Health-related quality of life associated with chronic conditions in eight countries: Results from the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project Jordi AlonsoMontserrat FerrerAlain Leplège OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 298
The World Health Organization's WHOQOL-BREF quality of life assessment: Psychometric properties and results of the international field trial. A Report from the WHOQOL Group S.M. SkevingtonM. LotfyK.A. O'Connell OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 310
Is a single-item visual analogue scale as valid, reliable and responsive as multi-item scales in measuring quality of life? A.G.E.M. de BoerJ.J.B. van LanschotM.A.G. Sprangers OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 320
Social support and health-related quality of life in hip and knee osteoarthritis O. EthgenP. VanparijsJ.-Y. Reginster OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 330
A comparison of Rasch with Likert scoring to discriminate between patients' evaluations of total hip replacement surgery R. FitzpatrickJ.M. NorquistP.J. Gregg OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 338
Is the Health Utilities Index valid in total hip arthroplasty patients? Chris BlanchardDavid FeenySusan Webster-Bogaert OriginalPaper Pages: 339 - 348
Development and initial validation of a new preference-based disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for erectile function G.W. TorranceM.A. KeresteciM.C. Breton OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 359
The ED-EQoL: The development of a new quality of life measure for patients with erectile dysfunction R.P. MacDonaghT. PorterP. Ewings OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 368
Testing subject comprehension of utility questionnaires Deborah G. DobrezElizabeth A. Calhoun OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 376
Estimation and comparison of derived preference scores from the SF-36 in lung transplant patients Francis S. LoboCynthia R. GrossBarbara J. Matthees OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 388
Well-being and menopause: An investigation of purpose in life, self-acceptance and social role in premenopausal, perimenopausal and postmenopausal women Amanda A. DeeksMarita P. McCabe OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 398
Change in quality of life in the year following cardiac rehabilitation J. Müller-NordhornM. KuligS.N. Willich OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 410
Determinants of the quality of life (QoL) in patients with an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) F. GodemannC. ButterS. Behrens OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 416
A qualitative validation of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire Tony HakDick WillemsFrans Visser OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 426
Assessment of post-stroke quality of life in cost-effectiveness studies: The usefulness of the Barthel Index and the EuroQoL-5D N.J.A. van ExelW.J.M. Scholte op ReimerM.A. Koopmanschap OriginalPaper Pages: 427 - 433
Construct validity of the RAND-12 and Health Utilities Index Mark 2 and 3 in type 2 diabetes Sheri L. MaddiganDavid H. FeenyJeffrey A. Johnson OriginalPaper Pages: 435 - 448
Performance of the RAND-12 and SF-12 summary scores in type 2 diabetes Jeffrey A. JohnsonSheri L. Maddigan OriginalPaper Pages: 449 - 456
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with cancer and other concurrent illnesses Barbara A. ElliottColleen M. RenierThomas E. Elliott OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 462
Development and validation of an instrument to measure the effects of a mistletoe preparation on quality of life of cancer patients: The Life Quality Lectin-53 (LQL-53) Questionnaire Inge KirchbergerDieter WetzelThomas Finger OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 479
Radiation related morbidities and their impact on quality of life in head and neck cancer patients receiving radical radiotherapy M. BansalB.K. MohantiN.K. Shukla OriginalPaper Pages: 481 - 488
Measuring quality of life in children referred for psychiatric problems: Psychometric properties of the PedsQLTM 4.0 generic core scales D. BastiaansenH.M. KootF.C. Verhulst OriginalPaper Pages: 489 - 495
Preliminary evidence for the basis of self-concept in Chinese people with mental illness Sing-Fai TamHector W.H. TsangCap S.C. Chan OriginalPaper Pages: 497 - 508
The role of coping resources and coping style in quality of life of patients with asthma or COPD A.E. HesselinkB.W.J.H. PenninxJ.Th.M. van Eijk OriginalPaper Pages: 509 - 518
Association of health-related quality of life with health examination including organic functions and lifestyles in Japanese employees Tomoaki KimuraYoichi OgushiSatomi Ishii OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 529
Quality of life in the Danish general population – normative data and validity of WHOQOL-BREF using Rasch and item response theory models V. NoerholmM. GroenvoldP. Bech OriginalPaper Pages: 531 - 540
Reliability and validity of the Norwegian version of the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire Knut StavemFrank N. KjelsbergEspen A. Ruud BriefCommunication Pages: 541 - 549
Validation of the English version of the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire in a multi-ethnic Asian population Wan C. TanJustina W.L. TanTze P. Ng BriefCommunication Pages: 551 - 556
Factors influencing health-related quality of life of Asians with anxiety disorders in Singapore Nan LuoCalvin Soon-Leng FonesShu-Chuen Li BriefCommunication Pages: 557 - 565