Time and gender measurement invariance in the modified Calderon depression scale
Assessing change and comparing groups requires high quality and invariant scales. However, there is limited evidence of simultaneous longitudinal and gender measurement invariance for depression scales. This evid... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 25, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Erika Arenas, Graciela Teruel and Pablo Gait án-Rossi Tags: Research Source Type: research

Does the relative importance of the OxCAP-MH ’s capability items differ according to mental ill-health experience?
This study aimed to explore the relative pre... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Timea Mariann Helter, Alexander Kaltenboeck, Josef Baumgartner, Franz Mayrhofer, Georg Heinze, Andreas S önnichsen, Johannes Wancata and Judit Simon Tags: Research Source Type: research

Mapping the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) to SF-6Dv2 in Chinese patients with heart failure
Mapping the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) to SF-6Dv2 in Chinese patients with chronic heart failure, and to obtain the health utility value for health economic assessment. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jianni Cong, Yanbo Zhu, Jinhang Du, Lin Lin, Yuan He, Qian Zhang, Tan Ooh Chye, Xiaoying Lv, Wenqiong Liu, Xinrui Wu, Fanghui Ma, Xinyuan Zhao, Yuqiong Li and Liqun Long Tags: Research Source Type: research

Comparison of the measurement properties of SF-6Dv2 and EQ-5D-5L in a Chinese population health survey
SF-6Dv2, the latest version of SF-6D, has been developed recently, and its measurement properties remain to be evaluated and compared with the EQ-5D-5L. The aim of this study was to assess and compare the meas... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shitong Xie, Dingyao Wang, Jing Wu, Chunyu Liu and Wenchen Jiang Tags: Research Source Type: research

The FACT-8D, a new cancer-specific utility algorithm based on the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapies-General (FACT-G): a Canadian valuation study
Utility instruments are used to assess patients ’ health-related quality of life for cost-utility analysis (CUA). However, for cancer patients, the dimensions of generic utility instruments may not capture all ... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Helen McTaggart-Cowan, Madeleine T. King, Richard Norman, Daniel S. J. Costa, A. Simon Pickard, Rosalie Viney and Stuart J. Peacock Tags: Research Source Type: research

Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System adult profile-57 (PROMIS-57)
This study ai... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tingting Cai, Fulei Wu, Qingmei Huang, Chunfang Yu, Yang Yang, Feixia Ni and Changrong Yuan Tags: Research Source Type: research

Preliminary evaluation of the Chinese version of the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system 29-item profile in patients with aortic dissection
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System 29-item Profile (PROMIS-29) has been widely used to measure health outcomes from the patient ’s perspective. It has not been validated in adults with... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wanbing Huang, Qiansheng Wu, Yufen Zhang, Chong Tian, Haishan Huang, Sufang Huang, Yanrong Zhou, Jing He and Hui Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Factors associated with the health-related quality of life among people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a study using the Health Utilities Index (HUI)
This study estimated mean utility values by age, ambulatory status and over time, and investigated which aspects of health-related qua... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shelagh M. Szabo, Ivana F. Audhya, Basia Rogula, David Feeny and Katherine L. Gooch Tags: Research Source Type: research

Mental and psychosocial health and health related quality of life before and after cardiac rehabilitation: a prospective cohort study with comparison to specific population norms
Data on mental health improvement after cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are contradictory. The aim was to examine the mental and psycho-social health of patients admitted to our rehabilitation center following hos... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Felix Angst, Raoul D. Giger, Susanne Lehmann, Peter S. Sandor, Peter Teuchmann and Adam Csordas Tags: Research Source Type: research

Stability of SF-36 profiles between 2007 and 2016: A study of 27,302 patients surgically treated for lumbar spine diseases
Previous studies have shown that patients with different lumbar spine diseases report different SF-36 profiles, but data on the stability of the SF-36 profiles are limited. The primary aim of the current study... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anders Joelson, Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson and Jan Karlsson Tags: Research Source Type: research

Assessment of health state utilities in dermatology: an experimental time trade-off value set for the dermatology life quality index
In this study we examined how time trade-off (TTO) utility val... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: G ábor Ruzsa, Fanni Rencz and Valentin Brodszky Tags: Research Source Type: research

EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L proxy report: psychometric performance and agreement with self-report
Self-report is the standard for measuring people ’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL), including children. However, in certain circumstances children cannot report their own health. For this reason, childr... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Titi Sahidah Fitriana, Fredrick Dermawan Purba, Elly Stolk and Jan J. V. Busschbach Tags: Research Source Type: research

Correlated physical and mental health composite scores for the RAND-36 and RAND-12 health surveys: can we keep them simple?
The RAND-36 and RAND-12 (equivalent to versions 1 of the SF-36 Health Survey and SF-12 Health Survey, respectively) are widely used measures of health-related quality of life. However, there are diverging view... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: John Roger Andersen, Kyrre Breivik, Inger Elise Engelund, Marjolein M. Iversen, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Tone Merete Norekv ål, Kjersti Oterhals and Anette Storesund Tags: Research Source Type: research

Adaptation and validation of a German version of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire
Patients with multiple long-term conditions often face a variety of challenges arising from the requirements of their health care. Knowledge of perceived treatment burden is crucial for optimizing treatment. I... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - June 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Josefine Schulze, Amanda Breckner, Polly Duncan, Martin Scherer, Nadine Janis Pohontsch and Dagmar L ühmann Tags: Research Source Type: research

Partners matter: The psychosocial well-being of couples when dealing with endometriosis
Endometriosis is often associated with severe dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain and dyspareunia and has a high impact on daily life as well as sexuality. Quality of partnership positively influences the course of vari... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - May 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Schick Maren, Germeyer Ariane, B öttcher Bettina, Hecht Stephanie, Geiser Magdalena, Rösner Sabine, Eckstein Monika, Vomstein Kilian, Toth Bettina, Strowitzki Thomas, Wischmann Tewes and Ditzen Beate Tags: Research Source Type: research