Quality of Life Research

Does an informative video before inguinal hernia surgical repair influence postoperative quality of life? Results of a prospective randomized study
pp. 725-729(5)
Authors: Zieren, Juergen; Menenakos, Charalambos; Mueller, Joachim

Quality-of-life outcome after hallux valgus surgery
pp. 731-738(8)
Authors: Saro, Carlos; Jensen, Irene; Lindgren, Urban; Felländer-Tsai, Li

Effectiveness of a psycho-educational intervention for reducing burden in latin american families of patients with schizophrenia
pp. 739-747(9)
Authors: Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José; Caqueo-Urízar, Alejandra

The usefulness of the EQ-5D in differentiating among persons with major depressive episode and anxiety
pp. 749-754(6)
Authors: Supina, Alison; Johnson, Jeffrey; Patten, Scott; Williams, Jeanne; Maxwell, Colleen

Relation between level or change of hemoglobin and generic and disease-specific quality of life measures in hemodialysis
pp. 755-765(11)
Authors: Plantinga, Laura C.; Fink, Nancy E.; Jaar, Bernard G.; Huang, I-Chan; Wu, Albert W.; Meyer, Klemens B.; Powe, Neil R.

The OVIS study: health related quality of life measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 and -BR23 in German female patients with breast cancer from Schleswig-Holstein
pp. 767-776(10)
Authors: Waldmann, A.; Pritzkuleit, R.; Raspe, H.; Katalinic, A.

The relationship between gender, social support, and health-related quality of life in a community-based study in Washington County, Maryland
pp. 777-786(10)
Authors: Gallicchio, Lisa; Hoffman, Sandra; Helzlsouer, Kathy

Low level of quality of life in patients with mental and behavioral disorders wanting complementary and alternative (kampo) therapy
pp. 787-792(6)
Author: Yamada, Kazuo

Quality of life in couples living with Huntington's disease: the role of patients' and partners' illness perceptions
pp. 793-801(9)
Authors: Kaptein, A.; Scharloo, M.; Helder, D.; Snoei, L.; Kempen, G.; Weinman, J.; Houwelingen, J.; Roos, R.

Mode effects in the center for epidemiologic studies depression (CES-D) scale: personal digital assistant vs. paper and pencil administration
pp. 803-813(11)
Authors: Swartz, Richard; de Moor, Carl; Cook, Karon; Fouladi, Rachel; Basen-Engquist, Karen; Eng, Cathy; Carmack Taylor, Cindy

The mathematical relationship among different forms of responsiveness coefficients
pp. 815-822(8)
Authors: Norman, G.; Wyrwich, Kathleen; Patrick, Donald

Measuring social difficulties in routine patient-centred assessment: a Rasch analysis of the social difficulties inventory
pp. 823-831(9)
Authors: Smith, Adam; Wright, Penny; Selby, Peter; Velikova, Galina

Content comparison of health-related quality of life measures used in stroke based on the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF): a systematic review
pp. 833-851(19)
Authors: Geyh, S.; Cieza, A.; Kollerits, B.; Grimby, G.; Stucki, G.

Small-cell lung cancer patients are just `a little bit' tired: response shift and self-presentation in the measurement of fatigue
pp. 853-861(9)
Authors: Westerman, Marjan; The, Anne-Mei; Sprangers, Mirjam; Groen, Harry; Wal, Gerrit; Hak, Tony

Parent-proxy and child self-reported health-related quality of life: using qualitative methods to explain the discordance
pp. 863-871(9)
Authors: Davis, Elise; Nicolas, Caroline; Waters, Elizabeth; Cook, Kay; Gibbs, Lisa; Gosch, Angela; Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike

Translation, cultural adaptation, cross-validation of the Turkish diabetes quality-of-life (DQOL) measure
pp. 873-879(7)
Authors: Yildirim, Aysegul; Akinci, Fevzi; Gozu, Hulya; Sargin, Haluk; Orbay, Ekrem; Sargin, Mehmet

Field testing of a European quality of life instrument for children and adolescents with chronic conditions: the 37-item DISABKIDS Chronic Generic Module
pp. 881-893(13)
Authors: Simeoni, Marie-Claude; Schmidt, Silke; Muehlan, Holger; Debensason, David; Bullinger, Monika

Evaluating the discriminatory power of EQ-5D, HUI2 and HUI3 in a US general population survey using Shannon's indices
pp. 895-904(10)
Authors: Janssen, Mathieu; Birnie, Erwin; Bonsel, Gouke

Issues in conducting cross-cultural research: implementation of an agreed international protocol designed by the WHOQOL Group for the conduct of focus groups eliciting the quality of life of older adults
pp. 905-905(1)
Authors: Hawthorne, Graeme; Davidson, Natasha; Quinn, Kathryn; McCrate, Farah; Winkler, Ines; Lucas, Ramona; Kilian, Reinhold; Molzahn, Anita

Quality of life, health status and clinical outcomes in Type 2 diabetes patients
pp. 907-907(1)
Authors: Sundaram, Murali; Kavookjian, Jan; Patrick, Julie; Miller, Lesley-Ann; Madhavan, S.; Scott, Virginia (Ginger)

Health-related quality of life of firefighters and police officers 8.5 years after the air disaster in Amsterdam
pp. 909-909(1)
Authors: Slottje, Pauline; Twisk, Jos; Smidt, Nynke; Huizink, Anja; Witteveen, Anke; Mechelen, Willem; Smid, Tjabe

Factor analysis techniques for assessing sufficient unidimensionality of cancer related fatigue
pp. 911-911(1)
Authors: Lai, Jin-Shei; Crane, Paul; Cella, David

Health-related quality of life among disease-free stomach cancer survivors in Korea
pp. 913-913(1)
Authors: Bae, Jae-Moon; Kim, Sung; Kim, Young-Woo; Ryu, Keun; Lee, Jun; Noh, Jae-Hyung; Sohn, Tae-Sung; Hong, Seong-Kweon; Park, Sang; You, Chang; Kim, Jung; Lee, Myung; Yun, Young