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  1. Patient reported outcome measurements (PROMs) are emerging as an important component of patient management in the cancer setting, providing broad perspectives on patients’ quality of life and experience. The u...

    Authors: Miss Charlotte L. Moss, Ajay Aggarwal, Asad Qureshi, Benjamin Taylor, Teresa Guerrero-Urbano and Mieke Van Hemelrijck

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:20

    Content type: Review

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  2. Discrepancy between child self-report and parent proxy-report has long been documented in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measurement of children with chronic health conditions. This study aims to a...

    Authors: Marzieh Alamolhoda, Mohammad Farjami, Zahra Bagheri, Ahmad Ghanizadeh and Peyman Jafari

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:19

    Content type: Research

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  3. The long-term fate of severely injured patients in terms of their quality of life is not well known. Our aim was to assess the quality of life of patients who have suffered moderate to severe trauma and to ide...

    Authors: Fanny Vardon-Bounes, Romain Gracia, Timothée Abaziou, Laure Crognier, Thierry Seguin, François Labaste, Thomas Geeraerts, Bernard Georges, Jean-Marie Conil and Vincent Minville

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:18

    Content type: Research

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  4. Cancer patients often experience severe financial distress due to the high cost of their treatment, and strategies are needed to objectively measure this financial distress. The COmprehensive Score for financi...

    Authors: Dorothy N. S. Chan, Kai Chow Choi, Marques S. N. Ng, Weijie Xing, Bernard M. H. Law, Pui Shan Ho, Cecilia Au, Mandy Chan, Man Tong, Wai Man Ling, Maggie Chan, Suzanne S. S. Mak, Raymond J. Chan and Winnie K. W. So

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:17

    Content type: Research

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  6. The prevalence of depression symptoms and related modifiable factors in prostate cancer (PCa) are not well evaluated. We aimed to assess the effects of perceived social support, hope and resilience on depressi...

    Authors: Xinxin Zhao, Ming Sun and Ye Yang

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:15

    Content type: Research

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  7. The Short Form 12-item Health Survey (SF-12v2) was originally developed in English, but it is also available in Hong Kong (HK) Chinese. While both language versions had their measurement properties well assess...

    Authors: Daniel Y. T. Fong, Janet Y. H. Wong, Edmond P. H. Choi, K. F. Lam and C. Kwok

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:14

    Content type: Research

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  8. The World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-Bref) is a frequently used instrument to assess the quality of life in both healthy and ill populations. Inquiries of the psychometric prop...

    Authors: Mary H. Kalfoss, Randi J. Reidunsdatter, Christian A. Klöckner and Marianne Nilsen

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:13

    Content type: Research

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  9. Job satisfaction describes an employee’s motivation and/or feeling of satisfaction towards his/her work. Globally, healthcare professionals’ turnover and retention play a critical role in the delivery of essen...

    Authors: Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo, Eldad Agyei-Manu, David Ben Kumah, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Abubakar Sadik Mohammed, Akosua Kesewah Asare and Emmanuel Kofi Addo

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:12

    Content type: Research

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  10. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following allogeneic stem cell transplantation. These patients face unique challenges due to the complexity of GVHD which can ...

    Authors: Isabella de Vere Hunt, James M. Kilgour, Robert Danby, Andy Peniket and Rubeta N. Matin

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:11

    Content type: Research

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  11. There is a gap of information describing the health state utility values (HSUVs) of transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) patients in Malaysia. These values are useful in the assessment of health-related qua...

    Authors: Asrul Akmal Shafie, Irwinder Kaur Chhabra, Jacqueline Hui Yi Wong and Noor Syahireen Mohammed

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:10

    Content type: Research

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  12. Response shift (RS) has been defined as a change in the meaning of an individual’s self-evaluation that needs to be accounted for when assessing longitudinal changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). ...

    Authors: Silvia Testa, Daniela Di Cuonzo, Giuliana Ritorto, Laura Fanchini, Sara Bustreo, Patrizia Racca and Rosalba Rosato

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:9

    Content type: Research

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  13. To investigate associations of five typical lifestyle-related behavioral risk factors (insufficient physical activity, prolonged screen viewing, deprived sleeping, consumption of fast food and sugar-sweetened ...

    Authors: Zhenzhen Qin, Na Wang, Robert S. Ware, Yugen Sha and Fei Xu

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:8

    Content type: Research

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  14. The Endometriosis Symptom Diary (ESD) and Endometriosis Impact Scale (EIS) are patient-reported outcome measures developed to evaluate efficacy in clinical trials and clinical practice. The ESD is a daily elec...

    Authors: Helen Kitchen, Christian Seitz, Andrew Trigg, Natalie Aldhouse, Thomas Willgoss, Heinz Schmitz, Adam Gater, Christoph Gerlinger and Claudia Haberland

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:7

    Content type: Research

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  15. Disability is an increasingly important health-related outcome to consider as more individuals are now aging with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and multimorbidity. The HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ) i...

    Authors: Kelly K. O’Brien, Mendwas Dzingina, Richard Harding, Wei Gao, Eve Namisango, Lisa Avery and Aileen M. Davis

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:6

    Content type: Research

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  17. Pediatric Tuina has been widely used in children with acute diarrhea in China. However, due to the lack of high-quality clinical evidence, the benefit of Tuina as a therapy is not clear. We aimed to assess the e...

    Authors: Taoying Lu, Lingjia Yin, Ruoqing Chen, Huiyan Zhang, Jianxiong Cai, Meiling Li, Lin Dai, Conghao Zhu, Yongping Zhang, Feng Xiang, Li Wang, Lu Li, Lixin Wang and Darong Wu

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:4

    Content type: Research

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  19. Medical students face significant stressors related to the intense rigors of their training and education. Accurate measurement of their stress is important to quickly identify, characterize and ameliorate th...

    Authors: Matthew J. Mosquera, Aaron Kaat, Melinda Ring, Gaurava Agarwal, Sydney Glickson and David Victorson

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:2

    Content type: Research

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  20. In a context where there is no treatment for the current COVID-19 virus, the combination of self-care behaviours together with confinement, are strategies to decrease the risk of contagion and remain healthy. ...

    Authors: Martín Martínez, Elkin O. Luis, Edwin Yair Oliveros, Pablo Fernández-Berrocal, Ainize Sarrionandia, Marta Vidaurreta and Elena Bermejo-Martins

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2021 19:1

    Content type: Research

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  21. EQ-5D health state utilities (HSU) are commonly used in health economics to compute quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). The EQ-5D, which is country-specific, can be derived directly or by mapping from self-re...

    Authors: Christoph Paul Klapproth, J. van Bebber, C. J. Sidey-Gibbons, J. M. Valderas, A. Leplege, M. Rose and F. Fischer

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:389

    Content type: Research

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  22. The EQ-5D-5L, the EQ VAS, and the time trade-off (TTO) are commonly used to report and value health. Still, there is a need to better understand how these questionnaires and methods are perceived by the respon...

    Authors: Olivia Ernstsson, Kristina Burström, Emelie Heintz and Helle Mølsted Alvesson

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:388

    Content type: Research

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  23. Little is known about the impact of the global coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), the biggest global killer and major risk factor for severe COVID-19 in...

    Authors: Shir Lynn Lim, Kai Lee Woo, Eleanor Lim, Faclin Ng, Mark Y. Chan and Mihir Gandhi

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:387

    Content type: Research

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  25. Hypertension is a growing public health problem in China; however, little is known about health-related quality of life (HRQoL) especially health state utility (HSU) of patients with hypertension in rural Chin...

    Authors: Xiaohan Liu, Guannan Bai, Hui Li and Shunping Li

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:385

    Content type: Research

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  26. Dental and oral diseases can have negative impacts on children’s quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in the children aged 2–5 ...

    Authors: Masoumeh Abbasi-Shavazi, Elham Mansoorian, Sara Jambarsang, Amene Hosseini-Yekani and Vahid Rahmanian

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:384

    Content type: Research

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  27. There is a dearth of evidence regarding Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients undergoing oral anticoagulation therapy. Our objective was to describe HRQoL in...

    Authors: José Felipe Varona, José Miguel Seguí-Ripoll, Cristina Lozano-Duran, Luis Miguel Cuadrado-Gómez, Juan Bautista Montagud-Moncho, Antonio Ramos-Guerrero, José Carlos Mirete-Ferrer, Esther Donado and Javier García-Alegría

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:383

    Content type: Research

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  29. The minimum clinical important differences (MCIDs) of resilience instruments in patients with cancer have not been comprehensively described. This study was designed to evaluate MCIDs of 10-item and 25-item re...

    Authors: Zeng Jie Ye, Zhang Zhang, Ying Tang, Jian Liang, Xiao Ying Zhang, Guang Yun Hu, Zhe Sun, Mu Zi Liang and Yuan Liang Yu

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:381

    Content type: Research

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  31. Unknown is which response rate on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is needed to both obtain an accurate outcome and ensure generalizability in evaluating total hip arthroplasty (THA) procedures. Witho...

    Authors: Yvette Pronk, Walter van der Weegen, Rein Vos, Justus-Martijn Brinkman, Ronald Johannes van Heerwaarden and Peter Pilot

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:379

    Content type: Research

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  32. Depression is an important issue in the management of hypertension. However, little attention has been paid to addressing such aspects of psychological health among patients with hypertension. We aimed to esti...

    Authors: Haitao Li, Hui Xia, Shijian Yi and Lichang Rao

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:378

    Content type: Research

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  33. The Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) is a widely-used patient-reported outcomes measure in patients with heart disease. This study assesses the validity and reliability of the SAQ in a Canadian cohort of ind...

    Authors: Oluwaseyi A. Lawal, Oluwagbohunmi Awosoga, Maria J. Santana, Matthew T. James, Danielle A. Southern, Stephen B. Wilton, Michelle M. Graham, Merrill Knudtson, Mingshan Lu, Hude Quan, William A. Ghali, Colleen M. Norris and Tolulope Sajobi

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:377

    Content type: Research

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  34. Marfan syndrome, a rare hereditary connective tissue disorder caused by mutations in fibrillin-1, can affect many organ systems, especially the cardiovascular system. Previous research has paid less attention ...

    Authors: Thy Thy Vanem, Svend Rand-Hendriksen, Cathrine Brunborg, Odd Ragnar Geiran and Cecilie Røe

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:376

    Content type: Research

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  35. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the structural validity of the 20-item long-term conditions questionnaire (LTCQ) and to explore a potential short-form version of the scale using Rasch analysis.

    Authors: Laurie Batchelder, Diane Fox, Caroline M. Potter, Michele Peters, Karen Jones, Julien E. Forder and Ray Fitzpatrick

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:375

    Content type: Research

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  36. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most people had to cope with the restrictions of the lockdown, leaving them to their fears, insecurity and isolation. On the other hand, due to the unexpected ‘extra time’ there w...

    Authors: Arndt Büssing, Daniela Rodrigues Recchia, Rudolf Hein and Thomas Dienberg

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:374

    Content type: Research

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  37. Opioids addiction and misuse are among the major problems in the world today. There have been several preliminary studies examining the effect of methadone on depression among addicts, however, these studies h...

    Authors: Masoud Mohammadi, Mohsen Kazeminia, Nasrin Abdoli, Behnam Khaledipaveh, Shamarina Shohaimi, Nader Salari and Melika Hosseinian-Far

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:373

    Content type: Research

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  38. It has become increasingly important to measure the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of rare diseases in children and adolescents in recent decades. Much attention has been paid to investigate the HROoL ...

    Authors: Qisheng Gao, Shanshan Wang, Jianping Ren and Xin Wen

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:372

    Content type: Research

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  39. Quality of life is a basic goal of health and social care. The majority of people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) are cared for at home by family caregivers. It is important to recognize the factors t...

    Authors: Miriam Galvin, Tommy Gavin, Iain Mays, Mark Heverin and Orla Hardiman

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:371

    Content type: Research

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  40. Perianal fistulas are a challenging manifestation of Crohn’s disease. Best medical and surgical therapy results in only about a third of patients remaining in remission at one year on maintenance treatment and...

    Authors: Samuel O. Adegbola, Lesley Dibley, Kapil Sahnan, Tiffany Wade, Azmina Verjee, Rachel Sawyer, Sameer Mannick, Damian McCluskey, Nuha Yassin, Robin K. S. Phillips, Philip J. Tozer, Christine Norton and Ailsa L. Hart

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:370

    Content type: Research

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  41. People with cerebral palsy experience limitations in performing activities of daily living. Rehabilitation practitioners seek valid instruments to measure changes in the performance of those activities. The Pe...

    Authors: Maíra Ferreira Amaral, Rosana Ferreira Sampaio, Wendy Jane Coster, Mariana Peixoto Souza and Marisa Cotta Mancini

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:369

    Content type: Research

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  42. To assess the psychometric properties, including internal consistency, construct validity, criterion validity, criterion-group validity, and responsiveness, the Reviewed McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire (M...

    Authors: Paul Vicuña Serrano, Gerardo Beltran Serrano, Iraci L. S. Torres, Roberta Rossi Graudner and Wolnei Caumo

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:368

    Content type: Research

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  43. Early prelingual auditory development (EPLAD) is a fundamental and important process in the speech and language development of infants and toddlers. The Infant–Toddler Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (IT...

    Authors: Fengling Yang, Fei Zhao, Yun Zheng and Gang Li

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:367

    Content type: Research

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  44. In the context of tremendous progress in congenital cardiology, more attention has been given to patient-related outcomes, especially in assessing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with congen...

    Authors: Hamouda Abassi, Helena Huguet, Marie-Christine Picot, Marie Vincenti, Sophie Guillaumont, Annie Auer, Oscar Werner, Gregoire De La Villeon, Kathleen Lavastre, Arthur Gavotto, Pascal Auquier and Pascal Amedro

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:366

    Content type: Research

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  45. The Revised Short McGill Pain Questionnaire Version-2 (SF-MPQ-2) is a multidimensional outcome measure designed to capture, evaluate and discriminate pain from neuropathic and non-neuropathic sources. A recent...

    Authors: Samuel U. Jumbo, Joy C. MacDermid, Tara L. Packham, George S. Athwal and Kenneth J. Faber

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:365

    Content type: Research

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  46. This research presents a short version of the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale, one of the most frequently used questionnaires in the arena of applied healthcare investigation. It measures burnout (BO)...

    Authors: Laura Galiana, Amparo Oliver, Fernanda Arena, Gustavo De Simone, José M. Tomás, Gabriel Vidal-Blanco, Inmaculada Muñoz-Martínez and Noemí Sansó

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:364

    Content type: Research

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  47. Physical activity and exercise are among the most important, simplest, and cheapest approaches to anxiety treatment, especially for the elderly. Their positive effects on improvement of mental disorders in the...

    Authors: Mohsen Kazeminia, Nader Salari, Aliakbar Vaisi-Raygani, Rostam Jalali, Alireza Abdi, Masoud Mohammadi, Alireza Daneshkhah, Melika Hosseinian-Far and Shamarina Shohaimi

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:363

    Content type: Research

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  48. Evaluation of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is considered an important aspect of clinical assessment and health research. Chronic Otitis Media (COM) is related to the quality of life deterioration sub...

    Authors: Ana M. Otoya-Tono, Lucía C. Pérez-Herrera, Daniel Peñaranda, Sergio Moreno-López, Ricardo Sánchez-Pedraza, Juan Manuel García, John S. Phillips and Augusto Peñaranda

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:362

    Content type: Research

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  49. Economic disruption in East Germany at the time of reunification (1990) resulted in a noticeable increase in unemployment. The present study provides data from a German cohort for over 20 years. The aim was to...

    Authors: Ernst Peter Richter, Elmar Brähler, Yve Stöbel-Richter, Markus Zenger and Hendrik Berth

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:361

    Content type: Research

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  50. We compare the reliability and validity of the Short Form 36 (version 1, SF-36) and the Short Form 12 (version 1, SF-12) in adolescence, the period of life when a child develops into an adult, i.e., the period...

    Authors: Yanwei Lin, Yulan Yu, Jiayong Zeng, Xudong Zhao and Chonghua Wan

    Citation: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2020 18:360

    Content type: Research

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