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  1. Self-reported time-use in relation to health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been widely studied, yet less is known about the directionality of the association and how it compares across genders when contr...

    Authors: Laura Altweck, Samuel Tomczyk and Silke Schmidt
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:151
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  3. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important clinical outcome in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and is considered as a relevant indicator of treatment success. While a better understanding of the factors...

    Authors: Najlaa Lahbairi, Alice Laniepce, Shailendra Segobin, Nicolas Cabé, Céline Boudehent, François Vabret, Géraldine Rauchs and Anne-Lise Pitel
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:149
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  4. Quality of life is considered the most overarching psychosocial adaptation outcome following the rehabilitation of persons with spinal cord injury. Literature suggests that the quality of life of persons with ...

    Authors: Muna Bhattarai, Susan Miller Smedema, William T. Hoyt and Malachy Bishop
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:148
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  5. Preeclampsia affects the health of the mother and the fetus during pregnancy and childbirth. To date, little is known about the impact of preeclampsia on postpartum health-related to quality of life (HRQoL) in...

    Authors: Birhanu Jikamo, Mulat Adefris, Telake Azale and Kassahun Alemu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:147
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  6. In South Korea, the number of living-donor liver transplantations in 2019 was 1,188. Living liver donors (LLDs) undergo surgery and the postoperative recovery process for altruistic purposes. This study explor...

    Authors: Ye Sol Lee, Chin Kang Koh, Nam-Joon Yi, Kyung-Suk Suh and Kwang-Woong Lee
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:146
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  7. Patient empowerment is associated with improvements in different patient-reported and clinical outcomes. However, despite being widely researched, high quality and theoretically substantiated disease-generic m...

    Authors: Mariela Acuña Mora, Koen Raymaekers, Liesbet Van Bulck, Eva Goossens, Koen Luyckx, Adrienne H. Kovacs, Brith Andresen, Ju Ryoung Moon, Alexander Van De Bruaene, Jessica Rassart and Philip Moons
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:145
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  8. Quarantine is the first response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Restricting daily life can cause several problems. This study aimed to measure the impact of the COVID-19 quarantine on health-related quality of life...

    Authors: Hye-Young Kwon, Yongjoo Kim, Seung-Young Lee and Chang-Bo Kim
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:144
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  10. This study analyzed the mediating effects of shoulder pain, disability, and depression on the relationship between stress and health-related quality of life among middle-aged women using a serial mediation mod...

    Authors: Jihyun Oh and Myung Kyung Lee
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:142
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  11. Cough suppression assessed by embarrassment about coughing has been shown in adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) and negatively affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and clinical indicators of disea...

    Authors: Ute Niehammer, Mathis Steindor, Svenja Straßburg, Sivagurunathan Sutharsan, Christian Taube, Matthias Welsner, Raphael Hirtz and Florian Stehling
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:141
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  12. Assessing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among persons with dementia poses several challenges due to cognitive decline and limited perception. As a result, proxy ratings by family members or health pro...

    Authors: Bernhard Michalowsky, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Wiebke Mohr, Anika Rädke and Feng Xie
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:140
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  13. EQ-5D is widely used for valuing changes in quality of life for economic evaluation of interventions for people with dementia. There are concerns about EQ-5D-3L in terms of content validity, poor inter-rater a...

    Authors: Anju D. Keetharuth, Hannah Hussain, Donna Rowen and Allan Wailoo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:139
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  14. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of health literacy to make informed preventive decisions. A specific COVID-19 health literacy questionnaire (CHL-Q) is included in the COVID-19 Snapshot Mon...

    Authors: María Falcón, Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Martina Fernández-Gutiérrez, María Romay-Barja, Pilar Bas-Sarmiento and Maria João Forjaz
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:138
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  15. Information on HRQOL can enhance patient diagnosis and management but it is rarely available in routine clinical practice. This mixed-method study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of the electronic ...

    Authors: Amy Pui Pui Ng, Kiki Sze Nga Liu, Will Ho Gi Cheng, Carlos King Ho Wong, John King Yiu Cheng, Joyce Sau Mei Lam, Calvin Kalun Or, Emily Tsui Yee Tse and Cindy Lo Kuen Lam
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:137
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  16. Preterm birth with very low birth weight (VLBW, birth weight < 1500 g) is associated with health problems later in life. How VLBW individuals perceive their physical and mental health-related quality of life (...

    Authors: Elias Kjølseth Berdal, Arnt Erik Karlsen Wollum, Ingrid Marie Husby Hollund, Johanne Marie Iversen, Eero Kajantie and Kari Anne I. Evensen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:136
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  17. There is an international public health interest in sustainable environments that promote human wellbeing. An individual’s bond to places, understood as place attachment (PA), is an important factor for qualit...

    Authors: Jan Georg Friesinger, Siri Håvås Haugland and John-Kåre Vederhus
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:135
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  18. The objective of this study was to compare the measurement properties of the US EQ-5D-3L, EQ-5D-5L, and -5L to -3L crosswalk value sets (3L; 5L; 5L > 3L) across the spectrum of health.

    Authors: Ruixuan Jiang, Kim Rand, Maja Kuharic and A. Simon Pickard
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:134
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  19. Studies on outcomes mapping Quality of Life (QoL) as patient-reported outcome over a longer period in severe psychotic disorders are scarce. However, such data would be particularly important for structuring, ...

    Authors: Anja Christine Rohenkohl, Anne Daubmann, Jürgen Gallinat, Anne Karow, Vivien Kraft, Friederike Rühl, Daniel Schöttle, Martin Lambert and Romy Schröter
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:133
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  20. The EQ-5D index often fails to detect the effect of ophthalmic diseases and sight loss. Investigating predictors of individual EQ-5D health dimensions might reveal the underlying reasons. The aim of this study...

    Authors: Antonio Filipe Macedo, Amanda Hellström, Robert Massof, Hanna Tuvesson, Mikael Rask, Pedro Lima Ramos, Jalal Safipour, Ina Marteinsdottir, Evalill Nilsson, Cecilia Fagerström and Kristofer Årestedt
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:132
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  21. We compared measurement properties of 5-point and 11-point response formats for the orofacial esthetic scale (OES) items to determine whether collapsing the format would degrade OES score precision.

    Authors: Swaha Pattanaik, Mike T. John, Seungwon Chung and San Keller
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:131
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  22. Chronic viral hepatitis is a major global public health problem. The guidelines suggest the long-term performance of regular ongoing liver examinations to monitor liver inflammation and screen for hepatocellul...

    Authors: Wei-Chih Su, Tsung-Tai Chen, Sien-Sing Yang, Ling-Na Shih, Chih-Kuang Liu, Chia-Chi Wang and Chien-Hsien Wu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:130
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  23. To make efficient use of available resources, decision-makers in healthcare may assess the costs and (health) benefits of health interventions. For interventions aimed at improving mental health capturing the ...

    Authors: Joost J. Enzing, Frédérique C. W. van Krugten, Iryna Sabat, Sebastian Neumann-Böhme, Bert Boer, Saskia Knies and Werner B. F. Brouwer
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:129
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  24. As a precarious clinical condition and a public health problem, heart failure (HF) is associated with a significant burden of morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. As almost all of the published researc...

    Authors: Muslet Alharbi, Fahad Alharbi, Abdullah AlTuwayjiri, Yaqoub Alharbi, Yazeed Alhofair, Ahmed Alanazi, Faisal AlJlajle, Rehana Khalil and Osama Al-Wutayd
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:128
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  25. Measuring health-related diet and exercise self-efficacy is an important first step in improving healthy behaviors and health outcomes. However, we did not find a self-efficacy measurement in Chinese that is s...

    Authors: Xia Mao, Xuefang Zeng, Qinyi Zhong and Jia Guo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:127
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  26. Patients’ experiences, feelings, and perceptions play key roles in quality of life and dental care quality, but they are poorly understood in periodontal disease. Therefore, this meta-synthesis aimed to gain d...

    Authors: Jun Yin, Yan Li, Mingyu Feng and Li Li
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:126
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  27. The empirical basis for a quantitative assessment of the disease burden imposed by long-COVID is currently scant. We aimed to inform the disease burden caused by long-COVID in Japan.

    Authors: Shinya Tsuzuki, Yusuke Miyazato, Mari Terada, Shinichiro Morioka, Norio Ohmagari and Philippe Beutels
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:125
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  28. There is limited information about the population characteristics and adverse health outcomes of older cancer patients in China. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of frailty and examine the associati...

    Authors: Mingzhu Su, Nengliang Yao, Meimei Shang, Yuzhen Shen, Tingting Qin, Jialin Wang and Xiaojie Sun
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:124
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  29. Increased knowledge about factors that can impact changes in adolescents’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is needed. The present study aimed to investigate possible HRQOL changes in adolescents at 14 an...

    Authors: Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Kristin Haraldstad, Sølvi Helseth, Siv Skarstein and Gudrun Rohde
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:123
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  30. In recent years, more importance is being given to the assessment of quality of life (QoL) among diabetic patients as a measure of their health and the goal of all health interventions. Other studies have repo...

    Authors: Jean Paul Uwizihiwe, Charilaos Lygidakis, Michela Bia, Damas Dukundane, Brenda Asiimwe-Kateera, Sabin Nsanzimana, Claus Vögele and Per Kallestrup
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:122
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  31. Socioeconomic status is a key predictor of lifetime health: poorer people can expect to live shorter lives with lower average health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) than richer people. In this study, we aimed ...

    Authors: Paul Schneider, James Love-Koh, Simon McNamara, Tim Doran and Nils Gutacker
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:121
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  32. Insulin pump therapy represents an alternative to multiple daily injections and can improve glycemic control and quality of life (QoL) in Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients. We aimed to explore the diffe...

    Authors: Lilian Tzivian, Jelizaveta Sokolovska, Anna E. Grike, Agate Kalcenaua, Abraham Seidmann, Arriel Benis, Martins Mednis, Ieva Danovska, Ugis Berzins, Arnolds Bogdanovs and Emil Syundyukov
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:120
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  33. HIV-related stigma is associated with poor quality of life and poor healthcare-seeking behaviours in young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) and young people affected by HIV (YPAHIV). India has an estimated 120,...

    Authors: Ivan Marbaniang, Rohidas Borse, Shashikala Sangle, Aarti Kinikar, Amol Chavan, Smita Nimkar, Nishi Suryavanshi and Vidya Mave
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:119
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  34. Sickle cell disease is an inherited chronic hematological disorder with an average lifespan of fifty years. The human cost of sickle cell disease includes missed school days, occupational opportunities, social...

    Authors: Aisha A. K. Bruce, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Sunil Desai, Tony H. Truong, Michael Leaker, Dominic A. Alaazi, Sasia J. V. Pedersen and Bukola Salami
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:118
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  35. Oral health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate oral health decisions. However, sci...

    Authors: Sofia Rafaela Maito Velasco, Caroline Moraes Moriyama, Marcelo Bonecker, Luciane Butini, Jenny Abanto and José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:117
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  36. Patients who suffered from ankylosing spondylitis (AS) or non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) often have poor quality of life (QoL) and there has been a substantial increase in research on acce...

    Authors: Qian He, Jing Luo, Jiaqi Chen, Jianying Yang, Chuanhui Yao, Caiqin Xu and Qingwen Tao
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:116
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  37. Authors: Maren Schick, Ariane Germeyer, Bettina Böttcher, Stephanie Hecht, Magdalena Geiser, Sabine Rösner, Monika Eckstein, Kilian Vomstein, Bettina Toth, Thomas Strowitzki, Tewes Wischmann and Beate Ditzen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:115
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  39. Cognitive impairment is common in first-episode psychosis patients and often associated with poor quality of life and functional impairment. However, most literature on this association is from high income cou...

    Authors: Emmanuel K. Mwesiga, Andrew S. Ssemata, Joy Gumikiriza, Angel Nanteza, Anne Jacqueline Nakitende, Juliet Nakku, Dickens Akena and Noeline Nakasujja
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:113
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  40. To study development trajectories to 34 years of age of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and subjective health complaints in extremely preterm (EP) born subjects with and without disability, and to compa...

    Authors: Merete Røineland Benestad, Jorunn Drageset, Geir Egil Eide, Maria Vollsæter, Thomas Halvorsen and Bente Johanne Vederhus
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:112
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  41. We aimed to create a standardized cross-cultural adaptation of the simplified Chinese version of VISA-A, test its reliability and validity and conduct exploratory factor analysis on the correlation between items.

    Authors: Xiaoxian Tu, Zhiyuan Tu, Wei Lin and Zhe Wu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:111
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  42. The Child Perception questionnaire 11–14 (CPQ 11–14) is an efficient tool for assessment of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). This questionnaire has been briefed to 16 items (CPQ11–14 ISF-16) to fa...

    Authors: Tahereh Baherimoghadam, Shahram Hamedani, Navid Naseri and Alireza Ghafoori
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:110
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  43. Drug abuse has many negative effects not only on individuals but also on society. Nowadays, researchers pay a lot of attention to quality of life of drug addicts. However, there are few scales available to mea...

    Authors: Zilin Ma, Yuxi Liu, Chonghua Wan, Jianming Jiang, Xiaomei Li and Ying Zhang
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:109
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  44. Interpretation of health-related quality of life (QOL) outcomes requires improved methods to control for the effects of multiple chronic conditions (MCC). This study systematically compared legacy and improved...

    Authors: Mindy L. McEntee, Barbara Gandek and John E. Ware
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:108
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  45. To identify instruments used to measure parents’ Quality of Life (QoL) during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and to describe their characteristics and psychometric properties.

    Authors: Malene Brekke, Rigmor C. Berg, Amin Amro, Kari Glavin and Trude Haugland
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:107
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  46. Due to limited capability to function in post-injury daily life injury, survivors need to be reliably assessed without need to commute more than necessary. The key action is to determine the level of functioni...

    Authors: Nasrin Shahedifar, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mostafa Farahbakhsh and Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:106
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  47. For nearly a decade, value sets for the EQ-5D-Y were not available, reflecting challenges in valuing child HRQoL. A methodological research programme led to publication of a valuation protocol in 2020, which w...

    Authors: N. Devlin, T. Pan, S. Kreimeier, J. Verstraete, E. Stolk, K. Rand and M. Herdman
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:105
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  48. Online longitudinal surveys may be subject to potential biases due to sample attrition. This study was designed to identify potential predictors of attrition using a longitudinal panel survey collected during ...

    Authors: Tianzhou Yu, Jiafan Chen, Ning Yan Gu, Joel W. Hay and Cynthia L. Gong
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:104
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  49. Food-related quality of life is considerably impaired in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and should be widely measured in research and clinical practice. This study aims to translate the FR-QoL-...

    Authors: Nazlı Nur Aslan Çin, Kevin Whelan and Ayşe Özfer Özçelik
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:103
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  50. The 12-item MOS Short-form Health Survey version 2 (SF-12v2) and the Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey (VR-12) are generic health-related quality of life measures. They are fairly similar, but their differen...

    Authors: Daniel Y. T. Fong, Bobo K. Y. Chan, Sha Li, C. H. Wan and Lewis E. Kazis
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2022 20:102
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