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  2. Along with general measures of treatment satisfaction, treatment-specific and device-specific treatment satisfaction should be assessed in clinical trials, because these latter measures may be more strongly co...

    Authors: Richard R Rubin and Mark Peyrot
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:32
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  3. The aim of this double-blind randomized study is to test the efficacy of a radio electric stimulator device using an auricular reflex therapy protocol for stress-related symptoms.

    Authors: Salvatore Rinaldi, Vania Fontani, Lucia Aravagli and Piero Mannu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:31
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  4. Women with cervical cancer now have relatively good 5-year survival rates. Better survival rates have driven the paradigm in cancer care from a medical illness model to a wellness model, which is concerned wit...

    Authors: Ying Chun Zeng, Shirley SY Ching and Alice Y Loke
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:30
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  5. To confirm the internal structure of the Health Related Quality of Life for Eating Disorders version 2 questionnaire (HeRQoLEDv2) and create and validate a shortened version (HeRQoLED-S).

    Authors: Carlota Las Hayas, Jose M Quintana, Jesús A Padierna, Amaia Bilbao and Pedro Muñoz
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:29
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  6. A 26-valent Group A Streptococcus (GAS) vaccine candidate has been developed that may provide protection against pharyngitis, invasive disease and rheumatic fever. However, recommendations for the use of a new...

    Authors: Grace M Lee, Joshua A Salomon, Charlene Gay and James K Hammitt
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:28
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  8. It is arguable that modification of diet, given its potential for positive health outcomes, should be widely advocated and adopted. However, food intake, as a basic human need, and its modification may be acco...

    Authors: Holger J Schünemann, Francesca Sperati, Maddalena Barba, Nancy Santesso, Camilla Melegari, Elie A Akl, Gordon Guyatt and Paola Muti
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:26
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  9. Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors require psychometrically rigorous measures to assess their psychosocial well-being. Without methodologically adequate scales the accuracy of information obtain...

    Authors: Tara Clinton-McHarg, Mariko Carey, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Anthony Shakeshaft and Kathy Rainbird
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:25
    Content type: Review Published on:

  10. Oral health-related quality of life (OHQoL) is conceived as a multidimensional construct. Here our aim was to investigate the dimensional structure of OHQoL as measured by the Spanish versions of the Oral Impa...

    Authors: Javier Montero, Manuel Bravo, María-Purificación Vicente, María-Purificación Galindo, Joaquín F López and Alberto Albaladejo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:24
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  11. Key stakeholders regard generic utility instruments as suitable tools to inform health technology assessment decision-making regarding allocation of resources across competing interventions. These instruments ...

    Authors: Clare Mcgrath, Diana Rofail, Elizabeth Gargon and Linda Abetz
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:23
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  12. Fatigue is a common and debilitating symptom in multiple sclerosis (MS). Best-practice guidelines suggest that health services should repeatedly assess fatigue in persons with MS. Several fatigue scales are av...

    Authors: Roger J Mills, Carolyn A Young, Julie F Pallant and Alan Tennant
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:22
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  13. Utility scores are used to estimate Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs), applied in determining the cost-effectiveness of health care interventions. In studies where no preference based measures are collected,...

    Authors: Mark J Harrison, Mark Lunt, Suzanne MM Verstappen, Kath D Watson, Nick J Bansback and Deborah PM Symmons
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:21
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  14. 1) To design and validate indicators to measure the quality of the process of care that climacteric stage women receive in family medicine clinics (FMC). 2) To assess the quality of care that climacteric stage...

    Authors: Svetlana Vladislavovna Doubova Dubova, Sergio Flores-Hernández, Leticia Rodriguez-Aguilar and Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:20
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  15. The use of prescription anti-obesity medication (AOM) is becoming increasingly common as treatment options grow and become more accessible. However, AOM may not be without a wide range of potentially negative ...

    Authors: Meryl Brod, Mette Hammer, Nana Kragh, Suzanne Lessard and Donald M Bushnell
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:19
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  17. We examined adolescents' differentiation of their self-reported physical and mental health status, the relative importance of these variables and five important life domains (satisfaction with family, friends,...

    Authors: Richard Sawatzky, Pamela A Ratner, Joy L Johnson, Jacek A Kopec and Bruno D Zumbo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:17
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  18. Missing items are common in quality of life (QoL) questionnaires and present a challenge for research in this field. The development of sound strategies of replacement and prevention requires accurate knowledg...

    Authors: Hugo Peyre, Joël Coste and Alain Leplège
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:16
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  19. Currently, there is insufficient evidence available regarding the relationship between level of physical fitness and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in younger adults. Therefore, the aim of the present ...

    Authors: Arja Häkkinen, Marjo Rinne, Tommi Vasankari, Matti Santtila, Keijo Häkkinen and Heikki Kyröläinen
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:15
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  20. The aim of the study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Hungarian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) Generic Core Scales and Cardiac Module.

    Authors: Andrea Berkes, István Pataki, Mariann Kiss, Csilla Kemény, László Kardos, James W Varni and Gábor Mogyorósy
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:14
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  21. The EQ-5D has been extensively used to assess patient utility in trials of new treatments within the cardiovascular field. The aims of this study were to review evidence of the validity and reliability of the ...

    Authors: Matthew TD Dyer, Kimberley A Goldsmith, Linda S Sharples and Martin J Buxton
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:13
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  22. Cost-utility analyses are commonly used in economic evaluations of interventions or conditions that have an impact on health-related quality of life. However, evaluating utilities in children presents several ...

    Authors: Jean-Eric Tarride, Natasha Burke, Matthias Bischof, Robert B Hopkins, Linda Goeree, Kaitryn Campbell, Feng Xie, Daria O'Reilly and Ron Goeree
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:12
    Content type: Review Published on:

  23. The impact of Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB, 11-Gauge) upon Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) remains an open field. This study aims to: i) assess short-term (4 days after VABB) responses in terms o...

    Authors: Philip J Domeyer, Theodoros N Sergentanis, Flora Zagouri and George C Zografos
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:11
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  24. Despite the burden of progressive incurable disease in Africa, there is almost no evidence on patient care or outcomes. A primary reason has been the lack of appropriate locally-validated outcome tools. This s...

    Authors: Richard Harding, Lucy Selman, Godfrey Agupio, Natalya Dinat, Julia Downing, Liz Gwyther, Thandi Mashao, Keletso Mmoledi, Tony Moll, Lydia Mpanga Sebuyira, Barbara Panjatovic and Irene J Higginson
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:10
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  25. The objective was to review all available literature concerning Type D (distressed) personality among the general population and to discuss its implications for research on health status, disease-promoting mec...

    Authors: Floortje Mols and Johan Denollet
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:9
    Content type: Review Published on:

  26. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a prevalent mental health condition which is underestimated worldwide. This study carried out the cultural adaptation into Spanish of the 7-item self-administered GAD-7 sc...

    Authors: Javier García-Campayo, Enric Zamorano, Miguel A Ruiz, Antonio Pardo, María Pérez-Páramo, Vanessa López-Gómez, Olga Freire and Javier Rejas
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:8
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  28. A response to Weis and Pasipanodya 'Measuring health-related quality of life in tuberculosis: a systemic review - Response'.

    Authors: Na Guo, Carlo A Marra and Fawziah Marra
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:6
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  29. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) brings together various aspects of an individual's subjective experience that relate both directly and indirectly to health, disease, disability, and impairment. Although ...

    Authors: Lisette van den Bemt, Sabine Kooijman, Vinca Linssen, Peter Lucassen, Jean Muris, Gordon Slabbers and Tjard Schermer
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:5
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  31. This study examined the quality of life (QOL), measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT) questionnaire, among urban (n = 277) and non-urban (n = 323) breast cancer survivors and women from...

    Authors: Tracey DiSipio, Sandi C Hayes, Beth Newman, Joanne Aitken and Monika Janda
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:3
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  32. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome with heterogeneous symptoms. The evaluation in the clinical setting usually fails to cover the complexity of the syndrome. This study aims to determine how different aspects of fibro...

    Authors: Miguel A Vallejo, Javier Rivera and Joaquim Esteve-Vives
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:2
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  33. The impact of pain and depression on health-related quality of life (QoL) is widely investigated, yet the pain-depression interactions on QoL remain unclear. This study aims to examine the pain-depression-QoL ...

    Authors: Wing S Wong, Simon TM Chan, Vivian BK Fung and Richard Fielding
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:1
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  34. Questionnaires are used in research and clinical practice. For gastrointestinal complaints the Rome II questionnaire is internationally known but not validated. The aim of this study was to validate a printed ...

    Authors: Herdis KM Molinder, Lars Kjellström, Henry BO Nylin and Lars E Agréus
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:106
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  35. Very little is known about the quality of life of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infected patients. In this study in Ethiopia, we compared the quality of life HIV positive patients with and without TB.

    Authors: Amare Deribew, Markos Tesfaye, Yohannes Hailmichael, Nebiyu Negussu, Shallo Daba, Ajeme Wogi, Tefera Belachew, Ludwig Apers and Robert Colebunders
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:105
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  36. There was no Chinese questionnaire to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS). In this study, we aimed to validate a new disease-specific HRQoL scale for HFS...

    Authors: Yen-Chu Huang, Jun-Yu Fan, Long-Sun Ro, Rong-Kuo Lyu, Hong-Shiu Chang, Sien-Tsong Chen, Wen-Chuin Hsu, Chiung-Mei Chen and Yih-Ru Wu
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:104
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  37. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of changes in mental health status on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents aged 8 - 18 years.

    Authors: Luis Rajmil, Jorge A Palacio-Vieira, Michael Herdman, Sílvia López-Aguilà, Ester Villalonga-Olives, Josep M Valderas, Mireia Espallargues and Jordi Alonso
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:103
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  39. The impact of dizziness on quality of life is often assessed by the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), which is used as a discriminate and evaluative measure. The aim of the present study was to examine relia...

    Authors: Anne-Lise Tamber, Kjersti T Wilhelmsen and Liv Inger Strand
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:101
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  40. This study aimed at examining the relationship between parental subjective health status and adolescents' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as well as the role of gender, socioeconomic status, presence of...

    Authors: George Giannakopoulos, Christine Dimitrakaki, Xanthi Pedeli, Gerasimos Kolaitis, Vasiliki Rotsika, Ulricke Ravens-Sieberer and Yannis Tountas
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:100
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  41. The goal of cardiac rehabilitation programs is not only to prolong life but also to improve physical functioning, symptoms, well-being, and health-related quality of life (HRQL). The aim of this study was to d...

    Authors: Stefan Höfer, Werner Kullich, Ursula Graninger, Manfred Wonisch, Alfred Gaßner, Martin Klicpera, Herbert Laimer, Christiane Marko, Helmut Schwann and Rudolf Müller
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:99
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  42. Patients with respiratory disease experience disturbed sleep, but there is no widely accepted measure of sleep impairment due to respiratory disease. We developed and evaluated the psychometric performance of ...

    Authors: Robin F Pokrzywinski, David M Meads, Stephen P McKenna, G Alistair Glendenning and Dennis A Revicki
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:98
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  43. This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Child and Parent versions of the German CFQ-R (Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire Revised), a disease-specific measure of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQo...

    Authors: Anne Schmidt, Kerstin Wenninger, Nadja Niemann, Ulrich Wahn and Doris Staab
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:97
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  44. The EuroQoL 5D (EQ-5D) has been widely used in studies of cardiac disease, but its measurement properties in this group are not well established. The study aimed to quantify the relationship between measures c...

    Authors: Kimberley A Goldsmith, Matthew T Dyer, Peter M Schofield, Martin J Buxton and Linda D Sharples
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:96
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  46. After long term disease free follow up (FUp) patients reconsider quality of life (QOL) outcomes. Aim of this study is assess QoL in prostate cancer patients who are disease-free at least 5 years after radical ...

    Authors: Mauro Gacci, Alchiede Simonato, Lorenzo Masieri, John L Gore, Michele Lanciotti, Annalisa Mantella, Mario Alberto Rossetti, Sergio Serni, Virginia Varca, Andrea Romagnoli, Carlo Ambruosi, Fabio Venzano, Marco Esposito, Tomaso Montanaro, Giorgio Carmignani and Marco Carini
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:94
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  47. The concept of participation is recognized as an important rehabilitation outcome and instruments have been developed to measure participation using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability ...

    Authors: Vanessa K Noonan, Jacek A Kopec, Luc Noreau, Joel Singer, Anna Chan, Louise C Mâsse and Marcel F Dvorak
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:93
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  48. Disease-specific quality of life (QoL) measures have enhanced the capacity of outcome measures to evaluate subtle changes and differences between groups. However, when the specific disease is rare, the cohort ...

    Authors: Victoria E Price, Robert J Klaassen, Paula HB Bolton-Maggs, John D Grainger, Christine Curtis, Cindy Wakefield, Gustavo Dufort, Arne Riedlinger, Christophe Soltner, Victor S Blanchette and Nancy L Young
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:92
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  49. To explore the concept of the Minimum Clinically Important Difference (MID) of the Worry Scale of the Hypoglycaemia Fear Survey (HFS-II) and to quantify the clinical importance of different types of patient-re...

    Authors: Tom Stargardt, Linda Gonder-Frederick, Karl J Krobot and Charles M Alexander
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:91
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  50. The RANGE (R etrospective AN alysis of G astroE sophageal reflux disease [GERD]) study assessed differences among patients consulting a primary care physician due to GERD-related reasons in terms of: symptoms, di...

    Authors: Javier P Gisbert, Alun Cooper, Dimitrios Karagiannis, Jan Hatlebakk, Lars Agréus, Helmut Jablonowski and Javier Nuevo
    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7:90
    Content type: Research Published on:
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