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  1. To develop direct and indirect (response) mapping algorithms from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and the Functional Assessm...

    Authors: Yasuhiro Hagiwara, Takeru Shiroiwa, Naruto Taira, Takuya Kawahara, Keiko Konomura, Shinichi Noto, Takashi Fukuda and Kojiro Shimozuma
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:354
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  2. The impact of different disease stages and treatment for human epidermal growth factor 2 positive (HER2-positive) breast cancer (BC) on work productivity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is poorly un...

    Authors: Mark Verrill, Andrew M. Wardley, Jenny Retzler, Adam B. Smith, Catherine Bottomley, Sorcha Ní Dhochartaigh, Irwin Tran, Iain Leslie and Peter Schmid
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:353
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  3. To enhance and better understand health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents, it is important to study factors associated with HRQOL. The present study aimed to assess possible associations between s...

    Authors: Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen, Kristin Haraldstad, Sølvi Helseth, Siv Skarstein, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen and Gudrun Rohde
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:352
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  4. The present study evaluated how heart failure (HF) negatively impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients and explored the major clinical determinants associate...

    Authors: Razvan Capota, Sebastian Militaru, Alin Alexandru Ionescu, Monica Rosca, Cristian Baicus, Bogdan Alexandru Popescu and Ruxandra Jurcut
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:351
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  5. Existing research has rarely examined an earthquake’s sustained impact and the trajectory of the earthquake survivors’ life satisfaction over time. This study aims to analyze longitudinal changes in life satis...

    Authors: Dianxi Wang and Danyang Li
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:350
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  6. The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of JOACMEQ for CSM patients in mainland China.

    Authors: Feifei Zhou, Shuyang Li, Yilong Zhang, Yanbin Zhao, Kevin L. Ju, Fengshan Zhang, Shengfa Pan and Yu Sun
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:349
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  7. This study aimed at investigating the possible confounding effect of children’s gender on the parents’ dyads perception of their child HRQoL at both item and scale levels of PedsQLTM4.0 questionnaire.

    Authors: Marziyeh Doostfatemeh, Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Ayatollahi and Peyman Jafari
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:348
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  8. The use of warfarin in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) can be challenging. In this study, we evaluate the time in therapeutic range (TTR), health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and treat...

    Authors: Diana-Leh-Ching Ng, Natasya Marliana Bt Abdul Malik, Chee-Shee Chai, Greta-Miranda-Kim-Choo Goh, Seng-Beng Tan, Ping-Chong Bee, Gin-Gin Gan and Asri B. Said
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:347
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  9. We aimed to investigate the acceptability of imperfect health states in relation to age in Hungary and analyse its determinants. Results are contrasted to age-matched actual population health scores and to fin...

    Authors: Márta Péntek, Job van Exel, László Gulácsi, Valentin Brodszky, Zsombor Zrubka, Petra Baji, Fanni Rencz and Werner B. F. Brouwer
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:346
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  10. Single cardio-metabolic risk factors are each known modifiable risk factors for adverse health and quality of life outcomes. Yet, evidence on the clustered effect of these parameters and the metabolic syndrome...

    Authors: Paco Cerletti, Dirk Keidel, Medea Imboden, Christian Schindler and Nicole Probst-Hensch
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:345
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  11. A wide range of measuring instruments are available for diabetes self-management. According to several studies, a relatively new instrument, the diabetes self-management questionnaire (DSMQ), shows a consisten...

    Authors: Agnes Vincze, Antonia Losonczi and Adrienne Stauder
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:344
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  12. This study was focused on translation and cultural adaptation of the English Lequesne Algofunctional index (LAI) into Bengali for patients with primary knee osteoarthritis (OA) and testing reliability and vali...

    Authors: Tarek Mahmood, Minhaj Rahim Choudhury, Md Nazrul Islam, Syed Atiqul Haq, Md Abu Shahin, Syed Mohammad Monowar Ali, Shamim Ahmed, Md. Nahiduzzamane Shazzad, A. T. M. Tanveer Hasan, Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad and Johannes Jacobus Rasker
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:343
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  14. No studies have investigated the association between self-rated health (SRH) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels in South Koreans. We explored this association and analyzed differences betw...

    Authors: Se-Won Park, Seong-Sik Park, Eun-Jung Kim, Won-Suk Sung, In-Hyuk Ha and Boyoung Jung
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:341
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  15. The Older people Quality of Life-7 domains (OQoL-7) is a 28-item multidimensional questionnaire developed to measure community-dwelling older people’s QoL. The OQoL-7 assesses both importance of and satisfacti...

    Authors: Yves Henchoz, Christophe Büla, Idris Guessous, René Goy, Marc Dupuis and Brigitte Santos-Eggimann
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:340
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  16. To explore the association of academic performance and general health status with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in school-aged children and adolescents in China.

    Authors: Shengxiang Qi, Zhenzhen Qin, Na Wang, Lap Ah Tse, Huifen Qiao and Fei Xu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:339
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  17. Breast cancer still is a topic. This overview of the literature aimed to update the current knowledge on quality of life in breast cancer patients.

    Authors: Parisa Mokhtari-Hessari and Ali Montazeri
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:338
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  18. Health related quality of life (HRQOL) is a potent indicator of individual’s happiness and life satisfaction. The way in which the HRQOL is affected by the diet is a topic of constant interest and debate among...

    Authors: Mahdi Vajdi and Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:337
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  19. The Severe Asthma Questionnaire (SAQ) is a health related quality of life (HRQoL) questionnaire validated for use in severe asthma. It is scored using the mean value of 16 items (SAQ score) in addition to a si...

    Authors: Joseph W. Lanario, Michael E. Hyland, Andrew Menzies-Gow, Adel H. Mansur, James W. Dodd, Stephen J. Fowler, Rupert C. Jones and Matthew Masoli
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:336
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  20. The Harris Hip Score is the most widely used outcome measure for the assessment of hip pathologies. An official Slovenian version has not been culturally adapted and validated. The aim of this study was to cre...

    Authors: Petra Josipović, Metka Moharič and Dea Salamon
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:335
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  21. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) in interstitial lung disease (ILD) patients is impaired. We aimed to identify baseline predictors for HRQL decline within a 12-month observation period.

    Authors: Phillen Nozibuyiso Maqhuzu, Boglarka L. Szentes, Michael Kreuter, Thomas Bahmer, Nicolas Kahn, Martin Claussen, Rolf Holle and Larissa Schwarzkopf
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:334
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  23. The study aims to present Slovenian EQ-5D-5L population norms for different age and gender subgroups that can be used as reference values in future studies concerning health status. The secondary aim is to com...

    Authors: Valentina Prevolnik Rupel and Marko Ogorevc
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:333
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  24. When curative treatments are no longer available for cancer patients, the aim of treatment is palliative. The emphasis of palliative care is on optimizing quality of life and provided support for patients near...

    Authors: Elham Akhlaghi, Rebecca H. Lehto, Mohsen Torabikhah, Hamid Sharif Nia, Ahmad Taheri, Ehsan Zaboli and Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:332
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  25. Physicians and Standardised Residency Training physicians (SRTPs) have relatively high exposure to psychological violence. Its adverse effects are far greater than those of physical violence. However, no previ...

    Authors: Huiying Fang, Lifeng Wei, Jingfu Mao, Haonan Jia, Peng Li, Yuze Li, Yapeng Fu, Siqi Zhao, He Liu, Kexin Jiang, Mingli Jiao, Hong Qiao and Qunhong Wu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:330
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  26. To determine the impact of non-cardiovascular comorbidities on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).

    Authors: Josep Comín-Colet, Teresa Martín Lorenzo, Almudena González-Domínguez, Juan Oliva and Silvia Jiménez Merino
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:329
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  27. The Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS) is a commonly used outcome tool, which helps to identify the adherence rate of exercises and reasons for adherence and non-adherence. There is no evidence of the avai...

    Authors: Shambhu P. Adhikari, Rubee Dev and Jayana N. Shrestha
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:328
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  28. Quality of life (QoL) is a multi-dimensional concept and its assessment is one of important themes of care for older people. Assessing QoL in older people needs specific scales. The aim of this study was to cu...

    Authors: Awat Feizi and Zahra Heidari
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:327
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  29. There has been considerable interest in using the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT), developed in England, to measure quality-of-life outcomes of long-term care (LTC-QoL) service provision in national...

    Authors: Birgit Trukeschitz, Judith Litschauer, Assma Hajji, Judith Kieninger, Adiam Schoch, Juliette Malley, Stacey Rand, Ismo Linnosmaa and Julien Forder
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:326
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  30. The study was performed to evaluate the association between socio-demographic factors on the one hand, and quality of life and illness acceptance on the other, in pregnant women with hyperglycemia.

    Authors: Grażyna Iwanowicz-Palus, Marta Zarajczyk and Agnieszka Bień
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:325
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  31. With the widespread clinical application of the five-level version of the EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L), whether the questionnaire scores are responsive to changes in patients’ health and h...

    Authors: Xin Hu, Mingxia Jing, Mei Zhang, Ping Yang and Xiaolong Yan
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:324
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  32. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) limitations are associated with reduced health-related quality of life for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). For these people, the assessment of IADL i...

    Authors: Marina Bruderer-Hofstetter, Mark A. Dubbelman, André Meichtry, Florian Koehn, Thomas Münzer, Roos J. Jutten, Philip Scheltens, Sietske A. M. Sikkes and Karin Niedermann
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:323
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  33. HIV-related stigma, or the degree to which people living with HIV endorse negative stereotypes associated with HIV, is associated with poor continuum of care outcomes. We translated the 12-item Short HIV Stigm...

    Authors: Paula M. Luz, Thiago S. Torres, Celline C. Almeida-Brasil, Luana M. S. Marins, Daniel R. B. Bezerra, Valdilea G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Daphna Harel and Brett D. Thombs
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:322
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  34. In a time of ageing populations, examination of the ability of multimorbid patients to achieve well-being has become increasingly important. Social production function theory is used to characterise people’s a...

    Authors: Anna Petra Nieboer and Jane Murray Cramm
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:321
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  35. Rehabilitation care for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) is not optimally organized. The Network Pain Rehabilitation Limburg 2.0 (NPRL2.0) provides integrated care with a biopsychosocial approa...

    Authors: Cynthia Lamper, Ivan P. J. Huijnen, Mariëlle E. J. B. Goossens, Bjorn Winkens, Dirk Ruwaard, Jeanine A. M. C. F. Verbunt and Mariëlle E. Kroese
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:320
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  36. There is a lack of evidence with regards to the association between both maternal and child dental anxiety and the mother’s perception of her child’s oral health-related quality of life (COHRQoL). The aim of t...

    Authors: Rashidah Esa, Marhazlinda Jamaludin and Zamros Yuzadi Mohd Yusof
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:319
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  37. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of negative impacts of oral health conditions on the quality of life of quilombola and non-quilombola rural adolescents and identify associated factors.

    Authors: Etna Kaliane Pereira da Silva and Danielle Souto de Medeiros
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:318
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  38. The EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L are two generic health-related quality of life measures, which may be used in clinical and health economic research. They measure impairment in 5 aspects of health: mobility, self-car...

    Authors: Arjun Bhadhuri, Paul Kind, Paola Salari, Katharina Tabea Jungo, Benoît Boland, Stephen Byrne, Stefanie Hossmann, Olivia Dalleur, Wilma Knol, Elisavet Moutzouri, Denis O’Mahony, Kevin D. Murphy, Linda Wisselink, Nicolas Rodondi and Matthias Schwenkglenks
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:317
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  39. The aim of this study was to adapt the instrument and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Swallowing Quality of Care questionnaire (S-SWAL-CARE) in patients with oropharyngeal dy...

    Authors: Johanna Hedström, Mia Johansson, Caroline Olsson, Lisa Tuomi and Caterina Finizia
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:316
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  40. Data on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) can be used to track health disparities, assess the impact of chronic diseases, and predict mortality. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Healthy D...

    Authors: Sarah E. Dumas, Tenzin Yangchen Dongchung, Michael L. Sanderson, Katherine Bartley and Amber Levanon Seligson
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:315
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  41. Endometriosis is one of the most common causes of infertility. The causes of the disease and its definitive treatments are still unclear. Moreover, Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) is a glycoprotein dimer that is ...

    Authors: Anisodowleh Nankali, Mohsen Kazeminia, Parnian Kord Jamshidi, Shamarina Shohaimi, Nader Salari, Masoud Mohammadi and Amin Hosseinian-Far
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:314
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  42. The Michigan Hand Questionnaire (MHQ) is widely used to assess the hand/wrist conditions. We translated the original version into Thai (Thai MHQ) and evaluated its psychometric properties.

    Authors: Pichitchai Atthakomol, Worapaka Manosroi, Saran Sanguanrungsirikul, Siraphop Punoppamas, Sirapat Benjachaya, Siam Tongprasert and Tinakon Wongpakaran
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:313
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  43. A valid measure to describe the most important needs and concerns of people with life-threatening illnesses is missing in Cyprus. Our aim was to adapt and test the cross-cultural validity and responsiveness of...

    Authors: Mevhibe B. Hocaoglu, Nilay Hepgul, India Tunnard, Emine Meltem, Hande Efe, Buse Ataoglu, Yeliz Lerzan Baybar, Merve Kınacıgil, Husam Elsharairi and Irene J. Higginson
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:312
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  44. International studies indicate deficits in end-of-life care that can lead to distress for patients and their next-of-kin.

    Authors: Annika Vogt, Stephanie Stiel, Maria Heckel, Swantje Goebel, Sandra Stephanie Mai, Andreas Seifert, Christina Gerlach, Christoph Ostgathe and Martin Weber
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:311
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  45. A Task Force from the International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) provides recommendations on how to systematically identify and appraise health state utility (HSU) weights for cos...

    Authors: Jacie T. Cooper, Andrew Lloyd, Juan Jose Garcia Sanchez, Elisabeth Sörstadius, Andrew Briggs and Phil McFarlane
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:310
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  46. To generate high-quality evidence, contextually relevant outcome measurement instruments are required. Quality of life evaluation among polio survivors typically involves the use of generic instruments, which ...

    Authors: Surajo Kamilu Sulaiman, Heather Michelle Aldersey, Vincent G. DePaul and Bashir Kaka
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:309
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  47. The Multidimensional Adolescent Functioning Scale (MAFS) is a 23-item, self-report questionnaire assessing psychosocial functioning in adolescents aged 12–17 years. It captures three domains of functioning: ‘g...

    Authors: Sally A. Mayle, Jessica M. de Klerk-Sluis, Ashleigh Lin, Alison R. Yung, Klaas J. Wardenaar, Sanne R J Broekman, W Heleen Pluim and Johanna T. W. Wigman
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:306
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  48. Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is a common, chronic, inflammatory skin disorder, yet few studies have reported its clinical characteristics, or addressed its effect on quality of life (QoL). This study assesses th...

    Authors: Meiling Xuan, Chuanjian Lu and Zehui He
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:308
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  49. Quality of life (QoL) is influenced in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients by a set of factors related to diagnosis, treatment and tumor impacts. The aim of this study was to evaluate the Quality of Life (QoL)...

    Authors: Emanuelle do Nascimento Santos Lima, Isabela Borges Ferreira, Paula Philbert Lajolo, Carlos Eduardo Paiva, Yara Cristina de Paiva Maia and Geórgia das Graças Pena
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:307
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  50. The WHO-5 well-being index is a widely used, short rating scale that measures subjective well-being. We translated the WHO-5 index into Sinhala and tested its psychometric properties including measurement inva...

    Authors: B. P. R. Perera, R. Jayasuriya, A. Caldera and A. R. Wickremasinghe
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:305
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