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Associations of multimorbidity with body pain, sleep duration, and depression among middle-aged and older adults in China
Multimorbidity, body pain, sleep disturbance, and depression are major clinical and public health challenges. This paper aimed to examine the associations of multimorbidity with body pain, sleep duration, and ... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Xin Ye and Xinfeng Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Development and quality assessment of the psychometric properties of the Self-Efficacy in Lifestyle Counselling scale (SELC 20  + 20) using Rasch analysis
Globally as well as in Sweden, diseases that are caused by unhealthy lifestyle habits are the most common causes of death and disability. Even though there are guidelines that oblige all health-care profession... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara Alenius, Albert Westergren, Petra Nilsson Lindstr öm, Marie Nilsson, Marie Rask and Lina Behm Tags: Research Source Type: research

Psychometric evaluation of the respiratory syncytial virus infection, intensity and impact questionnaire (RSV-iiiQ) in adults
Despite a number of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidates being tested in clinical trials, disease-specific, self-reported instruments assessing symptom severity of RSV infection from the perspe... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 20, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Valerie Williams, Carla DeMuro Romano, Lyn Finelli, Shanshan Qin, Todd L. Saretsky, Jia Ma, Sandy Lewis, Matthew Phillips, Richard H. Osborne and Josephine M. Norquist Tags: Research Source Type: research

Quality of life assessment instruments in children and adolescents with neuromuscular diseases: a systematic scoping review
(1) To identify instruments used to assess quality of life (QoL) in children and adolescents with neuromuscular diseases; (2) To identify the psychometric properties contained in these instruments. (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karoliny Lisandra Teixeira Cruz, Isadora Cristina Sousa Santos, Cyntia Rogean de Jesus Alves de Baptista and Ana Claudia Mattiello-Sverzut Tags: Review Source Type: research

Ignored and undervalued in public health: a systematic review of health state utility values associated with syphilis infection
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection causing significant global morbidity and mortality. To inform policymaking and economic evaluation studies for syphilis, we summarised utility and disability weight... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Patrick Miao, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Christopher K. Fairley, Joseph D. Tucker, Virginia Wiseman, Philippe Mayaud, Ying Zhang, Jane Rowley, Sami Gottlieb, Eline L. Korenromp, Caroline G. Watts and Jason J. Ong Tags: Review Source Type: research

Comparison of four value sets derived using different TTO and DCE approaches: application to the new region-specific PBM, AP-7D
AP-7D is a newly developed preference-based measure (PBM) in East and Southeast Asia. However, no value set has been established yet. Comparison of the characteristics of value sets obtained by different metho... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Takeru Shiroiwa, Tatsunori Murata, Yasuhiro Morii, Eri Hoshino and Takashi Fukuda Tags: Research Source Type: research

Exploratory factor and confirmatory analyses of the polycystic ovary syndrome health-related quality of life questionnaire (PCOSQ-50)
A condition-specific instrument is necessary to measure the health-related quality of life among those with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the most common chronic endocrinopathy among women. The first instr... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Pamela J. Wright, Abbas S. Tavakoli and Robin M. Dawson Tags: Research Source Type: research

The impact of chelation compliance in health outcome and health related quality of life in thalassaemia patients: a systematic review
Understanding consequences of poor chelation compliance is crucial given the enormous burden of post-transfusional iron overload complications. We systematically reviewed iron-chelation therapy (ICT) complianc... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wan Jin Lee, Nurul Ain Mohd Tahir, Geok Ying Chun and Shu Chuen Li Tags: Review Source Type: research

Impact of driving cessation on health-related quality of life trajectories
Trajectories of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after driving cessation (DC) are thought to decline steeply, but for some, HRQoL may improve after DC. Our objective is to examine trajectories of HRQoL f... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Thelma J. Mielenz, Haomiao Jia, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, Lisa J. Molnar, David Strogatz, Linda L. Hill, Howard F. Andrews, David W. Eby, Vanya C. Jones and Guohua Li Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research

Health-related quality of life in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in the UK: a cross-sectional study from pre- to post-infection
The aim of this study was to estimate the impact of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) over time among individuals in the United Kingdom, adding to the evidence base that had f... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ioana-Alexandra Soare, Wajeeha Ansari, Jennifer L. Nguyen, Diana Mendes, Waqas Ahmed, Joanna Atkinson, Amie Scott, Jessica E. Atwell, Louise Longworth and Frauke Becker Tags: Research Source Type: research

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of an Arabic version of PROMIS ® of dyspnea activity motivation, requirement item pool and sleep-related impairments item bank
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS ®) Dyspnea Activity Motivation& Requirement item pool and sleep related impairments (SRI) item bank are designed in assessing the impact of dysp... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Monira I. Aldhahi, Hadeel R. Bakhsh, Bodor H. Bin Sheeha and Rehab Alhasani Tags: Research Source Type: research

Validation of the psychosocial consequences of screening in lung cancer questionnaire in the international lung screen trial Australian cohort
Evaluation of psychosocial consequences of lung cancer screening with LDCT in high-risk populations has generally been performed using generic psychometric instruments. Such generic instruments have low covera... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Asha Bonney, John Brodersen, Volkert Siersma, Katharine See, Henry M. Marshall, Daniel Steinfort, Louis Irving, Linda Lin, Jiashi Li, Siyuan Pang, Paul Fogarty, Fraser Brims, Annette McWilliams, Emily Stone, Stephen Lam, Kwun M. Fong & hellip; Tags: Research Source Type: research

How quality of life is measured in studies of nutritional intervention: a systematic review
Nutrition care can positively affect multiple aspects of patient ’s health; outcomes are commonly evaluated on the basis of their impact on a patient’s (i) illness-specific conditions and (ii) health-related qu... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Raquel Clap és Pemau, Patricia González-Palacios and Kirk W. Kerr Tags: Review Source Type: research

Perceptions regarding the concept and definition of patient-reported outcomes among healthcare stakeholders in Japan with relation to quality of life: a cross-sectional study
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are frequently used in a variety of settings, including clinical trials and clinical practice. The definition of PRO and quality of life (QOL) and their relationship have been ... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Takako Kaneyasu, Shinya Saito, Kikuko Miyazaki, Yoshimi Suzukamo, Mariko Naito, Takashi Kawaguchi, Takako Eguchi Nakajima, Takuhiro Yamaguchi and Kojiro Shimozuma Tags: Research Source Type: research

Mapping Short Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) to Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) to estimate health utilities
The Short Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) is a widely used non-preference-based measure of mental health in the UK. The primary aim of this paper is to construct an algorithm to translat... (Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)
Source: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anju Devianee Keetharuth, Laura A. Gray, Ellen McGrane, Hannah Worboys and Giovany Orozco-Leal Tags: Research Source Type: research