| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveLetters to the Editor Discrimination and reliability: Equal partners? Geoffrey R Norman Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 81. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-81.PMCID: PMC2582029 Understanding the role of discriminative instruments in HRQoL research: can Ferguson's Delta help? Kathleen W Wyrwich Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 82. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-82.PMCID: PMC2576172 Discrimination and reliability: equal partners? Understanding the role of discriminative instruments in HRQoL research: can Ferguson's Delta help? A response Matthew Hankins Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 83. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-83.PMCID: PMC2576173 Research The burden of multiple sclerosis: A community health survey C Allyson Jones, Sheri L Pohar, Sharon Warren, Karen VL Turpin, and Kenneth G Warren Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 1. Published online 2008 January 7. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-1.PMCID: PMC2265263 Cross-cultural adaptation of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11–14 (CPQ11–14) for the Brazilian Portuguese language Daniela Goursand, Saul M Paiva, Patrícia M Zarzar, Maria L Ramos-Jorge, Gianfilippo M Cornacchia, Isabela A Pordeus, and Paul J Allison Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 2. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-2.PMCID: PMC2246108 Development and validation of the WEll-being and Satisfaction of CAREgivers of Children with Diabetes Questionnaire (WE-CARE) Joseph C Cappelleri, Robert A Gerber, Teresa Quattrin, Rosemarie Deutschmann, Xuemei Luo, Robert Arbuckle, and Linda Abetz Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 3. Published online 2008 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-3.PMCID: PMC2262877 Emotional and rational disease acceptance in patients with depression and alcohol addiction Arndt Büssing, Peter F Matthiessen, and Götz Mundle Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 4. Published online 2008 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-4.PMCID: PMC2262062 Development and validation of the Brazilian version of the Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire (AAQ): An example of merging classical psychometric theory and the Rasch measurement model Eduardo Chachamovich, Marcelo P Fleck, Clarissa M Trentini, Ken Laidlaw, and Mick J Power Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 5. Published online 2008 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-5.PMCID: PMC2262063 Measuring the impact of health problems among adults with limited mobility in Thailand: further validation of the Perceived Impact of Problem Profile RoseAnne Misajon, Julie F Pallant, Lenore Manderson, and Siriporn Chirawatkul Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 6. Published online 2008 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-6.PMCID: PMC2245913 Measurement properties of the Brazilian version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL™) cancer module scale Ana C Scarpelli, Saul M Paiva, Isabela A Pordeus, Maria L Ramos-Jorge, James W Varni, and Paul J Allison Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 7. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-7.PMCID: PMC2266904 Disability and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia Jeanine A Verbunt, Dia HFM Pernot, and Rob JEM Smeets Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 8. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-8.PMCID: PMC2265693 Validation of a French language version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) Shanshan Li, Jacques Veronneau, and Paul J Allison Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 9. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-9.PMCID: PMC2245912 Patient-reported benefit of ReSTOR® multi-focal intraocular lenses after cataract surgery: Results of Principal Component Analysis on clinical trial data Gilles Berdeaux, Muriel Viala, Aude Roborel de Climens, and Benoit Arnould Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 10. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-10.PMCID: PMC2268918 Comparing the SF-12 and SF-36 health status questionnaires in patients with and without obesity Christina C Wee, Roger B Davis, and Mary Beth Hamel Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 11. Published online 2008 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-11.PMCID: PMC2270807 Reliability and validity of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) and Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in dyspepsia: A six-country study Károly R Kulich, Ahmed Madisch, Franco Pacini, Jose M Piqué, Jaroslaw Regula, Christo J Van Rensburg, László Újszászy, Jonas Carlsson, Katarina Halling, and Ingela K Wiklund Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 12. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-12.PMCID: PMC2276197 Impact of chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) on health-related quality of life: a conceptual model starting with the patient perspective Susan D Mathias, Sue K Gao, Kimberly L Miller, David Cella, Claire Snyder, Ralph Turner, Albert Wu, James B Bussel, James N George, Robert McMillan, Diane Kholos Wysocki, and Janet L Nichol Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 13. Published online 2008 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-13.PMCID: PMC2275726 A randomised comparison of a four- and a five-point scale version of the Norwegian Function Assessment Scale Nina Østerås, Pål Gulbrandsen, Andrew Garratt, Jūratë Šaltytë Benth, Fredrik A Dahl, Bård Natvig, and Søren Brage Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 14. Published online 2008 February 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-14.PMCID: PMC2276196 Comparing a disease-specific and a generic health-related quality of life instrument in subjects with asthma from the general population Milo A Puhan, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Pierre-Olivier Bridevaux, Christian Schindler, Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich, Thierry Rochat, and Margaret W Gerbase Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 15. Published online 2008 February 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-15.PMCID: PMC2279107 The Dutch version of the knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score: A validation study Ingrid B de Groot, Marein M Favejee, Max Reijman, Jan AN Verhaar, and Caroline B Terwee Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 16. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-16.PMCID: PMC2289810 A Korean version of the Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) scale in elderly populations: Validity, reliability and prevalence Se-Hwan Jung, Jae-In Ryu, Georgios Tsakos, and Aubrey Sheiham Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 17. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-17.PMCID: PMC2291037 EQ-5D visual analog scale and utility index values in individuals with diabetes and at risk for diabetes: Findings from the Study to Help Improve Early evaluation and management of risk factors Leading to Diabetes (SHIELD) Susan Grandy and Kathleen M Fox Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 18. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-18.PMCID: PMC2266905 Development of a parent version of the Manchester-Minneapolis quality of life survey for use by parents and carers of UK children: MMQL-UK (PF) Hayley A Hutchings, Penney Upton, Wai-Yee Cheung, Alison Maddocks, Christine Eiser, John G Williams, Ian T Russell, Sonia Jackson, and Meriel EM Jenney Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 19. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-19.PMCID: PMC2270806 Beyond satisfaction: Using the Dynamics of Care assessment to better understand patients' experiences in care Bruce Rapkin, Elisa Weiss, Rosy Chhabra, Laura Ryniker, Shilpa Patel, Jason Carness, Roberto Adsuar, Wendy Kahalas, Carol DeLeMarter, Ira Feldman, Judy DeLorenzo, and Ellen Tanner Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 20. Published online 2008 March 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-20.PMCID: PMC2323370 Quality of life in children three and nine months after discharge from a paediatric intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study Hendrika Knoester, Madelon B Bronner, Albert P Bos, and Martha A Grootenhuis Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 21. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-21.PMCID: PMC2292170 Some psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale with cross validation Siyang Yuan, Ruth Freeman, Satu Lahti, Ffion Lloyd-Williams, and Gerry Humphris Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 22. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-22.PMCID: PMC2289811 Validation of an Estonian version of the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) Ülle Krikmann, Pille Taba, Taavi Lai, and Toomas Asser Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 23. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-23.PMCID: PMC2335093 Predictors of quality of life: A quantitative investigation of the stress-coping model in children with asthma Yvette Peeters, Sandra N Boersma, and Hendrik M Koopman Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 24. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-24.PMCID: PMC2330024 Evaluation of quality of life and description of the sociodemographic state in adolescent and young adult patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) Eva Simon, Martin Schwarz, Judith Roos, Nico Dragano, Max Geraedts, Johannes Siegrist, Gudrun Kamp, and Udo Wendel Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 25. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-25.PMCID: PMC2329607 Validation of an individualised quality of life measure in older day hospital patients Miles D Witham, Roberta L Fulton, Lucy Wilson, Carolyn A Leslie, and Marion ET McMurdo Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 27. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-27.PMCID: PMC2373778 Development and validation of an Eating Disorders Symptom Impact Scale (EDSIS) for carers of people with eating disorders Ana R Sepulveda, Jenna Whitney, Matthew Hankins, and Janet Treasure Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 28. Published online 2008 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-28.PMCID: PMC2365933 Prevalence of and factors influencing posttraumatic stress disorder among mothers of children under five in Kabul, Afghanistan, after decades of armed conflicts Kaoruko Seino, Takehito Takano, Taufiq Mashal, Shafiqullah Hemat, and Keiko Nakamura Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 29. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-29.PMCID: PMC2374772 Do quality of life, participation and environment of older adults differ according to level of activity? Mélanie Levasseur, Johanne Desrosiers, and Denise St-Cyr Tribble Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 30. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-30.PMCID: PMC2412860 The Reflux Disease Questionnaire: a measure for assessment of treatment response in clinical trials Michael Shaw, John Dent, Timothy Beebe, Ola Junghard, Ingela Wiklund, Tore Lind, and Folke Johnsson Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 31. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-31.PMCID: PMC2390523 Validation of the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy specific health related quality of life questionnaire Anaïs Lacasse and Anick Bérard Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 32. Published online 2008 May 9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-32.PMCID: PMC2396154 Characterizing the burden of premature ejaculation from a patient and partner perspective: a multi-country qualitative analysis Dennis Revicki, Kellee Howard, Jennifer Hanlon, Sally Mannix, Alison Greene, and Margaret Rothman Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 33. Published online 2008 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-33.PMCID: PMC2390524 Quality of Life as reported by school children and their parents: a cross-sectional survey Thomas Jozefiak, Bo Larsson, Lars Wichstrøm, Fritz Mattejat, and Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 34. Published online 2008 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-34.PMCID: PMC2409303 The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™) family impact module: reliability and validity of the Brazilian version Ana C Scarpelli, Saul M Paiva, Isabela A Pordeus, James W Varni, Cláudia M Viegas, and Paul J Allison Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 35. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-35.PMCID: PMC2412859 Development and preliminary evaluation of the participation in life activities scale for children and adolescents with asthma: an instrument development study Eileen K Kintner Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 37. Published online 2008 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-37.PMCID: PMC2429900 Associations between disease severity, coping and dimensions of health-related quality of life in patients admitted for elective coronary angiography – a cross sectional study Bjørg Ulvik, Ottar Nygård, Berit R Hanestad, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, and Astrid K Wahl Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 38. Published online 2008 May 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-38.PMCID: PMC2414820 Development and validation of a Greek language version of the Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index Patricia Kaoulla, Nicoletta Frescos, and Hylton B Menz Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 39. Published online 2008 June 1. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-39.PMCID: PMC2430552 Comparison of the self-administered and interviewer-administered modes of the child-OIDP Georgios Tsakos, Eduardo Bernabé, Kevin O'Brien, Aubrey Sheiham, and Cesar de Oliveira Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 40. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-40.PMCID: PMC2424040 Validation of the Korean version of the pediatric quality of life inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™) generic core scales in school children and adolescents using the rasch model Seung Hee Kook and James W Varni Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 41. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-41.PMCID: PMC2459148 Caregiver assessment of patients with advanced cancer: concordance with patients, effect of burden and positivity Irene J Higginson and Wei Gao Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 42. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-42.PMCID: PMC2435233 Reliability and construct validity of the Participation in Life Activities Scale for children and adolescents with asthma: an instrument evaluation study Eileen K Kintner and Alla Sikorskii Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 43. Published online 2008 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-43.PMCID: PMC2438344 Enhancing quality of life in older adults: A comparison of muscular strength and power training Jeffrey A Katula, W Jack Rejeski, and Anthony P Marsh Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 45. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-45.PMCID: PMC2443114 The minimal important difference of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Milo A Puhan, Martin Frey, Stefan Büchi, and Holger J Schünemann Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 46. Published online 2008 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-46.PMCID: PMC2459149 Cross-diagnostic validity of the Nottingham health profile index of distress (NHPD) Christine Wann-Hansson, Rosemarie Klevsgård, and Peter Hagell Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 47. Published online 2008 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-47.PMCID: PMC2483964 Development of the Knee Quality of Life (KQoL-26) 26-item questionnaire: data quality, reliability, validity and responsiveness Andrew M Garratt, Stephen Brealey, Michael Robling, Chris Atwell, Ian Russell, William Gillespie, David King, and the DAMASK Trial Team Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 48. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-48.PMCID: PMC2488333 Patterns of health-related quality of life and patterns associated with health risks among Rhode Island adults Yongwen Jiang and Jana Earl Hesser Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 49. Published online 2008 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-49.PMCID: PMC2481258 Satisfaction of inpatients with acute coronary syndrome in Bulgaria Milka Ganova-Iolovska, Krassimir Kalinov, and Max Geraedts Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 50. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-50.PMCID: PMC2499995 Do estimates of cost-utility based on the EQ-5D differ from those based on the mapping of utility scores? Garry R Barton, Tracey H Sach, Claire Jenkinson, Anthony J Avery, Michael Doherty, and Kenneth R Muir Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 51. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-51.PMCID: PMC2490675 Thai SF-36 health survey: tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability and validity in healthy men and women Lynette L-Y Lim, Sam-ang Seubsman, and Adrian Sleigh Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 52. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-52.PMCID: PMC2515296 Gastrointestinal (GI)-Specific patient reported outcomes instruments differentiate between renal transplant patients with or without GI symptoms: results from a South American cohort Gerardo Machnicki, Jacqueline Pefaur, Luis Gaite, Ana M Linchenco, Clemente Raimondi, Ruben Schiavelli, Alcira Otero, and Mary Kay Margolis Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 53. Published online 2008 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-53.PMCID: PMC2499997 Social aspects of living with rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative descriptive study in Soweto, South Africa – a low resource context Marguerite Schneider, Esther Manabile, and Mohammed Tikly Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 54. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-54.PMCID: PMC2499996 Magnitude and meaningfulness of change in SF-36 scores in four types of orthopedic surgery Lucy Busija, Richard H Osborne, Anna Nilsdotter, Rachelle Buchbinder, and Ewa M Roos Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 55. Published online 2008 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-55.PMCID: PMC2527304 Indoors illumination and seasonal changes in mood and behavior are associated with the health-related quality of life Sharon Grimaldi, Timo Partonen, Samuli I Saarni, Arpo Aromaa, and Jouko Lönnqvist Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 56. Published online 2008 August 1. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-56.PMCID: PMC2527305 Simple imputation methods were inadequate for missing not at random (MNAR) quality of life data Shona Fielding, Peter M Fayers, Alison McDonald, Gladys McPherson, Marion K Campbell, and the RECORD study group Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 57. Published online 2008 August 4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-57.PMCID: PMC2531086 The Cervical Dystonia Impact Profile (CDIP-58): Can a Rasch developed patient reported outcome measure satisfy traditional psychometric criteria? Stefan J Cano, Thomas T Warner, Alan J Thompson, Kailash P Bhatia, Ray Fitzpatrick, and Jeremy C Hobart Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 58. Published online 2008 August 6. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-58.PMCID: PMC2538506 Initial validation of the Argentinean Spanish version of the PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales in children and adolescents with chronic diseases: acceptability and comprehensibility in low-income settings Mariana Roizen, Susana Rodríguez, Gabriela Bauer, Gabriela Medin, Silvina Bevilacqua, James W Varni, and Veronica Dussel Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 59. Published online 2008 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-59.PMCID: PMC2533649 Quality of life among adolescents with sickle cell disease: Mediation of pain by internalizing symptoms and parenting stress Lamia P Barakat, Chavis A Patterson, Lauren C Daniel, and Carlton Dampier Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 60. Published online 2008 August 9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-60.PMCID: PMC2526071 Integration of immigrants into a new culture is related to poor sleep quality Ursula Voss and Inka Tuin Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 61. Published online 2008 August 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-61.PMCID: PMC2518135 Conceptual adequacy of the neuropathic pain symptom inventory in six countries Bruce Crawford, Didier Bouhassira, Audrey Wong, and Ellen Dukes Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 62. Published online 2008 August 18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-62.PMCID: PMC2531087 The de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI): An essential health index for an ageing world Natalie A de Morton, Megan Davidson, and Jennifer L Keating Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 63. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-63.PMCID: PMC2551589 Comparison of the discriminative ability of a generic and a condition-specific OHRQoL measure in adolescents with and without normative need for orthodontic treatment Eduardo Bernabé, Cesar M de Oliveira, and Aubrey Sheiham Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 64. Published online 2008 August 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-64.PMCID: PMC2533301 Development and validation of a preference based measure derived from the Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR) for use in cost utility analyses Stephen P McKenna, Julie Ratcliffe, David M Meads, and John E Brazier Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 65. Published online 2008 August 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-65.PMCID: PMC2546377 Predictors of health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer Kathleen J Yost, Elizabeth A Hahn, Alan M Zaslavsky, John Z Ayanian, and Dee W West Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 66. Published online 2008 August 25. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-66.PMCID: PMC2538505 Effects of glatiramer acetate on fatigue and days of absence from work in first-time treated relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis Tjalf Ziemssen, Josef Hoffman, Rainer Apfel, and Simone Kern Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 67. Published online 2008 September 5. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-67.PMCID: PMC2542355 Child-OIDP index in Brazil: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation Rodolfo AL Castro, Maria IS Cortes, Anna T Leão, Margareth C Portela, Ivete PR Souza, Georgios Tsakos, Wagner Marcenes, and Aubrey Sheiham Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 68. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-68.PMCID: PMC2553067 Identification of symptom domains in ulcerative colitis that occur frequently during flares and are responsive to changes in disease activity Joel C Joyce, Akbar K Waljee, Tahira Khan, Patricia A Wren, Maneesh Dave, Ellen M Zimmermann, Sijian Wang, Ji Zhu, and Peter DR Higgins Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 69. Published online 2008 September 20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-69.PMCID: PMC2559827 Life satisfaction in patients with long-term non-malignant pain – relating LiSat-11 to the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) Annika J Silvemark, Håkan Källmén, Kamilla Portala, and Carl Molander Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 70. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-70.PMCID: PMC2564919 A comparison of EQ-5D index scores using the UK, US, and Japan preference weights in a Thai sample with type 2 diabetes Phantipa Sakthong, Rungpetch Charoenvisuthiwongs, and Rossamalin Shabunthom Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 71. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-71.PMCID: PMC2559828 Improvement of quality of life, anxiety and depression after surgery in patients with stress urinary incontinence: Results of a longitudinal short-term follow-up Petra C Innerkofler, Verena Guenther, Peter Rehder, Martin Kopp, Dominic P Nguyen-Van-Tam, Johannes M Giesinger, and Bernhard Holzner Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 72. Published online 2008 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-72.PMCID: PMC2569009 Utility values for symptomatic non-severe hypoglycaemia elicited from persons with and without diabetes in Canada and the United Kingdom Adrian R Levy, Torsten LU Christensen, and Jeffrey A Johnson Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 73. Published online 2008 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-73.PMCID: PMC2567965 Patient satisfaction with primary care: an observational study comparing anthroposophic and conventional care Barbara M Esch, Florica Marian, André Busato, and Peter Heusser Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 74. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-74.PMCID: PMC2570361 Adalimumab improves health-related quality of life in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis compared with the United States general population norms: Results from a randomized, controlled Phase III study Dennis A Revicki, Alan Menter, Steven Feldman, Miriam Kimel, Neesha Harnam, and Mary K Willian Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 75. Published online 2008 October 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-75.PMCID: PMC2579425 Exploring disability from the perspective of adults living with HIV/AIDS: Development of a conceptual framework Kelly K O'Brien, Ahmed M Bayoumi, Carol Strike, Nancy L Young, and Aileen M Davis Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 76. Published online 2008 October 4. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-76.PMCID: PMC2572592 Body mass index and health related quality of life in elementary school children: a pilot study Lei Zhang, Peter J Fos, William D Johnson, Vafa Kamali, Reagan G Cox, Miguel A Zuniga, and Theresa Kittle Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 77. Published online 2008 October 9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-77.PMCID: PMC2576174 The relationship between anxiety, coping strategies and characteristics of patients with diabetes Tarik Tuncay, Ilgen Musabak, Deniz Engin Gok, and Mustafa Kutlu Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 79. Published online 2008 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-79.PMCID: PMC2572593 Patient experiences with oily skin: The qualitative development of content for two new patient reported outcome questionnaires Robert Arbuckle, Mark J Atkinson, Marci Clark, Linda Abetz, Jan Lohs, Ilka Kuhagen, Jane Harness, Zoe Draelos, Diane Thiboutot, Ulrike Blume-Peytavi, and Kati Copley-Merriman Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 80. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-80.PMCID: PMC2577631 Health state utilities for non small cell lung cancer Beenish Nafees, Megan Stafford, Sonia Gavriel, Shkun Bhalla, and Jessamy Watkins Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 84. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-84.PMCID: PMC2579282 Sense of coherence as a resource in relation to health-related quality of life among mentally intact nursing home residents – a questionnaire study Jorunn Drageset, Harald A Nygaard, Geir Egil Eide, Margareth Bondevik, Monica W Nortvedt, and Gerd Karin Natvig Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 85. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-85.PMCID: PMC2607268 Validity and internal consistency of a Hausa version of the Ibadan knee/hip osteoarthritis outcome measure Adesola C Odole and Aderonke O Akinpelu Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 86. Published online 2008 October 22. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-86.PMCID: PMC2582225 Evaluating the reliability, validity and minimally important difference of the Taiwanese version of the diabetes quality of life (DQOL) measurement I-Chan Huang, Jung-Hua Liu, Albert W Wu, Ming-Yen Wu, Walter Leite, and Chyng-Chuang Hwang Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 87. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-87.PMCID: PMC2603003 Outcomes of adding second hypoglycemic drug after metformin monotherapy failure among type 2 diabetes in Hungary György Jermendy, the Hungarian RECAP Group, Diana Erdesz, Laszlo Nagy, Don Yin, Hemant Phatak, Sudeep Karve, Samuel Engel, and Rajesh Balkrishnan Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 88. Published online 2008 October 31. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-88.PMCID: PMC2600631 Is global quality of life reduced before fracture in patients with low-energy wrist or hip fracture? A comparison with matched controls Gudrun Rohde, Glenn Haugeberg, Anne Marit Mengshoel, Torbjorn Moum, and Astrid K Wahl Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 90. Published online 2008 November 3. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-90.PMCID: PMC2613869 Quality of life among parents of children with heart disease Mostafa A Arafa, Salah R Zaher, Amira A El-Dowaty, and Dalia E Moneeb Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 91. Published online 2008 November 3. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-91.PMCID: PMC2590598 Onset and persistence of person-perceived participation restriction in older adults: a 3-year follow-up study in the general population Ross Wilkie, Elaine Thomas, Sara Mottram, George Peat, and Peter Croft Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 92. 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Published online 2008 November 7. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-95.PMCID: PMC2613376 Health-related quality of life assessment in Indonesian childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia Mei N Sitaresmi, Saskia Mostert, Chad M Gundy, Sutaryo, and Anjo JP Veerman Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 96. Published online 2008 November 9. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-96.PMCID: PMC2613134 Logistic feasibility of health related quality of life measurement in clinical practice: results of a prospective study in a large population of chronic liver patients Jolie J Gutteling, Jan JV Busschbach, Robert A de Man, and Anne-Sophie E Darlington Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 97. Published online 2008 November 10. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-97.PMCID: PMC2621146 The responsiveness of the uterine fibroid symptom and health-related quality of life questionnaire (UFS-QOL) Gale Harding, Karin S Coyne, Christine L Thompson, and James B Spies Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 99. Published online 2008 November 12. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-99.PMCID: PMC2603004 Fatigue characteristics in multiple sclerosis: the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) survey Olympia Hadjimichael, Timothy Vollmer, and MerriKay Oleen-Burkey Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 100. Published online 2008 November 14. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-100.PMCID: PMC2596785 Impact of a child with congenital anomalies on parents (ICCAP) questionnaire; a psychometric analysis Petra Mazer, Saskia J Gischler, Hans M Koot, Dick Tibboel, Monique van Dijk, and Hugo J Duivenvoorden Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 102. Published online 2008 November 23. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-102.PMCID: PMC2607266 Impact of schizophrenia and schizophrenia treatment-related adverse events on quality of life: direct utility elicitation Andrew Briggs, Diane Wild, Michael Lees, Matthew Reaney, Serdar Dursun, David Parry, and Jayanti Mukherjee Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 105. Published online 2008 November 28. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-105.PMCID: PMC2613374 The reliability and validity of the SF-8 with a conflict-affected population in northern Uganda Bayard Roberts, John Browne, Kaducu Felix Ocaka, Thomas Oyok, and Egbert Sondorp Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 108. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-108.PMCID: PMC2612648 Change in patient concerns following total knee arthroplasty described with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: a repeated measures design Ravi Rastogi, Bert M Chesworth, and Aileen M Davis Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 112. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-112.PMCID: PMC2614963 Reviews Voice restoration following total laryngectomy by tracheoesophageal prosthesis: Effect on patients' quality of life and voice handicap in Jordan Abdelrahim Y Attieh, Jeff Searl, Nada H Shahaltough, Mahmoud M Wreikat, and Donna S Lundy Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 26. Published online 2008 March 28. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-26.PMCID: PMC2322960 How discriminating are discriminative instruments? Matthew Hankins Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 36. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-36.PMCID: PMC2430950 A systematic review of mobility instruments and their measurement properties for older acute medical patients Natalie A de Morton, David J Berlowitz, and Jennifer L Keating Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 44. Published online 2008 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-44.PMCID: PMC2430553 Development and validation of a French patient-based health-related quality of life instrument in kidney transplant: the ReTransQoL Stéphanie Gentile, Elisabeth Jouve, Bertrand Dussol, Valerie Moal, Yvon Berland, and Roland Sambuc Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 78. Published online 2008 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-78.PMCID: PMC2577632 Reflections on changeability versus stability of health-related quality of life: distinguishing between its environmental and genetic components Mirjam AG Sprangers and Carolyn E Schwartz Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008; 6: 89. 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