley, Lara B Russell, Anne M Gadermann and Mary Chinni
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:93
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  37. Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and its treatment are associated with a variety of patient-reported symptoms and impacts. Some CHC symptoms and impacts may be difficult to evaluate through objective clinical testing...

    Authors: Leah Kleinman, Sally Mannix, Yong Yuan, Shannon Kummer, Gilbert L’Italien and Dennis Revicki
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:92
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  38. The study aims to assess Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among Hepatitis B (HB) patients and to identify significant predictors of the HRQoL in HB patients of Quetta, Pakistan.

    Authors: Noman ul Haq, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Asrul A Shafie, Fahad Saleem and Hisham Aljadhey
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:91
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  39. To evaluate changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in different sub-groups of a cohort of patients with typical atrial flutter (AFL) treated with cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) radiofrequency catheter ...

    Authors: Javier García Seara, Francisco Gude, Pilar Cabanas, José L Martínez-Sande, Xesús Fernández López, Antonio Hernández Madrid, Concepción Moro and José González Juanatey R
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:90
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  40. Receiving a cancer diagnosis affects family members as well as the person diagnosed. Family members often provide support for the sick person in daily life out of duty and love, and may not always think of the...

    Authors: Catarina Sjolander, Bo Rolander, Johannes Järhult, Jan Mårtensson and Gerd Ahlstrom
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:89
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  42. Assessing Health-related Quality of life (HRQoL) is necessary to evaluate care and treatments provided to patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), in addition to the traditional assessment of clinical ou...

    Authors: Rémy Dumas, Raphaëlle Richieri, Eric Guedj, Pascal Auquier, Christophe Lancon and Laurent Boyer
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:87
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  43. Given that bariatric surgery (BS) and lifestyle intervention (LI) represent two vastly different approaches to treating severe obesity, there is growing interest in whether individuals who seek BS versus LI al...

    Authors: Dale S Bond, Jessica L Unick, John M Jakicic, Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, Jennifer Trautvetter, Kevin CO’Leary and Rena R Wing
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:86
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  44. Previous pediatric studies have observed a cross-informant variance in patient self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) versus parent proxy-reported HRQoL. This study assessed in older children and...

    Authors: Thomas R Vetter, Cynthia L Bridgewater and Gerald McGwin Jr
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:85
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  45. Psychiatric outpatients with a refugee background have often been exposed to a variety of potentially traumatizing events, with numerous negative consequences for their mental health and quality of life. Howev...

    Authors: Dinu-Stefan Teodorescu, Johan Siqveland, Trond Heir, Edvard Hauff, Tore Wentzel-Larsen and Lars Lien
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:84
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  46. There is a lack of German-language, disease-specific health related quality of life instruments applicable in cardiac rehabilitation. The purpose of this project was to investigate the psychometric properties ...

    Authors: Lukas Gramm, Erik Farin and Wilfried H Jaeckel
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:83
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  47. There is a need for a disease-specific instrument for assessing health-related quality of life in adults with hereditary angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency, a rare, disabling and life-threatening diseas...

    Authors: Nieves Prior, Eduardo Remor, Carmen Gómez-Traseira, Concepción López-Serrano, Rosario Cabañas, Javier Contreras, Ángel Campos, Victoria Cardona, Stefan Cimbollek, Teresa González-Quevedo, Mar Guilarte, Dolores Hernández Fernández de Rojas, Carmen Marcos, María Rubio, Miguel Ángel Tejedor-Alonso and Teresa Caballero
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:82
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  48. Use of atypical antipsychotics (AA) in combination with an antidepressant is recommended as an augmentation strategy for patients with depression. However, there is a paucity of data comparing aripiprazole and...

    Authors: Iftekhar Kalsekar, Jan-Samuel Wagner, Marco DiBonaventura, Jay Bates, Robert Forbes and Tony Hebden
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:81
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  49. A critical component that influences the measurement properties of a patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument is the rating scale. Yet, there is a lack of general consensus regarding optimal rating scale form...

    Authors: Jyoti Khadka, Vijaya K Gothwal, Colm McAlinden, Ecosse L Lamoureux and Konrad Pesudovs
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:80
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  50. Development of new tinnitus treatments requires prospective placebo-controlled randomized trials to prove their efficacy. The Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ) is a validated and commonly used instrument for assessm...

    Authors: Ilya Adamchic, Peter Alexander Tass, Berthold Langguth, Christian Hauptmann, Michael Koller, Martin Schecklmann, Florian Zeman and Michael Landgrebe
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 10:79
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