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  1. To assess associations of obesity with health-related quality of life (HRQL) in postmenopausal women, and whether depressed mood and diabetes moderate these associations.

    Authors: Daniela A Heidelberg, Rolf Holle, Maria E Lacruz, Karl-Heinz Ladwig and Thomas von Lengerke
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:97
  2. The use of patient reported outcome measures within cost-effectiveness analysis has become commonplace. However, specific measures are required that produce values, referred to as 'utilities', that are capable...

    Authors: Simon Dixon, Chris D Poole, Isaac Odeyemi, Peny Retsa, Colette Chambers and Craig J Currie
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:96
  3. Modern drugs have made large contributions to better health and quality of life. Increasing proportions of negative side effects due to extensive pharmacological treatment are however observed especially among...

    Authors: Inger Nordin Olsson, Rebecka Runnamo and Peter Engfeldt
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:95
  4. There is a possibility that genuine halitosis patients' anxiety do not recover after oral malodor treatment due to their social anxiety disorder. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of...

    Authors: Takashi Zaitsu, Masayuki Ueno, Kayoko Shinada, Fredrick A Wright and Yoko Kawaguchi
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:94
  5. Patients with newly diagnosed early stage prostate cancer (PCa) face a difficult choice of different treatment options with curative intention. They must consider both goals of optimising quantity and quality ...

    Authors: Peter Bach, Tanja Döring, Andreas Gesenberg, Cornelia Möhring and Mark Goepel
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:93
  6. Instruments to measure mental health and well-being are largely developed and often used within Western populations and this compromises their validity in other cultures. A previous qualitative study in Singap...

    Authors: Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Mythily Subramaniam, Siow Ann Chong, Edimansyah Abdin, Maria Orlando Edelen, Louisa Picco, Yee Wei Lim, Mei Yen Phua, Boon Yiang Chua, Joseph YS Tee and Cathy Sherbourne
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:92
  7. Treatment with oral anticoagulant may influence the quality of life perception as it promotes changes in the patient's life, not offering an evident symptomatic relief and presenting well defined risks, such a...

    Authors: Geisa de Queiroz Almeida, Lúcia de ACB Noblat, Luiz Carlos Santana Passos and Harrison Floriano do Nascimento
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:91
  8. Existing literature on mood disorders suggests that the demographic distribution of bipolar disorder may differ from that of unipolar depression, and also that bipolar disorder may be especially disruptive to ...

    Authors: Nathan D Shippee, Nilay D Shah, Mark D Williams, James P Moriarty, Mark A Frye and Jeanette Y Ziegenfuss
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:90
  9. The association between physical activity and quality of life in stroke survivors has not been analyzed within a framework related to the human development index. This study aimed to identify differences in ph...

    Authors: Felipe J Aidar, Ricardo J de Oliveira, António J Silva, Dihogo G de Matos, André L Carneiro, Nuno Garrido, Robert C Hickner and Victor M Reis
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:89
  10. Bone metastases are a common painful and debilitating consequence of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CPRC). Bone pain may predict patients' prognosis and there is a need to further explore CRPC patients'...

    Authors: Adam Gater, Linda Abetz-Webb, Clare Battersby, Bhash Parasuraman, Stuart McIntosh, Faith Nathan and Elisabeth C Piault
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:88
  11. Joint rehabilitation goals are an important component for effective teamwork in the rehabilitation field. The activities and participation domain of the ICF provides a common language for professionals when se...

    Authors: Michal Harty, Maryka Griesel and Aletia van der Merwe
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:87
  12. Guidance documents for the development and validation of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) advise the use of conceptual frameworks, which outline the structure of the concept that a PRO aims to measure. It is u...

    Authors: Elena Gimeno-Santos, Anja Frei, Fabienne Dobbels, Katja Rüdell, Milo A Puhan and Judith Garcia-Aymerich
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:86
  13. Cancer Related Fatigue (CRF) and circadian rhythm have a great impact on the quality of life (HRQL) of patients with breast (BC) and colon cancer (CRC). Other patient related outcomes in oncology are measured ...

    Authors: Matthias Kröz, Marcus Reif, Arndt Büssing, Roland Zerm, Gene Feder, Angelina Bockelbrink, Hans Broder von Laue, Harald Matthes H, Stefan N Willich and Matthias Girke
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:85
  14. While there are many published studies on HIV and functional limitations, there are few in the context of early abuse and its impact on functionality and Quality of Life (QoL) in HIV.

    Authors: Zyrhea CE Troeman, Georgina Spies, Mariana Cherner, Sarah L Archibald, Christine Fennema-Notestine, Rebecca J Theilmann, Bruce Spottiswoode, Dan J Stein and Soraya Seedat
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:84
  15. Clinical drug trials are often conducted in selective patient populations, with relatively small numbers of patients, and a short duration of follow-up. Observational studies are therefore important for collec...

    Authors: Liana Hakobyan, Flora M Haaijer-Ruskamp, Dick de Zeeuw, Daniela Dobre and Petra Denig
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:83
  16. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is commonly used to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression in motor neurone disease (MND). The measure has never been specifically validated for use within t...

    Authors: Chris J Gibbons, Roger J Mills, Everard W Thornton, John Ealing, John D Mitchell, Pamela J Shaw, Kevin Talbot, Alan Tennant and Carolyn A Young
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:82
  17. Intravenous steroids are routinely used to treat disabling relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS). Theoretically, the infusion could take place at home, rather than in hospital. Findings from other patient popula...

    Authors: Afsane Riazi, Bernadette Porter, Jeremy Chataway, Alan J Thompson and Jeremy C Hobart
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:80
  18. Preoperative mental health seems to have useful predictive value for Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) after bariatric surgery. The aim of the present study was to assess pre- and postoperative psychiatri...

    Authors: Haldis Ø Lier, Eva Biringer, Oddbjørn Hove, Bjarte Stubhaug and Tone Tangen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:79
  19. The presence of traumatic dental injuries and malocclusions can have a negative impact on quality of life of young children and their parents, affecting their oral health and well-being. The aim of this study ...

    Authors: Janaina M Aldrigui, Jenny Abanto, Thiago S Carvalho, Fausto M Mendes, Marcia T Wanderley, Marcelo Bönecker and Daniela P Raggio
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:78
  20. Many patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have overlapping gastroenterological causes of recurrent chest pain, mainly due to gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and aspirin-induced gastrointestinal tract dama...

    Authors: Jacek Budzyński, Grzegorz Pulkowski, Karol Suppan, Jacek Fabisiak, Marcin Majer, Maria Kłopocka, Beata Galus-Pulkowska and Marcin Wasielewski
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:77
  21. The Juniper Asthma Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ(S)) is a questionnaire that allows measurement of disease specific quality of life. We wanted to examine correlations between the (AQLQ(S)) gener...

    Authors: David Miedinger, Kim L Lavoie, Jocelyne L'Archeveque, Heberto Ghezzo and Jean-Luc Malo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:76
  22. The aims of this study were to propose a Spanish Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) short form based on previously shortened versions and to study its validity, reliability,...

    Authors: Amaia Bilbao, José M Quintana, Antonio Escobar, Carlota Las Hayas and Miren Orive
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:75
  23. Burnout has traditionally been described by means of the dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism and lack of eficacy from the "Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey" (MBI-GS). The "Burnout Clinical Subtype Quest...

    Authors: Jesús Montero-Marín, Petros Skapinakis, Ricardo Araya, Margarita Gili and Javier García-Campayo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:74
  24. Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a chronic disorder with substantial impact on quality of life similar to that seen in diabetes mellitus or osteoarthritis. Little is known about the psychological characteristic...

    Authors: Hanna Scholz, Heike Benes, Svenja Happe, Juergen Bengel, Ralf Kohnen and Magdolna Hornyak
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:73
  25. There is limited knowledge on the ability of a poor quality of life (QOL) and health-related QOL (HRQOL) to predict mortality and other adverse health events, independently of the frailty syndrome and other co...

    Authors: Claudio Bilotta, Ann Bowling, Paola Nicolini, Alessandra Casè, Gloria Pina, Silvia Veronica Rossi and Carlo Vergani
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:72
  26. Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic, widespread pain, fatigue, and other symptoms; yet few studies have comprehensively assessed its humanistic burden. This observational study evaluates the impact o...

    Authors: Caroline Schaefer, Arthi Chandran, Meghan Hufstader, Rebecca Baik, Michael McNett, Don Goldenberg, Robert Gerwin and Gergana Zlateva
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:71
  27. The aim of this study was to compare the responsiveness of the European Organization for Research and Treatment (EORTC) quality of life questionnaires (QLQ-C30, QLQ-CR38) and the Functional Assessment of Cance...

    Authors: Lionel Uwer, Christine Rotonda, Francis Guillemin, Joëlle Miny, Marie-Christine Kaminsky, Mariette Mercier, Laetitia Tournier-Rangeard, Isabelle Leonard, Philippe Montcuquet, Philippe Rauch and Thierry Conroy
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:70
  28. To identify key non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) to include in a daily diary assessment for off-time, revise the Scales for Outcomes of Parkinson's disease Diary Card (SCOPA-DC) to include these ...

    Authors: Regina Rendas-Baum, Philip O Buck, Michelle K White and Jane Castelli-Haley
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:69
  29. Injury outcome studies have tended to collect limited pre-injury characteristics, focus on a narrow range of injury types, predictors and outcomes, and be restricted to high threat to life injuries. We sought ...

    Authors: John Langley, Sarah Derrett, Gabrielle Davie, Shanthi Ameratunga and Emma Wyeth
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:68
  30. The health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) instruments are an important tool for the evaluation of medical outcomes. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) influence the patients' life. We aimed to evaluate the ...

    Authors: Sotirios A Koupidis, Electra Nicolaidou, Maria Hadjivassiliou, Stefanos Bellos, Petros Skapinakis, Christina Stefanaki, Helen Papadogeorgakis and Andreas Katsambas
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:67
  31. Our recent review of the literature uncovered eleven obesity-specific quality of life questionnaires, all with incomplete demonstration of their measurement properties. Our objective was to validate a new self...

    Authors: Fanny Therrien, Picard Marceau, Nathalie Turgeon, Simon Biron, Denis Richard and Yves Lacasse
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:66
  32. To assess QOL of patients with stroke in comparison to other groups (caregivers and CHF patients), to identify which items of QOL are more affected on each group and what is the functional profile of patients ...

    Authors: Elen B Pinto, Iara Maso, Julio LB Pereira, Thiago G Fukuda, Jamile C Seixas, Daniela F Menezes, Carolina Cincura, Iuri S Neville, Pedro AP Jesus and Jamary Oliveira-Filho
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:65
  33. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been recognized as an important health outcome measurement for pediatric patients. One of the most promising instruments in measuring pediatric HRQOL emerged in recen...

    Authors: Lifen Feng, Yingfen Zhang, Ruoqing Chen and Yuantao Hao
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:64
  34. The 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (10-item CD-RISC) is an instrument for measuring resilience that has shown good psychometric properties in its original version in English. The aim of this study wa...

    Authors: Blanca Notario-Pacheco, Montserrat Solera-Martínez, María D Serrano-Parra, Raquel Bartolomé-Gutiérrez, Javier García-Campayo and Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:63
  35. Several studies have demonstrated the predictive significance on survival of baseline quality of life (QoL) in colorectal cancer (CRC) with little information on the impact of changes in QoL scores on prognosi...

    Authors: Donald P Braun, Digant Gupta, James F Grutsch and Edgar D Staren
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:62
  36. In Brazil, despite the growing use of SF-36 in different research environments, most of the psychometric evaluation of the translated questionnaire was from studies with samples of patients. The purpose of thi...

    Authors: Josué Laguardia, Monica R Campos, Claudia M Travassos, Alberto L Najar, Luiz A Anjos and Miguel M Vasconcellos
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:61
  37. The Quality of Life in Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency Assessment (QoL-AGHDA) is a disease-specific quality of life measure specific to individuals who are growth hormone deficient. The present study describes...

    Authors: Stephen P McKenna, Jeanette Wilburn, James Twiss, Sigrid R Crawford, Václav Hána, Malgorzata Karbownik-Lewinska, Vera Popovic, Mikulas Pura and Maria Koltowska-Häggström
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:60
  38. A prior study showed positive effects of resistance training on health status in individuals with diabetes compared to aerobic or no exercise, the exercise regimens were either different in volume, duration or...

    Authors: Cindy Li Whye Ng, E Shyong Tai, Su-Yen Goh and Hwee-Lin Wee
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:59
  39. Burning mouth syndrome is a chronic disorder that is characterized by a burning sensation and a normal clinical appearance of the oral mucosa. This condition often affects the health-related quality of life in...

    Authors: Fabrício TA Souza, Tálita PM Santos, Vanessa F Bernardes, Antônio L Teixeira, Arthur M Kümmer, Tarcília A Silva and Mauro HNG Abreu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:57
  40. The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life in Croatian homeland war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic low back pain (LBP).

    Authors: Marijana Braš, Vibor Milunović, Maja Boban, Lovorka Brajković, Vanesa Benković, Veljko Đorđević and Ozren Polašek
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:56
  41. To develop an accurate, proxy-reported bedside measurement tool for assessment of the severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (also called chronic lung disease) in preterm infants to supplement providers' curre...

    Authors: Sara E Massie, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Darren A DeWalt, Matthew M Laughon, Leslie M Powell and Wayne A Price
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:55
  42. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a radio electric asymmetric treatment on psycho-physiological disorders (PPD). PPD are often stress related and are under the unconscious control of the p...

    Authors: Salvatore Rinaldi, Vania Fontani, Lucia Aravagli, Piero Mannu, Alessandro Castagna, Matteo Lotti Margotti and Barbara Rosettani
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:54
  43. Multimorbidity in the older population is well acknowledged to negatively affect health-related quality of life (HRQL). Several studies have examined the independent effects of single diseases; however, little...

    Authors: Matthias Hunger, Barbara Thorand, Michaela Schunk, Angela Döring, Petra Menn, Annette Peters and Rolf Holle
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:53
  44. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is typically associated with many cardiovascular risk factors (e.g., elevated blood pressure), low health-related quality of life, depression, anxiety and psychological stress. Exp...

    Authors: Gian Mauro Manzoni, Gianluca Castelnuovo and Enrico Molinari
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:51
  45. In the Netherlands the extent to which chronically ill patients receive care congruent with the Chronic Care Model is unknown. The main objectives of this study were to (1) validate the Assessment of Chronic I...

    Authors: Jane M Cramm, Mathilde MH Strating, Apostolos Tsiachristas and Anna P Nieboer
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:49
  46. Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is frequently associated with symptoms of inflammation like discharge from the ear or pain. In many cases, patients suffer from hearing loss causing communication proble...

    Authors: Ingo Baumann, Bianca Gerendas, Peter K Plinkert and Mark Praetorius
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:48

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