Factors affecting the quality of life after ischemic stroke in young adults: a scoping review
To synthesize the body of knowledge on the factors influencing the quality of life (QoL) after ischemic stroke (IS) in young adults. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Elena Gurkov á, Lenka Štureková, Petra Mandysová and Daniel Šaňák Tags: Review Source Type: research

Impacts of the preceding cancer-specific health-related quality of life instruments on the responses to the subsequent EQ-5D-5L
In clinical studies, the EQ-5D-5L is often employed with disease-specific health-related quality of life instruments. The questions in the former are more general than the latter; however, it is known that res... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shoki Izumi, Yasuhiro Hagiwara, Yutaka Matsuyama, Takeru Shiroiwa, Naruto Taira, Takuya Kawahara, Keiko Konomura, Shinichi Noto, Takashi Fukuda and Kojiro Shimozuma Tags: Research Source Type: research

Implementing electronic patient reported outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease: patient participation, score reliability and validity
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are recommended for assessing patient-centered outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The main aims were to assess the level of participation in an electronic P... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniel Deutscher, Clara Weil, Gabriel Chodick, Sveta Tsukinovsky, Keith Bodger, Matti Waterman and Revital Kariv Tags: Research Source Type: research

Preference heterogeneity in health valuation: a latent class analysis of the Peru EQ-5D-5L values
Preference heterogeneity in health valuation has become a topic of greater discussion among health technology assessment agencies. To better understand heterogeneity within a national population, valuation stu... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Suzana Karim, Benjamin Matthew Craig, Romina Arely Tejada and Federico Augustovski Tags: Research Source Type: research

Validation and reliability of the Dutch version of the EORTC QLQ-BLM30 module for assessing the health-related quality of life of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer
Quality of Life (QoL) of bladder cancer patients has been largely neglected. This is partly due to the lack of well-validated QoL questionnaires. The aim of this study is to examine the structural validity, re... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: T. M. Ripping, E. Rammant, J. A. Witjes, N. K. Aaronson, M. van Hemelrijck, L. M. C. van Hoogstraten, L. A. Kiemeney and K. K. H. Aben Tags: Research Source Type: research

Evaluating fatigue in patients recovering from COVID-19: validation of the fatigue severity scale and single item screening questions
The objective of thi... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hiten Naik, Selena Shao, Karen C. Tran, Alyson W. Wong, James A. Russell, Esther Khor, Luis Nacul, R. Jane McKay, Christopher Carlsten, Christopher J. Ryerson and Adeera Levin Tags: Research Source Type: research

The impact of age on health utility values for older women with early-stage breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-regression
An increasing number of postmenopausal women are diagnosed with breast cancer at an older age ( ≥ 70 years). There is a lack of synthesised health utility data to support decision-making for managing breast can... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 23, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yubo Wang, Sean P. Gavan, Douglas Steinke, Kwok-Leung Cheung and Li-Chia Chen Tags: Review Source Type: research

Estimating a social value set for EQ-5D-5L in Sweden
The study aims to elicit a value set based on the EQ-VT for the EQ-5D-5L that can be used to support decision-making in Sweden. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 23, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sun Sun, Ling-Hsiang Chuang, Klas-G öran Sahlén, Lars Lindholm and Fredrik Norström Tags: Research Source Type: research

Symptom clusters and impact on quality of life in esophageal cancer patients
This study aimed to identify symptom clusters and explore which SCs independently affect the quality of life (... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 23, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yanli Wang, Zhongfei Xie, Yuxia Liu, Jianing Wang, Zhijun Liu and Sihan Li Tags: Research Source Type: research

Factors associated with health-related quality of life among home-dwelling older adults aged 75 or older in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study
HRQoL is an indicator of individuals ’ perception of their overall health, including social and environmental aspects. As a multidimensional concept, HRQoL can be influenced by a multitude of factors. Studies o... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Flaka Siqeca, Olivia Yip, Maria Jos é Mendieta, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Andreas Zeller, Sabina De Geest, Franziska Zúñiga, Samuel Stenz, Matthias Briel, Carlos Quinto, Eva Blozik, Mieke Deschodt, Katrina Obas and Suzanne Dhaini Tags: Research Source Type: research

The impact of sulfur mustard on quality of life and mental health in Kurdish survivors in Sweden, thirty years after exposure
The Iraqi state used chemical warfare agents (CWAs) like sulfur mustard (SM) in al-Anfal genocide in the present-day Kurdistan Region of Iraq. In addition to somatic injuries, exposure to CWAs causes biopsycho... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Faraidoun Moradi, Fazil Moradi, Ying Li, Anna-Carin Olin and Bledar Daka Tags: Research Source Type: research

Obtaining EQ-5D-3L utility index from the health status scale of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM-HSS) based on a mapping study
Almost all traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) quality of life measures are non-preference-based measures (non-PBMs), which do not provide utilities for cost-utility analysis in pharmacoeconomic evaluation. Whe... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Li Wang, Yuqiong Lu, Zhanjing Dai, Penghua Shi, Jiayi Xu, Feng Chang and Yun Lu Tags: Research Source Type: research

Self-care time and rating of health state in persons with diabetes: results from the population-based KORA survey in Germany
The amount of empirical research on whether people in fact include health-related changes in leisure time into health state valuations is limited and the results are inconclusive. In this exploratory study, we... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Andrea Icks, Simon St öbel, Barbara Thorand, Rolf Holle, Michael Laxy, Michaela Schunk, Anja Neumann, Jürgen Wasem, Veronika Gontscharuk and Nadja Chernyak Tags: Research Source Type: research

The relationship between stress and health-related quality of life and the mediating role of self-efficacy in Norwegian adolescents: a cross-sectional study
During the transitional phase from childhood to adulthood, adolescents encounter many changes and challenges. Stress is associated with reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents and, thus, ... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 9, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Erik Grasaas, Siv Skarstein, Hilde Timenes Mikkelsen, Milada Cvancarova Sm åstuen, Gudrun Rohde, Sølvi Helseth and Kristin Haraldstad Tags: Research Source Type: research

Dimensionality, psychometric properties, and population-based norms of the Turkish version of the Chalder Fatigue Scale among adults
Fatigue is emerging as a major public health problem that is highly associated with poor health-related quality of life and disability. Among adults, fatigue has become increasingly common because of workload ... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - December 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: R ıdvan M. Adın, Ali Naim Ceren, Yeliz Salcı, Ayla Fil Balkan, Kadriye Armutlu and Çiğdem Ayhan Kuru Tags: Research Source Type: research