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  1. A comprehensive and accurate assessment of pain is critical for successful pain management. However, there is a lack of reliable and valid assessment tools for exploring multidimensional aspects of the chronic...

    Authors: Bernadette Brady, Irena Veljanova, Toni Andary, Troy Southwell and Lucinda Chipchase

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:56

    Content type: Research

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  2. The mental well-being of patients with chronic heart failure is likely to influence their health-related quality of life and decrease the utilization of public health resources. This study assessed the mental wel...

    Authors: Aishu Dong, Xiuxia Zhang, Haitao Zhou, Siyi Chen, Wei Zhao, Minmin Wu, Junyi Guo and Wenjian Guo

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:55

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  3. The existence of psychological distress (PD) during pregnancy is well established. Nevertheless, few studies have analyzed the PD and resilience of mothers and fathers during high-risk pregnancy. This study an...

    Authors: Mercedes Bellido-González, Humbelina Robles-Ortega, María José Castelar-Ríos, Miguel Ángel Díaz-López, José Luís Gallo-Vallejo, María Fernanda Moreno-Galdó and Macarena de los Santos-Roig

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:54

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  6. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are important tools in both clinical practice and research. However, no upper extremity PROM to assess physical disability is available in Nepali. The most commonly us...

    Authors: Sudarshan KC, Saurab Sharma, Karen Ginn, Tawfiq Almadi, Hari Subedi and Darren Reed

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:51

    Content type: Research

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  7. The aim of this study was to compare QOL among people in India using lower-limb prostheses or orthoses with people without disability. A further aim was to compare subgroups and investigate whether QOL was ass...

    Authors: Lina Magnusson, Ritu Ghosh, Katrine Randbøll Jensen, Katharina Göbel, Jenny Wågberg, Sofia Wallén, Alma Svensson, Rebecka Stavenheim and Gerd Ahlström

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:50

    Content type: Research

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  8. The Quality of Life of Short Stature Youth (QoLISSY) questionnaire is a patient- and parent-reported outcome measure assessing health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in short stature youth. This study evaluate...

    Authors: Janika Bloemeke, Neuza Silva, Monika Bullinger, Stefanie Witt, Helmuth-Günther Dörr and Julia Quitmann

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:49

    Content type: Research

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  9. The aim of this paper is to find out generic preference-based Short-Form 6 Dimensions (SF-6D) utility scores of smokers and ex-smokers with varying cigarette exposure, with and without respiratory symptoms.

    Authors: Sau-nga Fu, Man-Chi Dao, Carlos King-Ho Wong and Wai-cho Yu

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:48

    Content type: Research

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  10. Cold climates traditionally have conferred long sleep duration in the residents in northeast China; however, modern lifestyle reduces sleep duration. In this study, we investigated social-biological factors in...

    Authors: Yaxuan Ren, Yawen Liu, Tingyu Meng, Wenshu Liu, Yichun Qiao, Yulu Gu, Yong Li, Yunkai Liu, Yaqin Yu and Yi Cheng

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:47

    Content type: Research

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  12. The family system represents a critical context within which children develop. Although raising a child with a disability may represent a challenge to this dynamic system, research demonstrates that families h...

    Authors: Emily Gardiner, Louise C. Mâsse and Grace Iarocci

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:45

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  13. Family caregivers of people living with dementia can experience feelings of burden and stress but the concept of sense of coherence has been identified as an important protective trait against the negative imp...

    Authors: Jacki Stansfeld, Martin Orrell, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen and Jennifer Wenborn

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:44

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  14. The EuroQol Group Five-Dimensional (EQ-5D) instruments have been validated in China for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and are increasingly being used in health economic studies. However, the...

    Authors: Qiang Yao, Chaojie Liu, Yaoguang Zhang and Ling Xu

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:43

    Content type: Research

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  15. In palliative care, family caregivers are often faced with experiences of grief in anticipation of the loss of a close person. An instrument designed to measure this form of grief is the Anticipatory Grief Sca...

    Authors: Maja Holm, Anette Alvariza, Carl-Johan Fürst, Joakim Öhlen and Kristofer Årestedt

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:42

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  16. Decentralisation of social support and budget cuts spurred interest in outcome-oriented payment systems in the Netherlands. Hence, measurement of relevant outcomes, such as self-reliance and participation, is ...

    Authors: Lucienne Berenschot and Yolanda Grift

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:41

    Content type: Research

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  17. Parents/caregivers play an important role in deciding whether their children will undergo orthodontic treatment or not. Their perceptions also have an influence on other choices involving orthodontic treatment...

    Authors: Katrien Jaeken, Maria Cadenas de Llano-Pérula, Jurgen Lemiere, Anna Verdonck, Steffen Fieuws and Guy Willems

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:40

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  18. Australian health surveys occasionally include health utility measures in describing health related quality of life (HRQoL) across the general population. However, the HRQoL of specific population groups, such...

    Authors: David Banham, Jonathan Karnon and John Lynch

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:39

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  19. Infertility-related stress can seriously impact the fertility quality of life (QoL) of infertile women. Resilience, as a coping resource, can effectively combat psychological stress. This study aimed to evalua...

    Authors: Yifei Li, Xin Zhang, Meng Shi, Shuaishuai Guo and Lie Wang

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:38

    Content type: Research

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  20. Multi-morbidity in chronic long-term conditions is a major concern for health services. Self-management in concert with clinical care forms part of the effective management of multi-morbidity. Self-efficacy is...

    Authors: Michele Peters, Caroline M. Potter, Laura Kelly and Ray Fitzpatrick

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:37

    Content type: Research

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  21. The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) is one of the most widely used health-related quality of life questionnaires for patients with heart failure (HF). The objective of the present stu...

    Authors: M. Gonzalez-Saenz de Tejada, A. Bilbao, L. Ansola, R. Quirós, L. García-Perez, G. Navarro and A. Escobar

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:36

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  22. The quality of life of family caregivers of patients with advanced cancers is an important concern in oncology care. Yet, there are few suitable measurement scales available for use in Asia. This study aims to...

    Authors: Yin Bun Cheung, Shirlyn H. S. Neo, Irene Teo, Grace M. Yang, Geok Ling Lee, Julian Thumboo, John W. K. Chia, Audrey R. X. Koh, Debra L. M. Qu, William W. L. Che, Annie Lau and Hwee Lin Wee

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:35

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  23. The development of measures of psychological functioning has received less attention in Russia compared to other countries. Moreover, despite the growing interest in the psychological well-being of older adult...

    Authors: Daniele Didino, Ekaterina A. Taran, Galina A. Barysheva and Fabio Casati

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:34

    Content type: Short report

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  24. Both high socioeconomic status (SES) and high physical activity (PA) are associated with better self-rated health (SRH) and higher quality-of-life (QoL).

    Authors: Lisbeth M. Johansson, Hans Lingfors, Marie Golsäter, Margareta Kristenson and Eleonor I. Fransson

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:33

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  25. Cancer not only impairs a patient’s physical and psychosocial functional behaviour, but also contributes to negative impact on family members’ health related quality of life. Currently, there is an absence of ...

    Authors: Pattariya Chantarasap, Nutjaree Pratheepawanit Johns, Srivieng Pairojkul, Aumkhae Sookprasert, Kosin Wirasorn, Areewan Cheawchanwattana, Sam Salek and Suphat Subongkot

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:32

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  26. To estimate the additional impact of coping and of being dependent on caregivers, over and above the large effects of disability on utility after ischemic stroke.

    Authors: Sarah Dewilde, Lieven Annemans, Andrew Lloyd, Andre Peeters, Dimitri Hemelsoet, Yves Vandermeeren, Philippe Desfontaines, Raf Brouns, Geert Vanhooren, Patrick Cras, Boudewijn Michielsens, Patricia Redondo and Vincent Thijs

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:31

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  27. Daytime sleepiness is highly prevalent across the globe. The Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) is the most widely used tool for screening daytime sleepiness. The psychometric properties of the ESS have not been c...

    Authors: Md. Dilshad Manzar, Mohammed Salahuddin, Majed Alamri, Abdulrhman Albougami, Mohammad Yunus Ali Khan, Dejen Nureye, D. Warren Spence and Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:30

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  28. We reported the validation of the 18-item version of the ‘Inconforts des Patients de REAnimation (IPREA)’ questionnaire that includes 2 new items exploring feeling depressed and shortness of breath during an i...

    Authors: Karine Baumstarck, Mohamed Boucekine, Philippe Estagnasie, Marie-Agnès Geantot, Audrey Berric, Georges Simon, Bernard Floccard, Thomas Signouret, Mélanie Fromentin, Martine Nyunga, Achille Sossou, Marion Venot, René Robert, Arnaud Follin, Juliette Audibert, Anne Renault…

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:29

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  29. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been brought up for decades in haemophilia patients. However, no data to date are available about HRQoL in children with haemophilia using long-term follow up data. T...

    Authors: Heng Zhang, Jie Huang, Xiaoyan Kong, Gaoxiang Ma and Yongjun Fang

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:28

    Content type: Research

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  30. To analyse the psychometric properties of the HBSC Symptom Checklist (HBSC-SCL) on psychosomatic symptoms with a focus on the operating characteristics of the items, and on the impacts of measurement distortio...

    Authors: Curt Hagquist, Pernille Due, Torbjørn Torsheim and Raili Välimaa

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:27

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  31. Few studies have specifically investigated the inverse relationship between reduced quality of life in different domains and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) serum levels in older adults. Therefore, this stud...

    Authors: Manuela de Almeida Roediger, Maria de Fátima Nunes Marucci, Etienne Larissa Duim, Jair Lício Ferreira Santos, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte and Cesar de Oliveira

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:26

    Content type: Research

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  32. Two main therapies, pazopanib and sunitinib, are used in the first-line setting for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). These two tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) are equally effective in terms of survival...

    Authors: Guillaume Mouillet, Joëlle Fritzsch, Sophie Paget-Bailly, Astrid Pozet, Ikram Es-Saad, Aurelia Meurisse, Dewi Vernerey, Kristina Mouyabi, Diane Berthod, Franck Bonnetain, Amélie Anota and Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:25

    Content type: Study protocol

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  33. Little is known about whether and to what extent loneliness impacts the lives of people with visual impairment (VI). Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of and factors associated with lon...

    Authors: Audun Brunes, Marianne B. Hansen and Trond Heir

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:24

    Content type: Research

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  34. The daily diary Urticaria Activity Score (UAS) and its weekly score (UAS7) are widely used to assess signs and symptoms in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU). The objective of this study was to ...

    Authors: Ignacio Jauregui, Ana Gimenez-Arnau, Joan Bartra, Moises Labrador-Horrillo, Javier Ortiz de Frutos, Juan Francisco Silvestre, Joaquin Sastre, Manuel Velasco, Marta Ferrer, Cristina Ballesteros and Antonio Valero

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:23

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  35. The quality of life of people receiving health and social care is an important indicator of service quality, but the relationship between patient experience and outcomes and regulator quality ratings in Englan...

    Authors: Ann-Marie Towers, Sinead Palmer, Nick Smith, Grace Collins and Stephen Allan

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:22

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  36. The need for home healthcare programs is an increasingly becoming important common component of healthcare worldwide, as an alternative to hospitalization, owing to the growing elderly population, chronic and ...

    Authors: Khaled Al-Surimi, Iman Al-harbi, Ashraf El-Metwally and Motasim Badri

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:21

    Content type: Research

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  37. Previous quality of life (QoL) literature in bladder cancer (BC) patients has focused on finding the preferred urinary diversion while little is known about the QoL of patients in medical oncological treatment...

    Authors: G. A. Taarnhøj, C. Johansen and H. Pappot

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:20

    Content type: Review

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:15

  38. Living with a chronic disease often means experiencing chronic treatments and regular multidisciplinary monitoring as well as a profound life-changing experience which may impact all aspects of a patients life...

    Authors: Bastien Forestier, Emmanuelle Anthoine, Ziad Reguiai, Cécile Fohrer and Myriam Blanchin

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:19

    Content type: Review

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  39. China has the world’s largest size of elderly population. Mental disorders of the elders deserve keen attention. This study aims to comparatively explore mental disorders and risk factors among empty and non-e...

    Authors: Chichen Zhang, Lihong Hou, Xiao Zheng, Ruifang Zhu, Huining Zhao, Jiao Lu, Jingmin Cheng, Xiaozhao Yousef Yang and Tingzhong Yang

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:18

    Content type: Research

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  40. This study evaluated the impact of an exercise program on quality of life in older breast cancer survivors undergoing aromatase inhibitor therapy.

    Authors: Thais R. S. Paulo, Fabricio E. Rossi, Juliana Viezel, Giuliano T. Tosello, Sylvia C. Seidinger, Regina R. Simões, Ruffo de Freitas Jr and Ismael F. Freitas Jr

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:17

    Content type: Research

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  41. Health related quality of life is a multi-dimensional construct of particular interest in determining the consequences of illness and disease. This study aimed to determine the relationships between overweight...

    Authors: Erin Hoare, Nicholas Crooks, Joshua Hayward, Steven Allender and Claudia Strugnell

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:16

    Content type: Research

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  42. Psychometrically robust questionnaires to assess self-reported sleep problems in children are important since sleep problems can have a major impact on child development. The Sleep Self Report (SSR) is a 26-it...

    Authors: L. M. H. Steur, M. A. Grootenhuis, C. B. Terwee, S. Pillen, N. G. J. Wolters, G. J. L. Kaspers and R. R. L. van Litsenburg

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:15

    Content type: Research

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  44. Cervical cancer is among the leading gynecological cancers affecting women worldwide. Maintenance and improvement of cervical cancer patients‘health related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important issue. The c...

    Authors: Liya Teklu Araya, Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle, Girma Tekle Gebremariam and Teferi Gedif Fenta

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:13

    Content type: Research

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  45. The Prolapse Quality of Life (P-QoL) is a disease-specific instrument designed to measure the health-related quality of life in women with prolapse; however, there is no Amharic version of the instrument. The ...

    Authors: Tadesse Belayneh, Abebaw Gebeyehu, Mulat Adefris, Guri Rortveit and Tinsae Genet

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:12

    Content type: Research

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  46. The purpose of this study is to describe Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of localized prostate cancer patients in an Active Surveillance (AS) program, and to compare them with those undergoing radical p...

    Authors: A. Sureda, L. Fumadó, M. Ferrer, O. Garín, X. Bonet, M. Castells, M. C. Mir, J. M. Abascal, F. Vigués, L. Cecchini and J. F. Suárez

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:11

    Content type: Research

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  47. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) as a most frequent and costly NCDs account for about 17.3 million annual deaths worldwide. About 80% of these deaths are taking place in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Th...

    Authors: F. Ranjandish, H. Mahmoodi and A. Shaghaghi

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:10

    Content type: Research

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  48. Measuring quality of life (QOL) in a population is important for the predictions of health and social care needs. In Pakistan, health related quality of life data exist but there are no quality of life data of...

    Authors: Fahad Saqib Lodhi, Ali Montazeri, Saharnaz Nedjat, Mahmoud Mahmoodi, Umer Farooq, Mehdi Yaseri, Amir Kasaeian and Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:9

    Content type: Research

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  49. To conduct a follow-up on the rate and related risk factors of probable disaster-related psychiatric disorders such as depressive disorder (major depressive episode, MDE), stress disorders, post-traumatic (pos...

    Authors: Vincent Shieh, Joh-Jong Huang, Tsyr-En Grace Wu, Ju-Yu Chiu, Yi-Chen Chen, Guijing Lin, Chao-Yueh Su and Frank Huang-Chih Chou

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:7

    Content type: Research

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  50. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is associated with a substantial Quality of life impact on patients that has not been so far measured with a generic validated instrument.

    Authors: Frédéric Barbut, Tatiana Galperine, Philippe Vanhems, Alban Le Monnier, Bernard Durand-Gasselin, Frédérique Canis, Viviane Jeanbat, Anne Duburcq, Sarah Alami, Caroline Bensoussan and Francis Fagnani

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2019 17:6

    Content type: Research

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