Quality of Life

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Are you at peace?": one item to probe spiritual concerns at the end of life. 
  • 1-Year Outcomes of FFRCT-Guided Care in Patients With Suspected Coronary Disease: The PLATFORM Study. 
  • 2006 update of recommendations for the use of white blood cell growth factors: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline. 
  • 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. 
  • 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. 
  • A Bayesian model averaging approach to examining changes in quality of life among returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. 
  • A Collaborative Paradigm for Improving Management of Sleep Disorders in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation. 
  • A Vision "Bolt-On" Item Could Increase the Discriminatory Power of the EQ-5D Index Score. 
  • A brief review of the pathophysiology, associated pain, and psychosocial issues in sickle cell disease. 
  • A brief self-administered questionnaire to determine functional capacity (the Duke Activity Status Index). 
  • A brief symptom index for advanced lung cancer. 
  • A comparison of scoring weights for the EuroQol derived from patients and the general public. 
  • A comparison of the costs of and quality of life after coronary angioplasty or coronary surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease. Results from the Emory Angioplasty Versus Surgery Trial (EAST). 
  • A comparison of three health status measures in primary care outpatients. 
  • A comparison of two pain measures for Asian American cancer patients. 
  • A comparison of two spirituality instruments and their relationship with depression and quality of life in chronic heart failure. 
  • A controlled trial of sildenafil in advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • A cost-effectiveness analysis of adding a human papillomavirus vaccine to the Australian National Cervical Cancer Screening Program. 
  • A cost-minimisation analysis of lobectomy: thoracoscopic versus posterolateral thoracotomy. 
  • A cost-utility analysis of NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group Protocol 218: incorporating prospectively collected quality-of-life scores in an economic model of treatment of ovarian cancer. 
  • A critical analysis of the long-term impact of radical prostatectomy on cancer control and function outcomes. 
  • A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ruxolitinib for myelofibrosis. 
  • A framework to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the NADiA ProsVue slope to guide adjuvant radiotherapy among men with high-risk characteristics following prostatectomy for prostate cancer. 
  • A further investigation of health-related quality of life over time among men with HIV infection in the HAART era. 
  • A longitudinal assessment of bowel related symptoms and fecal incontinence following radical perineal prostatectomy. 
  • A longitudinal study of quality of life in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 8931. 
  • A longitudinal study of the impact of chronic psychological stress on health-related quality of life and clinical biomarkers: protocol for the Australian Healthy Aging of Women Study. 
  • A multicenter pilot study of a bronchial valve for the treatment of severe emphysema. 
  • A multicenter, randomized, phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination docetaxel and carboplatin and sequential therapy with docetaxel then carboplatin in patients with recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer. 
  • A national multiethnic online forum study on menopausal symptom experience. 
  • A new index of priority symptoms in advanced ovarian cancer. 
  • A new instrument for measuring anticoagulation-related quality of life: development and preliminary validation. 
  • A nurse-coordinated intervention for primary care patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: impact on glycemic control and health-related quality of life. 
  • A personalized paradigm in the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer - A cost utility analysis of genomic-based versus cytotoxic therapy. 
  • A phase 2 multimodality trial of docetaxel/prednisone with sunitinib followed by salvage radiation therapy in men with PSA recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. 
  • A pilot randomized controlled trial using EEG-based brain-computer interface training for a Chinese-speaking group of healthy elderly. 
  • A pilot study investigating the utility of the cognitive-behavioral model of insomnia in early-stage lung cancer patients. 
  • A pilot study of group exercise training (GET) for women with primary breast cancer: feasibility and health benefits. 
  • A pilot study of hydroxyurea to prevent chronic organ damage in young children with sickle cell anemia. 
  • A pilot study of predictive markers of chemotherapy-related amenorrhea among premenopausal women with early stage breast cancer. 
  • A population-based cross-sectional study that defined normative population data for the Life-Space Mobility Assessment-composite score. 
  • A procedure for obtaining impact of cancer version 2 scores using version 1 responses. 
  • A prospective evaluation of health-related quality of life after ileal pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. 
  • A prospective randomized wait list control trial of intravenous iron sucrose in older adults with unexplained anemia and serum ferritin 20-200 ng/mL. 
  • A prospective study of short-course radiotherapy in poor prognosis glioblastoma multiforme. 
  • A prospective study of weight gain after premenopausal hysterectomy. 
  • A randomised trial of lung sealant versus medical therapy for advanced emphysema. 
  • A randomized clinical trial of nursing care for recovery from cardiac surgery. 
  • A randomized controlled trial of epoprostenol therapy for severe congestive heart failure: The Flolan International Randomized Survival Trial (FIRST). 
  • A randomized controlled trial of health information exchange between human immunodeficiency virus institutions. 
  • A randomized controlled trial on Stroke telerehabilitation: The effects on falls self-efficacy and satisfaction with care. 
  • A randomized pilot trial of a telephone-based couples intervention for physical intimacy and sexual concerns in colorectal cancer. 
  • A randomized study comparing standard versus moderately high dose megestrol acetate for patients with advanced prostate carcinoma: cancer and leukemia group B study 9181. 
  • A randomized trial comparing conventional and robotically assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy. 
  • A randomized trial of behavioral management for continence with older rural women. 
  • A randomized trial of diet in men with early stage prostate cancer on active surveillance: rationale and design of the Men's Eating and Living (MEAL) Study (CALGB 70807 [Alliance]). 
  • A randomized trial of exercise on well-being and function following breast cancer surgery: the RESTORE trial. 
  • A randomized trial of prescribed patching regimens for treatment of severe amblyopia in children. 
  • A randomized, controlled pilot study of acupuncture treatment for menopausal hot flashes. 
  • A randomized, controlled trial of a clinical pharmacist intervention to improve inappropriate prescribing in elderly outpatients with polypharmacy. 
  • A randomized, controlled trial of acupuncture for chronic daily headache. 
  • A relationship-based framework of spirituality for individuals with HIV. 
  • A review of cost-effectiveness studies in ovarian cancer. 
  • A review of dyspnea in acute heart failure syndromes. 
  • A structured review of randomized controlled trials of weight loss showed little improvement in health-related quality of life. 
  • A team approach: comprehensive evaluation for functional decline in older patients. 
  • A telephone needs assessment for potential high utilizers. 
  • A very low-carbohydrate diet improves symptoms and quality of life in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. 
  • APOE epsilon4 as a predictor of subjective quality of life in a biracial older person community sample. 
  • APOE ϵ4, rated life experiences, and affect among centenarians. 
  • Abandoning the language of "response shift": a plea for conceptual clarity in distinguishing scale recalibration from true changes in quality of life. 
  • Accelerometer-Measured Daily Activity in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Clinical Correlates and Association With Standard Heart Failure Severity Indices. 
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy modules: Differential impact on treatment processes and outcomes. 
  • Acupuncture for subacute stroke rehabilitation: a Sham-controlled, subject- and assessor-blind, randomized trial. 
  • Acute coronary care in the elderly, part II: ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: a scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology: in collaboration with the Society of Geriatric Cardiology. 
  • Adherence to antiemetic guidelines in patients with malignant glioma: a quality improvement project to translate evidence into practice. 
  • Advanced (stage D) heart failure: a statement from the Heart Failure Society of America Guidelines Committee. 
  • Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. 
  • Advances in endocrine therapy for breast cancer: considering efficacy, safety, and quality of life. 
  • Aerobic exercise training and general health status in ambulatory heart failure patients with a reduced ejection fraction-Findings from the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION)trial. 
  • Age, functional capacity, and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure. 
  • Age-associated differences in fatigue among patients with cancer. 
  • Ambivalence over emotional expression in patients with gastrointestinal cancer and their caregivers: associations with patient pain and quality of life. 
  • American Cancer Society Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Care Guidelines. 
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology guideline recommendations for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer. 
  • American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement on pulmonary rehabilitation. 
  • An 81-year-old woman with chronic illnesses and a strong faith. 
  • An economic and quality-of-life assessment of basiliximab vs antithymocyte globulin immunoprophylaxis in renal transplantation. 
  • An evaluation of the professional, social and demographic profile and quality of life of physicians working at the Prehospital Emergency Medical System (SAMU) in Brazil. 
  • An evaluation of the reliability and validity of the visual functioning questionnaire (VF-11) using Rasch analysis in an Asian population. 
  • An exploration of relative health stock in advanced cancer patients. 
  • An exploratory model of the relationships between cancer-related trauma outcomes on quality of life in non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. 
  • An exploratory path model of the relationships between positive and negative adaptation to cancer on quality of life among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. 
  • An international comparison of the reliability and responsiveness of the Duke Health Profile for measuring health-related quality of life of patients treated with alprostadil for erectile dysfunction. 
  • An over-the-counter central sensitization therapy: a chronic back pain registry study of pain relief, medication use and their adverse effects. 
  • Analysis of current multiple sclerosis registries. 
  • Analysis of urinary function using validated instruments and uroflowmetry after primary and salvage prostate cryoablation. 
  • Anatomic runoff score predicts cardiovascular outcomes in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease undergoing revascularization. 
  • Anticholinergic therapy vs. onabotulinumtoxina for urgency urinary incontinence. 
  • Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among People Living with HIV and Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Role of Shame and Posttraumatic Growth. 
  • Applying a conceptual model for examining health-related quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors: CALGB study 79804. 
  • Are chemotherapy patients' HRQoL importance weights consistent with linear scoring rules? A stated-choice approach. 
  • Are coping strategies and locus of control orientation associated with health-related quality of life in older adults with and without depression? 
  • Are different methotrexate regimens as first line therapy for low risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia more cost effective than the dactinomycin regimen used in GOG 0174? 
  • Are health-related quality-of-life measures affected by the mode of administration? 
  • Are lifestyle behavioral factors associated with health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of non-Hodgkin lymphoma? 
  • Are supportive care-based treatment strategies preferable to standard chemotherapy in recurrent cervical cancer? 
  • Are there clinical benefits with early erythropoietic intervention for chemotherapy-induced anemia? A systematic review. 
  • Are they really that happy? Exploring scale recalibration in estimates of well-being. 
  • Assessing clinical and functional outcomes in the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) schizophrenia trial. 
  • Assessing exertional dyspnea in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • Assessing health-related quality of life in elderly outpatients: telephone versus face-to-face administration. 
  • Assessing quality of life and preferences in the seriously ill using utility theory. 
  • Assessing quality-of-life outcomes in cardiovascular clinical research. 
  • Assessing the impact of cancer among Dutch non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors compared with their American counterparts: a cross-national study. 
  • Assessing weight-related quality of life in adolescents. 
  • Assessment of Quality of Life in Young Patients with Single Ventricle after the Fontan Operation. 
  • Assessment of function, growth and development, and long-term quality of life after small bowel transplantation. 
  • Assessment of health-related quality of life among primary caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorders. 
  • Assessment of health-related quality of life as an outcome measure in granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's). 
  • Assessment of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (with emphasis on computerized psychometric tests). 
  • Assessment of physical functioning in recurrent glioma: preliminary comparison of performance status to functional capacity testing. 
  • Assessment of postanesthesia short-term quality of life: a pilot study. 
  • Assessment of quality of life after pediatric intestinal transplantation by parents and pediatric recipients using the child health questionnaire. 
  • Assessment of the psychometric properties of an English version of the cancer dyspnea scale in people with advanced lung cancer. 
  • Assessment of the psychometric properties of the Chinese Impact of Vision Impairment questionnaire in a population-based study: findings from the Singapore Chinese Eye Study. 
  • Association Between Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Patient Outcomes: Results From the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF). 
  • Association of Financial Strain With Symptom Burden and Quality of Life for Patients With Lung or Colorectal Cancer. 
  • Association of Vision Impairment and Major Eye Diseases With Mobility and Independence in a Chinese Population. 
  • Association of baseline anxiety with depression persistence at 6 months in patients with acute cardiac illness. 
  • Association of health-related quality of life with dual use of prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. 
  • Association of medication adherence with workplace productivity and health-related quality of life in patients with asthma. 
  • Association of neurocognitive function and quality of life 1 year after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. 
  • Associations among NEO personality assessments and well-being at midlife: facet-level analyses. 
  • Associations between complications and health-related quality of life in individuals with diabetes. 
  • Associations between leisure-time physical activity and health-related quality of life among adolescent and adult survivors of childhood cancers. 
  • Associations between lifestyle factors and quality of life among older long-term breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors. 
  • Associations between positive emotional well-being and stress-induced myocardial ischemia: Well-being scores predict exercise-induced ischemia. 
  • Attendance at religious services, interleukin-6, and other biological parameters of immune function in older adults. 
  • Audio-recorded guided imagery treatment reduces functional abdominal pain in children: a pilot study. 
  • BMI and health-related quality of life in adults 65 years and older. 
  • Bariatric surgery as a means to decrease mortality in women with type I endometrial cancer - An intriguing option in a population at risk for dying of complications of metabolic syndrome. 
  • Barriers to follow-up care of survivors in the United States and the United Kingdom. 
  • Baseline and 6-month costs of primary angioplasty therapy for acute myocardial infarction: results from the primary angioplasty registry. 
  • Baseline health-related quality of life and 10-year all-cause mortality among 1739 Chinese adults. 
  • Baseline predictors of health-related quality of life after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a longitudinal analysis of a multicenter cohort at two and six years. 
  • Before and after, the impact of available on-demand treatment for HAE. 
  • Behavioral insomnia therapy for fibromyalgia patients: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Better Palliative Care for All: Improving the Lived Experience With Cancer. 
  • Better functional status in American than Canadian patients with heart disease: an effect of medical care? 
  • Beyond 5-fluorouracil: the emerging role of newer chemotherapeutics and targeted agents with radiation therapy. 
  • Beyond symptom management: Family relations, unmet needs of persons living with severe mental illnesses, and potential implications for social work in South Africa. 
  • Binge eating, quality of life and physical activity improve after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity. 
  • Biobehavioral Prognostic Factors in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Results From the INSPIRE-II Trial. 
  • Bioprosthetic pulmonary valve replacement: contemporary analysis of a large, single-center series of 170 cases. 
  • Black women in menopausal transition. 
  • Body mass index in middle age and health-related quality of life in older age: the Chicago heart association detection project in industry study. 
  • Bone marrow transplantation from histocompatible sibling donors for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 
  • Breaking evolution's chains: the prospect of deliberate genetic modification in humans. 
  • Brief meditation training can improve perceived stress and negative mood. 
  • Burden of disease in adult patients with hypophosphatasia: Results from two patient-reported surveys. 
  • Cancer and the functional status of the elderly. 
  • Cancer patient preferences for quality and length of life. 
  • Cancer-related fatigue. 
  • Cancer-related fatigue. Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. 
  • Cardiac metastasis from carcinoma of the cervix: report of two cases. 
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients: an update. 
  • Cardiac resynchronization with sequential biventricular pacing for the treatment of moderate-to-severe heart failure. 
  • Cardiovascular and behavioral effects of aerobic exercise training in healthy older men and women. 
  • Cardioversion and subsequent quality of life and natural history of atrial fibrillation. 
  • Caregiver-assisted coping skills training for lung cancer: results of a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Caregiver-assisted coping skills training for patients with COPD: background, design, and methodological issues for the INSPIRE-II study. 
  • Carotid endarterectomy and race: do clinical indications and patient preferences account for differences? 
  • Central nervous system injury associated with cardiac surgery. 
  • Certolizumab pegol plus MTX administered every 4 weeks is effective in patients with RA who are partial responders to MTX. 
  • Changes in Dyspnea Status During Hospitalization and Postdischarge Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Findings From the EVEREST Trial. 
  • Changes in anticholinergic load from regular prescribed medications in palliative care as death approaches. 
  • Changes in functional performance measures in adults undergoing chemoradiation for primary malignant glioma: a feasibility study. 
  • Changes in health-related quality of life in off-pump versus on-pump cardiac surgery: Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass trial. 
  • Changes in spirituality partly explain health-related quality of life outcomes after Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. 
  • Changes in swallowing-related quality of life after parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism: a prospective cohort study. 
  • Changing preferences for survival after hospitalization with advanced heart failure. 
  • Characteristics and correlates of fatigue after adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. 
  • Characteristics and treatment options of elderly Chinese patients with cancer as determined by Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA). 
  • Characteristics associated with swallowing changes after concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer. 
  • Characteristics of adult primary care patients as predictors of future health services charges. 
  • Characteristics of cancer patients presenting to an integrative medicine practice-based research network. 
  • Characterization and prediction of adverse events from intensive chronic heart failure management and effect on quality of life: results from the pro-B-type natriuretic peptide outpatient-tailored chronic heart failure therapy (PROTECT) study. 
  • Chemotherapy Use, Performance Status, and Quality of Life at the End of Life. 
  • Chemotherapy-induced alopecia: psychosocial impact and therapeutic approaches. 
  • Chronic Conditions and Utility-Based Health-Related Quality of Life in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors. 
  • Chronic care management for the elderly: an opportunity for gerontological nurse practitioners. 
  • Chronic mechanical circulatory support for inotrope-dependent heart failure patients who are not transplant candidates: results of the INTrEPID Trial. 
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: emerging medical therapies. 
  • Chronic widespread pain in veterans of the first Gulf War: impact of deployment status and associated health effects. 
  • Chronic wound repair and healing in older adults: current status and future research. 
  • Cigarette smoking: how much worse can it get? 
  • Cisplatin, vinblastine, and hydrazine sulfate in advanced, non-small-cell lung cancer: a randomized placebo-controlled, double-blind phase III study of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B. 
  • Citalopram and quality of life in lung transplant recipients. 
  • Clinical and Radiologic Disease in Smokers With Normal Spirometry. 
  • Clinical commentary on "Certain uncertainty: life after stroke from the patient's perspective". 
  • Clinical end points and response criteria in mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome: a consensus statement of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas, the United States Cutaneous Lymphoma Consortium, and the Cutaneous Lymphoma Task Force of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer. 
  • Clinical endpoints for drug development in prostate cancer. 
  • Clinical implications of chronic heart failure phenotypes defined by cluster analysis. 
  • Clinical observation of patients with Fabry disease after switching from agalsidase beta (Fabrazyme) to agalsidase alfa (Replagal). 
  • Clinical practice guideline: hoarseness (dysphonia). 
  • Clinical trials treating focal segmental glomerulosclerosis should measure patient quality of life. 
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain is effective, but for whom? 
  • Cognitive function and oral health-related quality of life in older adults. 
  • Cognitive function during and six months following chemotherapy for front-line treatment of ovarian, primary peritoneal or fallopian tube cancer: An NRG oncology/gynecologic oncology group study. 
  • Cognitive function in older women with breast cancer treated with standard chemotherapy and capecitabine on Cancer and Leukemia Group B 49907. 
  • Cognitive outcomes analyses: two steps forward, one step back? 
  • Cohort changes in active life expectancy in the U.S. elderly population: experience from the 1982-2004 National Long-Term Care Survey. 
  • Cohort differences and chronic disease profiles of differential disability trajectories. 
  • Colchicine effectiveness in symptom and inflammation modification in knee osteoarthritis (COLKOA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Collaborative care for depression and anxiety disorders in patients with recent cardiac events: the Management of Sadness and Anxiety in Cardiology (MOSAIC) randomized clinical trial. 
  • Collaborative care management of late-life depression in the primary care setting: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Colon cancer. 
  • Combination hormonal therapy: a reassessment within advanced prostate cancer. 
  • Combination of flavor enhancement and chemosensory education improves nutritional status in older cancer patients. 
  • Community dwelling elderly are appropriate subjects for intensive dietary choice restriction studies. 
  • Community-based aquatic exercise and quality of life in persons with osteoarthritis. 
  • Comorbidities in patients with all-positive symptoms on sinonasal outcomes test quality-of-life instrument. 
  • Comorbidity and quality of life in adults with hair pulling disorder. 
  • Comorbidity, chemotherapy toxicity, and outcomes among older women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer on a clinical trial: CALGB 49907 and CALGB 361004 (alliance). 
  • Comparable effectiveness of caudal vs. trans-foraminal epidural steroid injections. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Medical Therapy, Supervised Exercise, and Revascularization for Patients With Intermittent Claudication: A Network Meta-analysis. 
  • Compared to what? A joint evaluation method for assessing quality of life. 
  • Comparing Symptoms and Quality of Life in Women and Men with Atrial Fibrillation: Results from the Orbit-AF Registry 
  • Comparing experiential acceptance and cognitive reappraisal as predictors of functional outcome in individuals with serious mental illness. 
  • Comparing three life-limiting diseases: does diagnosis matter or is sick, sick? 
  • Comparing unmet needs between community-based palliative care patients with heart failure and patients with cancer. 
  • Comparison of Frequency of Frailty and Severely Impaired Physical Function in Patients ≥60 Years Hospitalized With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Versus Chronic Stable Heart Failure With Reduced and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction. 
  • Comparison of cefuroxime with or without intranasal fluticasone for the treatment of rhinosinusitis. The CAFFS Trial: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Comparison of life participation activities among adults treated by hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantation: a systematic review. 
  • Comparison of methods to estimate health state utilities for ovarian cancer using quality of life data: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study. 
  • Comparison of outcomes among moderate alcohol drinkers before acute myocardial infarction to effect of continued versus discontinuing alcohol intake after the infarct. 
  • Comparison of placebo and best available therapy for the treatment of myelofibrosis in the phase 3 COMFORT studies. 
  • Comparison of psychosocial adaptation of advanced stage Hodgkin's disease and acute leukemia survivors. Cancer and Leukemia Group B. 
  • Comparison of quality-of-life measures after radial versus femoral artery access for cardiac catheterization in women: Results of the Study of Access Site for Enhancement of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Women quality-of-life substudy. 
  • Compensatory head posture and neck problems: is there an association? A cohort study of nystagmus patients. 
  • Compliance and quality of life in patients on prescribed voice rest. 
  • Complications of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. 
  • Components and correlates of family burden in schizophrenia. 
  • Comprehensive Overview of Contemporary Management Strategies for Cerebral Aneurysms. 
  • Comprehensive assessment of the elderly cancer patient: the feasibility of self-report methodology. 
  • Comprehensive rehabilitative care across the spectrum of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 
  • Concerns about measuring "spirituality" in research. 
  • Concurrent chemotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy for organ preservation of locoregionally advanced oral cavity cancer. 
  • Concurrent stereotactic radiosurgery and bevacizumab in recurrent malignant gliomas: a prospective trial. 
  • Conditional and unconditional estimation of multidimensional quality of life after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a longitudinal follow-up of 415 patients. 
  • Conformance with supportive care quality measures is associated with better quality of life in patients with cancer receiving palliative care. 
  • Congestive heart failure patients' perceptions of quality of life: the integration of physical and psychosocial factors. 
  • Considering patient diet preference to optimize weight loss: design considerations of a randomized trial investigating the impact of choice. 
  • Construct and concurrent validation of the MG-QOL15 in the practice setting. 
  • Construction and validation of the chronic acquired polyneuropathy patient-reported index (CAP-PRI): A disease-specific, health-related quality-of-life instrument. 
  • Construction of an efficient evaluative instrument for myasthenia gravis: the MG composite. 
  • Contemporary management of comorbid anxiety and depression in geriatric patients. 
  • Contemporary solutions for the treatment of facial nerve paralysis. 
  • Continuous DC-CIK infusions restore CD8+ cellular immunity, physical activity and improve clinical efficacy in advanced cancer patients unresponsive to conventional treatments. 
  • Continuous flow left ventricular assist device improves functional capacity and quality of life of advanced heart failure patients. 
  • Continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil as first-line therapy for metastatic breast cancer. 
  • Coping and quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplantation. 
  • Coping with fluid restriction and the quality of life in hemodialysis patients with very low or no daily urine output. 
  • Coprevalence and impact of dysphonia and hearing loss in the elderly. 
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting in the elderly. 
  • Coronary revascularization in transition from on-pump to off-pump: the effect of the off-pump coronary artery bypass on medium-term outcome. 
  • Correlates of health-related quality of life in overweight and obese adults with type 2 diabetes. 
  • Correlates of quality of life-related outcomes in breast cancer patients participating in the Pathfinders pilot study. 
  • Correlates of skin-related quality of life (QoL) in those with multiple keratinocyte carcinomas (KCs): A cross-sectional study. 
  • Correlation between symptoms and function in older adults with comorbidity. 
  • Correlation between the international consensus definition of the Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome (CACS) and patient-centered outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • Cost and quality of life after intestinal transplantation. 
  • Cost effectiveness analysis of early zidovudine treatment of HIV infected patients. 
  • Cost effectiveness of concurrent gemcitabine and cisplatin with radiation followed by adjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with stages IIB to IVA carcinoma of the cervix. 
  • Cost effectiveness of intraperitoneal compared with intravenous chemotherapy for women with optimally resected stage III ovarian cancer: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study. 
  • Cost effectiveness of myeloid growth factors in cancer chemotherapy. 
  • Cost effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy with tissue plasminogen activator as compared with streptokinase for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Cost-effective models for flutamide for prostate carcinoma patients: are they helpful to policy makers? 
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of combination versus sequential docetaxel and carboplatin for the treatment of platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of early palliative care intervention in recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients >or=65 years of age. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis in Singapore. 
  • Craniosacral therapy for migraine: protocol development for an exploratory controlled clinical trial. 
  • Creatine monohydrate in ALS: effects on strength, fatigue, respiratory status and ALSFRS. 
  • Creation and validation of the Singing Voice Handicap Index. 
  • Critical review: is watchful waiting a viable management option for older men with prostate cancer? 
  • Cross-sectional survey of long-term quality of life after radical perineal prostatectomy. 
  • Current perspectives on Down syndrome: selected medical and social issues. 
  • Daily functioning and quality of life in a randomized controlled trial of therapeutic exercise for subacute stroke survivors. 
  • Daily well-being of cancer survivors: the role of somatic amplification. 
  • Damage caused by Wegener's granulomatosis and its treatment: prospective data from the Wegener's Granulomatosis Etanercept Trial (WGET). 
  • Deciding for others. 
  • Decision making and quality of life in the treatment of cancer: a review. 
  • Decision making in advanced heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 
  • Decline in physical activity level in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort. 
  • Defining post-stroke recovery: implications for design and interpretation of drug trials. 
  • Defining potency: a comparison of the International Index of Erectile Function short version and the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite. 
  • Defining the optimal planning target volume in image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases: results of a randomized trial. 
  • Dementia and cancer: a comparison of spouse caregivers. 
  • Demographic and disease characteristics associated with non-hodgkin lymphoma survivors' quality of life: does age matter? 
  • Demographic and illness-related variables associated with HIV-related fatigue. 
  • Demography. Broken limits to life expectancy. 
  • Depression after myocardial infarction. 
  • Depression and comorbid illness in elderly primary care patients: impact on multiple domains of health status and well-being. 
  • Depression and health-related quality of life. 
  • Depression and insomnia in women. 
  • Depression in veterans of the first Gulf War and comparable military controls. 
  • Depression may mediate the relationship between sense of coherence and quality of life in lung cancer patients. 
  • Depression: are we ignoring an important comorbidity in heart failure? 
  • Depressive symptoms and indicators of maternal health status during pregnancy. 
  • Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictors of short-term declines in health status in patients with heart failure. 
  • Depressive symptoms in women working in a poultry-processing plant: a longitudinal analysis. 
  • Design and Rationale of the Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (MaRCC) Registry: A Prospective Academic and Community-Based Study of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer. 
  • Design and baseline data from the Management of Sadness and Anxiety in Cardiology (MOSAIC) randomized controlled trial. 
  • Design of FRESH START: a randomized trial of exercise and diet among cancer survivors. 
  • Design of VA Cooperative Study #591: CERV-PTSD, comparative effectiveness research in veterans with PTSD. 
  • Determination of quality of life-related utilities for health states relevant to ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment. 
  • Determining clinically important differences in health status measures: a general approach with illustration to the Health Utilities Index Mark II. 
  • Development and psychometric properties of the Pulmonary-specific Quality-of-Life Scale in lung transplant patients. 
  • Development and validation of 11 symptom indexes to evaluate response to chemotherapy for advanced cancer. 
  • Development and validation of the Singing Voice Handicap-10. 
  • Development of a Standardized Set of Patient-centered Outcomes for Advanced Prostate Cancer: An International Effort for a Unified Approach. 
  • Development of a new dyspepsia impact scale: the Nepean Dyspepsia Index. 
  • Development of a symptom index for patients with primary brain tumors. 
  • Development of the 17-item Duke Health Profile. 
  • Development of the NIH PROMIS ® Sexual Function and Satisfaction measures in patients with cancer. 
  • Development, reliability and validation of a neurogenic bowel dysfunction score in pediatric patients with spina bifida. 
  • Diagnosis and management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, part 2: implementation of multidisciplinary care. 
  • Diet and Exercise for Obese Patients With Heart Failure--Reply. 
  • Differences in one-year health outcomes and resource utilization by definition of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a prospective cohort study. 
  • Differences in self-reported outcomes of open prostatectomy patients and robotic prostatectomy patients in an international web-based survey. 
  • Differential Impact of Unilateral and Bilateral Classifications of Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema on Vision-Related Quality of Life. 
  • Difficult behaviors in long-term care patients with dementia. 
  • Digoxin Use and Subsequent Outcomes Among Patients in a Contemporary Atrial Fibrillation Cohort. 
  • Disclosure between patients with gastrointestinal cancer and their spouses. 
  • Discussing the Evidence for Upstream Palliative Care in Improving Outcomes in Advanced Cancer. 
  • Disease management produces limited quality-of-life improvements in patients with congestive heart failure: evidence from a randomized trial in community-dwelling patients. 
  • Disease-specific measure of quality of life for myasthenia gravis. 
  • Disease-specific versus generic measurement of health-related quality of life in insulin-dependent diabetic patients. 
  • Distribution of distress in post-socialist Mongolia: a cultural epidemiology of yadargaa. 
  • Do estrogen or selective estrogen receptor modulators improve quality of life for women with postmenopausal osteoporosis? 
  • Do nonpatients underestimate the quality of life associated with chronic health conditions because of a focusing illusion? 
  • Do preparation and life completion discussions improve functioning and quality of life in seriously ill patients? Pilot randomized control trial. 
  • Does a helping hand mean a heavy heart? Helping behavior and well-being among spouse caregivers. 
  • Does binge eating disorder impact weight-related quality of life? 
  • Does increased access to primary care reduce hospital readmissions? Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Primary Care and Hospital Readmission. 
  • Does palliative home oxygen improve dyspnoea? A consecutive cohort study. 
  • Dynamic assessment of quality of life after autologous bone marrow transplantation. 
  • Dysphoria and anhedonia as risk factors for disability or death in older persons: implications for the assessment of geriatric depression. 
  • ESO-ESMO 2nd international consensus guidelines for advanced breast cancer (ABC2). 
  • Early integration of palliative care into the care of patients with cancer. 
  • Early prostate cancer: prevention, treatment modalities, and quality of life issues. 
  • Economic analysis of endovascular repair versus surveillance for patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysms. 
  • Economic analysis of randomized, controlled trials. 
  • Economic impact of paclitaxel shortage in patients with newly diagnosed ovarian cancer. 
  • Effect of Allowing Choice of Diet on Weight Loss: A Randomized Trial. 
  • Effect of Atrial Fibrillation on Mortality, Stroke Risk, and Quality-of-Life Scores in Patients With Heart Failure (from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation [ORBIT-AF]). 
  • Effect of Caloric Restriction or Aerobic Exercise Training on Peak Oxygen Consumption and Quality of Life in Obese Older Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of Endobronchial Coils vs Usual Care on Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Severe Emphysema: The RENEW Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of Inpatient Palliative Care on Quality of Life 2 Weeks After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of Oral Iron Repletion on Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction and Iron Deficiency: The IRONOUT HF Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of a zoster vaccine on herpes zoster-related interference with functional status and health-related quality-of-life measures in older adults. 
  • Effect of an advocacy intervention on mental health in Chinese women survivors of intimate partner violence: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Effect of assessment method on the discrepancy between judgments of health disorders people have and do not have: a web study. 
  • Effect of cardiac rehabilitation on functional outcomes after coronary revascularization. 
  • Effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy and implantable cardioverter defibrillator on quality of life in patients with heart failure: a meta-analysis. 
  • Effect of clopidogrel with aspirin on functional outcome in TIA or minor stroke: CHANCE substudy. 
  • Effect of esthetic outcome after breast-conserving surgery on psychosocial functioning and quality of life. 
  • Effect of improving depression care on pain and functional outcomes among older adults with arthritis: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Effect of interferon-alpha treatment of chronic hepatitis C on health-related quality of life. 
  • Effect of massage therapy on stress levels and quality of life in brain tumor patients--observations from a pilot study. 
  • Effect of megestrol acetate on quality of life in a dose-response trial in women with advanced breast cancer. The Cancer and Leukemia Group B. 
  • Effect of mirtazapine orally disintegrating tablets on health-related quality of life in elderly depressed patients with comorbid medical disorders: a pilot study. 
  • Effect of moderate weight loss on health-related quality of life: an analysis of combined data from 4 randomized trials of sibutramine vs placebo. 
  • Effect of motorized scooters on quality of life and cardiovascular risk. 
  • Effect of pain location and duration on life function in the year after motor vehicle collision. 
  • Effect of palliative oxygen versus room air in relief of breathlessness in patients with refractory dyspnoea: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. 
  • Effect of patient and patient-oncologist relationship characteristics on communication about health-related quality of life. 
  • Effect of postoperative complications on health and employment following liver transplantation. 
  • Effect of store and forward teledermatology on quality of life: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Effect of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism on posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and quality of life among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. 
  • Effectiveness of cevimeline to improve oral health in patients with postradiation xerostomia. 
  • Effects of Coping Skills Training on Quality of Life, Disease Biomarkers, and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effects of Liraglutide on Clinical Stability Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effects of Ranolazine on Angina and Quality of Life After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Incomplete Revascularization: Results From the Ranolazine for Incomplete Vessel Revascularization (RIVER-PCI) Trial. 
  • Effects of a telephone-based psychosocial intervention for patients awaiting lung transplantation. 
  • Effects of antipsychotic medications on psychosocial functioning in patients with chronic schizophrenia: findings from the NIMH CATIE study. 
  • Effects of antipsychotic medications on sleep in schizophrenia. 
  • Effects of epilepsy surgery on quality of life: a controlled study in a Middle Eastern population. 
  • Effects of exercise training on health status in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial. 
  • Effects of exercise training on older patients with major depression. 
  • Effects of home-based diet and exercise on functional outcomes among older, overweight long-term cancer survivors: RENEW: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Effects of implantable cardioverter/defibrillator shock and antitachycardia pacing on anxiety and quality of life: A MADIT-RIT substudy. 
  • Effects of intraarticular IL1-Ra for acute anterior cruciate ligament knee injury: a randomized controlled pilot trial (NCT00332254). 
  • Effects of involuntary outpatient commitment on subjective quality of life in persons with severe mental illness. 
  • Effects of olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone on neurocognitive function in early psychosis: a randomized, double-blind 52-week comparison. 
  • Effects of skeletal morbidities on longitudinal patient-reported outcomes and survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer. 
  • Effects of the dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet, exercise, and caloric restriction on neurocognition in overweight adults with high blood pressure. 
  • Effects of two weight-loss diets on health-related quality of life. 
  • Efficacy and safety of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial. 
  • Efficacy and safety of nighttime dosing of antihypertensives: review of the literature and design of a pragmatic clinical trial. 
  • Efficacy and tolerability of 16% subcutaneous immunoglobulin compared with 20% subcutaneous immunoglobulin in primary antibody deficiency. 
  • Efficacy of Fluoroquinolone/Probiotic Combination Therapy for Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection in Children: A Retrospective Analysis. 
  • Efficacy of cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in the management of malignant ascites. 
  • Efficacy of minocycline in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a phase III randomised trial. 
  • Efficacy, safety, and survival with ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis: results of a median 3-year follow-up of COMFORT-I. 
  • Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of sertraline in patients with late-life depression and comorbid medical illness. 
  • Eliciting stated health preferences: an application to willingness to pay for longevity. 
  • Emotional distress and quality of life in caregivers of patients awaiting lung transplant. 
  • End points and trial design in geriatric oncology research: a joint European organisation for research and treatment of cancer--Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology--International Society Of Geriatric Oncology position article. 
  • End-of-life Heart Failure Care in the United States. 
  • Endoscopic full-thickness plication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease: A randomized, sham-controlled trial. 
  • Enhanced access to primary care for patients with congestive heart failure. Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Primary Care and Hospital Readmission. 
  • Enhanced fitness: a randomized controlled trial of the effects of home-based physical activity counseling on glycemic control in older adults with prediabetes mellitus. 
  • Enhancing physical function in HIV-infected older adults: A randomized controlled clinical trial. 
  • Enhancing standard cardiac rehabilitation with stress management training: background, methods, and design for the enhanced study. 
  • Ensuring Optimal Survival and Post-ICU Quality of Life in High-Risk ICU Patients: Permissive Underfeeding Is Not Safe! 
  • Epidemiology and impact on quality of life of postherpetic neuralgia and painful diabetic neuropathy. 
  • Epidemiology of cardiorenal syndrome. 
  • Epidemiology of cardiorenal syndrome. 
  • Epoetin treatment of anemia associated with cancer therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials. 
  • Erectile dysfunction in early, middle, and late adulthood: symptom patterns and psychosocial correlates. 
  • Erectile function outcome reporting after clinically localized prostate cancer treatment. 
  • Estimating importance weights for the IWQOL-Lite using conjoint analysis. 
  • Evaluating cough assessment tools: a systematic review. 
  • Evaluating long-term patient-centered outcomes following prostate cancer treatment: findings from the Michigan Prostate Cancer Survivor study. 
  • Evaluating outcomes in assistive technology: do we understand the commitment? 
  • Evaluation and treatment of patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease: consensus definitions from Peripheral Academic Research Consortium (PARC). 
  • Evaluation of Pillars4life: a virtual coping skills program for cancer survivors. 
  • Evaluation of agreement between physicians' notation of 'no evidence of disease' (NED) and patients' report of cancer status. 
  • Evaluation of item candidates for a diabetic retinopathy quality of life item bank. 
  • Evaluation of lifetime trauma exposure and physical health in women with posttraumatic stress disorder or major depressive disorder. 
  • Evaluation of proxy responses to the Stroke Impact Scale. 
  • Evaluation of quality of life for diverse patient populations. 
  • Evaluation of the Incremental Prognostic Utility of Increasingly Complex Testing in Chronic Heart Failure. 
  • Evaluation of the Intermittent Exotropia Questionnaire using Rasch analysis. 
  • Evaluation of the Sports Ankle Rating System in young, athletic individuals with acute lateral ankle sprains. 
  • Evaluation of the quality of care in congenital heart surgery: contribution of the Aristotle complexity score. 
  • Evaluation of the relationship between ablation diameter, pupil size, and visual function with vision-specific quality-of-life measures after laser in situ keratomileusis. 
  • Evaluation of treatment- and disease-related symptoms in advanced head and neck cancer: validation of the national comprehensive cancer network-functional assessment of cancer therapy-head and neck cancer symptom index-22 (NFHNSI-22). 
  • Evolution in measuring the quality of dying. 
  • Exercise and Auricular Acupuncture for Chronic Low-back Pain: A Feasibility Randomized-controlled Trial. 
  • Exercise behavior and patient-reported outcomes in women with early breast cancer receiving locoregional radiation therapy. 
  • Exercise training and quality of life in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Expanding use of palliative care in the oncology setting. 
  • Expectations and outcomes of gastric feeding tubes. 
  • Expectations and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation. 
  • Expected and realized benefits from cardiac surgery: an update. 
  • Exploration of work and health disparities among black women employed in poultry processing in the rural south. 
  • Exploring health-related quality of life in patients with diseases of the ear, nose, and throat: a multicenter observational study. 
  • Exploring the relationship between spectral and cepstral measures of voice and the Voice Handicap Index (VHI). 
  • Extant health behaviors and uptake of standardized vs tailored health messages among cancer survivors enrolled in the FRESH START trial: a comparison of fighting-spirits vs fatalists. 
  • Extended follow-up in 212 long-term allogeneic bone marrow transplant survivors. Issues of quality of life. 
  • Extended mechanical circulatory support with a continuous-flow rotary left ventricular assist device. 
  • Extended-release opioids in the management of cancer pain: a systematic review of efficacy and safety. 
  • Extended-release ranolazine: critical evaluation of its use in stable angina. 
  • Eye dominance and the mechanisms of eye contact. 
  • Facilitating research participation and improving quality of life for African American prostate cancer survivors and their intimate partners. A pilot study of telephone-based coping skills training. 
  • Factors Associated With Quality of Life in Atrial Fibrillation: Results From the ORBIT-AF Registry 
  • Factors considered important at the end of life by patients, family, physicians, and other care providers. 
  • Factors predicting early and late phase decline of sexual health-related quality of life following radical prostatectomy. 
  • Family predictors of disease management over one year in Latino and European American patients with type 2 diabetes. 
  • Fatigue in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Association With Neurocognitive and Social-Emotional Functioning and Quality of Life. 
  • Fatigue in older cancer patients: etiology, assessment, and treatment. 
  • Fatigue is the most important symptom for advanced cancer patients who have had chemotherapy. 
  • Favorable cardiovascular risk profile in middle age and health-related quality of life in older age. 
  • Favorable early and long-term prognosis following coronary bypass surgery therapy for myocardial infarction: results of a multicenter trial. TAMI Study Group. 
  • Fear of movement, quality of life, and self-reported disability in obese patients with chronic lumbar pain. 
  • Feasibility and acceptability to patients of a longitudinal system for evaluating cancer-related symptoms and quality of life: pilot study of an e/Tablet data-collection system in academic oncology. 
  • Feasibility of frequent patient-reported outcome surveillance in patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation. 
  • Feasibility of using algorithm-based clinical decision support for symptom assessment and management in lung cancer. 
  • Fecal Incontinence: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management. 
  • Feeding dysfunction is associated with poor growth and health status in children with cerebral palsy. 
  • Female gender is associated with impaired quality of life 1 year after coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Filgrastim in patients with neutropenia: potential effects on quality of life. 
  • Financial Toxicity of Cancer Care: It's Time to Intervene. 
  • First update of the International Xenotransplantation Association consensus statement on conditions for undertaking clinical trials of porcine islet products in type 1 diabetes--Chapter 4: pre-clinical efficacy and complication data required to justify a clinical trial. 
  • Focal therapy for prostate cancer: possibilities and limitations. 
  • Follow-up modalities in focal therapy for prostate cancer: results from a Delphi consensus project. 
  • Food allergy QoL questionnaire for children aged 0-12 years: content, construct, and cross-cultural validity. 
  • Forecasting the nursing home population. 
  • Four methods of estimating the minimal important difference score were compared to establish a clinically significant change in Headache Impact Test. 
  • Fragile X syndrome: a review of associated medical problems. 
  • From the Johns Hopkins Baby to Baby Miller: what have we learned from four decades of reflection on neonatal cases? 
  • From whole-gland to targeted cryoablation for the treatment of unilateral or focal prostate cancer. 
  • Functional associations of "trouble seeing". 
  • Functional decline in older adults. 
  • Functional organ preservation with definitive chemoradiotherapy for T4 laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. 
  • Functional outcome with scaphotrapeziotrapezoid arthrodesis in the treatment of Kienböck's disease stage III. 
  • Functional outcomes of primary and secondary repairs of vesicovaginal fistulae via vaginal cuff scar excision. 
  • Functional status and the elderly cancer patient. 
  • Functional status in left ventricular assist device-supported patients: a literature review. 
  • Gaining the PROMIS perspective from children with nephrotic syndrome: a Midwest pediatric nephrology consortium study 
  • Gaining the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) perspective in chronic kidney disease: a Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. 
  • Galectin-3 in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. A RELAX trial substudy (Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibition to Improve Clinical Status and Exercise Capacity in Diastolic Heart Failure). 
  • Gastric bypass significantly improves quality of life in morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes. 
  • Gastro-oesophageal reflux and worse asthma control in obese children: a case of symptom misattribution? 
  • Geriatric evaluation and management units in the care of the frail elderly cancer patient. 
  • Girls connect: effects of a support group for teenage girls with inflammatory bowel disease and their mothers. 
  • Glaucoma and associated visual acuity and field loss significantly affect glaucoma-specific psychosocial functioning. 
  • Growing up with congenital heart disease: the dilemmas of adolescents and young adults [see comment]. 
  • Guidelines of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network on the use of myeloid growth factors with cancer chemotherapy: a review of the evidence. 
  • HIV-related stigma among an urban sample of persons living with HIV at risk for dropping out of HIV-oriented primary medical care. 
  • HRS/ACCF expert consensus statement on pacemaker device and mode selection. Developed in partnership between the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and in collaboration with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • Hand transplantation in the United States: experience with 3 patients. 
  • Happily hopeless: adaptation to a permanent, but not to a temporary, disability. 
  • Has mini gastric bypass come of age? 
  • Head and neck cancer-specific quality of life: instrument validation. 
  • Head and neck cancers, Version 2.2014. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology. 
  • Head and neck cancers. 
  • Health behaviors, medical care, and interventions to promote healthy living in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort. 
  • Health behaviors, quality of life, and psychosocial health among survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers. 
  • Health burden associated with visual impairment in Singapore: the Singapore epidemiology of eye disease study. 
  • Health care costs in the last week of life: associations with end-of-life conversations. 
  • Health conditions and quality of life in survivors of childhood acute myeloid leukemia comparing post remission chemotherapy to BMT: a report from the children's oncology group. 
  • Health impact of head and neck cancer. 
  • Health literacy and vision-related quality of life. 
  • Health related quality of life in sickle cell disease: just scratching the surface. 
  • Health status and depression remission in patients with chronic heart failure: patient-reported outcomes from the SADHART-CHF trial. 
  • Health status and quality of life among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. 
  • Health status identifies heart failure outpatients at risk for hospitalization or death. 
  • Health values of the seriously ill. SUPPORT investigators. 
  • Health, wealth, and happiness: financial resources buffer subjective well-being after the onset of a disability. 
  • Health-Related Quality of Life among Children and Adolescents during Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recovery. 
  • Health-related quality of life after carotid stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: results from CREST (Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy Versus Stenting Trial). 
  • Health-related quality of life after hip arthroplasty with and without an extended-duration continuous posterior lumbar plexus nerve block: a prospective, 1-year follow-up of a randomized, triple-masked, placebo-controlled study. 
  • Health-related quality of life after ileoanal pull-through evaluation and assessment of new health status measures. 
  • Health-related quality of life after tricompartment knee arthroplasty with and without an extended-duration continuous femoral nerve block: a prospective, 1-year follow-up of a randomized, triple-masked, placebo-controlled study. 
  • Health-related quality of life among men with HIV infection: effects of social support, coping, and depression. 
  • Health-related quality of life among older adults with arthritis. 
  • Health-related quality of life among patients with breast cancer receiving zoledronic acid or pamidronate disodium for metastatic bone lesions. 
  • Health-related quality of life among self-reported arthritis sufferers: effects of race/ethnicity and residence. 
  • Health-related quality of life and health service use among older adults with osteoarthritis. 
  • Health-related quality of life and severity of symptoms in patients with Barrett's esophagus and gastroesophageal reflux disease patients without Barrett's esophagus. 
  • Health-related quality of life in Gulf War era military personnel. 
  • Health-related quality of life in bereaved HIV-positive adults: relationships between HIV symptoms, grief, social support, and Axis II indication. 
  • Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with juvenile localized scleroderma. 
  • Health-related quality of life in children with sickle cell anemia: impact of blood transfusion therapy. 
  • Health-related quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors: differences by adjuvant chemotherapy dose in Cancer and Leukemia Group B study 8541. 
  • Health-related quality of life in men receiving prostate brachytherapy on RTOG 98-05. 
  • Health-related quality of life in older depressed psychogeriatric patients: one year follow-up. 
  • Health-related quality of life in overweight and nonoverweight black and white adolescents. 
  • Health-related quality of life in the randomised KEYNOTE-002 study of pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy in patients with ipilimumab-refractory melanoma. 
  • Health-related quality of life of persons with sarcoidosis. 
  • Health-related quality of life outcomes of docetaxel/carboplatin combination therapy vs. sequential therapy with docetaxel then carboplatin in patients with relapsed, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer: results from a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Health-related quality of life outcomes with prasugrel among medically managed non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome patients: Insights from the Targeted Platelet Inhibition to Clarify the Optimal Strategy to Medically Manage Acute Coronary Syndromes (TRILOGY ACS) trial. 
  • Health-related quality of life predictors of survival and hospital utilization. 
  • Health-related quality of life: a primer for gastroenterologists. 
  • Hemoglobin, exercise training, and health status in patients with chronic heart failure (from the HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial). 
  • Hepatic arterial infusion versus systemic therapy for hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: a randomized trial of efficacy, quality of life, and molecular markers (CALGB 9481). 
  • Heroic measures may not always be justified in extensive urethral stricture due to lichen sclerosus (balanitis xerotica obliterans). 
  • High-dose therapy with hematopoietic cell transplantation for patients with central nervous system involvement by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 
  • How are the Kids Doing? How do We Know? Recent Trends in Child and Youth Well-Being in the United States and Some International Comparisons 
  • How do prescription opioid users differ from users of heroin or other drugs in psychopathology: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. 
  • How do you feel about...? Health outcomes in late life and self-perceptions of health and well-being. 
  • How oncologists and their patients with advanced cancer communicate about health-related quality of life. 
  • How strong is the relationship between functional status and quality of life among persons with stroke? 
  • Hydrocortisone with or without mitoxantrone in men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer: results of the cancer and leukemia group B 9182 study. 
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: How to improve late survival and quality of life. 
  • ICF core sets: how to specify impairment and function in systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Identifying the content area for the 51-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire: results from focus groups with visually impaired persons. 
  • Ignorance of hedonic adaptation to hemodialysis: a study using ecological momentary assessment. 
  • Immediate and long-term outcomes after lateral pancreaticojejunostomy for chronic pancreatitis. 
  • Immune and clinical impact of Lactobacillus acidophilus on asthma. 
  • Impact of Bleeding on Quality of Life in Patients on DAPT: Insights From TRANSLATE-ACS. 
  • Impact of Treatment Subsidies and Cash Payouts on Treatment Choices at the End of Life. 
  • Impact of a depression care management program for hospitalized cardiac patients. 
  • Impact of a pediatric quality of life program on providers' moral distress. 
  • Impact of antipsychotic medication on family burden in schizophrenia: longitudinal results of CATIE trial. 
  • Impact of azacytidine on the quality of life of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome treated in a randomized phase III trial: a Cancer and Leukemia Group B study. 
  • Impact of bilateral open and closed-angle glaucoma on glaucoma-specific functioning in Asians. 
  • Impact of cardiovascular events on change in quality of life and utilities in patients after myocardial infarction: a VALIANT study (valsartan in acute myocardial infarction). 
  • Impact of diabetes screening on quality of life. 
  • Impact of diabetic retinopathy on vision-specific function. 
  • Impact of different patterns of invasive care on quality of life outcomes in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome: results from the GUSTO-IIb Canada-United States substudy. 
  • Impact of functional support on health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer. 
  • Impact of health-related quality of life and fatigue on survival of recurrent high-grade glioma patients. 
  • Impact of hot flashes on quality of life among postmenopausal women being treated for breast cancer. 
  • Impact of lung transplantation on recipient quality of life: a serial, prospective, multicenter analysis through the first posttransplant year. 
  • Impact of morbid obesity on medical expenditures in adults. 
  • Impact of quality of life on patient expectations regarding phase I clinical trials. 
  • Impact of rate-modulated pacing on quality of life and exercise capacity--evidence from the Advanced Elements of Pacing Randomized Controlled Trial (ADEPT). 
  • Impact of voice and swallowing problems in the elderly. 
  • Implications of Angina Pectoris on Quality of Life, Functional Capacity and Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure Patients: Insights From HF-ACTION 
  • Importance of baseline functional and socioeconomic factors for participation in cardiac rehabilitation. 
  • Importance of cost and quality of life in decisions about routine angiography after acute myocardial infarction. The role of cost-effectiveness models. 
  • Improved functional status and quality of life in prohibitive surgical risk patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation after transcatheter mitral valve repair. 
  • Improved quality of life following total pancreatectomy and auto-islet transplantation for chronic pancreatitis. 
  • Improved survival associated with prophylactic implantable defibrillators in elderly patients with prior myocardial infarction and depressed ventricular function: a MADIT-II substudy. 
  • Improvement in gastrointestinal symptoms and quality of life after cholecystectomy. 
  • Improvement in quality of life with left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with pharmacoresistant major depression: acute and six month outcomes. 
  • Improvements in Depression and Changes in Fatigue: Results from the SLAM DUNC Depression Treatment Trial. 
  • Improvements in Functional Exercise Capacity after a Residential Behavioural Change, Diet and Fitness Program for Obese Adults. 
  • Improvements in depression and changes in quality of life among HIV-infected adults. 
  • Improvements in health-related quality of life following a group intervention for coping with AIDS-bereavement among HIV-infected men and women. 
  • Improvements in sexual quality of life after moderate weight loss. 
  • Improvements in speed-based gait classifications are meaningful. 
  • Improving depression outcomes in older adults with comorbid medical illness. 
  • Improving the management of dyspnea in the community using rapid learning approaches. 
  • Improving the quality of survivorship for older adults with cancer. 
  • Improving the sensitivity of cervical cytology: what are the issues? 
  • In patients undergoing neuromodulation for intractable urge incontinence a reduction in 24-hr pad weight after the initial test stimulation best predicts long-term patient satisfaction. 
  • Incidence, risk, and consequences of atrial arrhythmias in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. 
  • Indications and Results of HLA-Identical Sibling Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease. 
  • Individual utilities are inconsistent with rationing choices: A partial explanation of why Oregon's cost-effectiveness list failed. 
  • Influence of depression and effect of treatment with sertraline on quality of life after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Influence of racial disparities in procedure use on functional status outcomes among patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Initial assessment of a new instrument to measure quality of life at the end of life. 
  • Initial report of the cancer Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) sexual function committee: review of sexual function measures and domains used in oncology. 
  • Inotropic therapy for heart failure: an evidence-based approach. 
  • Integrative Medicine Patients Have High Stress, Pain, and Psychological Symptoms. 
  • Integrative package for low back pain with leg pain in Korea: a prospective cohort study. 
  • Intermediate to long-term outcomes of the STAR Total Ankle Replacement: the patient perspective. 
  • International REgistry to assess medical Practice with lOngitudinal obseRvation for Treatment of Heart Failure (REPORT-HF): rationale for and design of a global registry. 
  • International and Interdisciplinary Identification of Health Care Transition Outcomes. 
  • International clinimetric evaluation of the MG-QOL15, resulting in slight revision and subsequent validation of the MG-QOL15r. 
  • International differences in clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes in acute heart failure patients: better short-term outcomes in patients enrolled in Eastern Europe and Russia in the PROTECT trial. 
  • International patient and physician consensus on a psoriatic arthritis core outcome set for clinical trials. 
  • Internet-mediated physiotherapy and pain coping skills training for people with persistent knee pain (IMPACT - knee pain): a randomised controlled trial protocol. 
  • Interview-based assessment of cognition is a strong predictor of quality of life in patients with schizophrenia and severe negative symptoms. 
  • Intestinal transplantation. 
  • Intrapericardial Left Ventricular Assist Device for Advanced Heart Failure. 
  • Introduction: current controversies in rectal cancer. 
  • Investigating racial disparities in use of NK1 receptor antagonists to prevent chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting among women with breast cancer. 
  • Invited commentary. 
  • Invited commentary. 
  • Is depression a risk factor for diabetic foot ulcers? 11-years follow-up of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT). 
  • Is quality of life predictive of the survival of patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung carcinoma? 
  • Is radical prostatectomy appropriate for very-high-risk prostate cancer patients? No. 
  • Is the pediatric quality of life inventory valid for use in preschool children with refractive errors? 
  • Isosorbide Mononitrate in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. 
  • Issues with implementing a high-quality lung cancer screening program. 
  • Item responsiveness of a rhinitis and asthma symptom score during a pollen season. 
  • KOOS pain as a marker for significant knee pain two and six years after primary ACL reconstruction: a Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) prospective longitudinal cohort study. 
  • Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: a favorable opinion. 
  • Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: an oncologic feasible option. 
  • Laparoscopic fundoplication: 5-year follow-up. 
  • Late complications of allogeneic and autologous marrow transplantation. 
  • Late safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of a zotarolimus-eluting stent compared with a paclitaxel-eluting stent in patients with de novo coronary lesions: 2-year follow-up from the ENDEAVOR IV trial (Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Taxus Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Less is more, or almost as much: a 15-item quality-of-life instrument for myasthenia gravis. 
  • Life satisfaction and student engagement in adolescents. 
  • Lifestyle intervention development study to improve physical function in older adults with cancer: outcomes from Project LEAD. 
  • Link between decisions regarding resuscitation and preferences for quality over length of life with heart failure. 
  • Literacy and laryngectomy: how should one treat head and neck cancer in patients who cannot read or write? 
  • Literacy is an independent risk factor for vision impairment and poor visual functioning. 
  • Liver transplantation in alcoholics: assessment of psychological health and work activity. 
  • Living arrangements and health status in later life: a review of recent literature. 
  • Locus of control, depression and quality of life among persons with sickle cell disease in Jamaica. 
  • Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Epratuzumab in the Treatment of Moderate-to- Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Results From an Open-Label Extension Study. 
  • Long-term Cost-effectiveness in the Veterans Affairs Open vs Endovascular Repair Study of Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm: A Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Long-term adjustment of survivors of early-stage breast carcinoma, 20 years after adjuvant chemotherapy. 
  • Long-term biopsychosocial effects of interleukin-2 therapy. 
  • Long-term clinical and economic analysis of the Endeavor drug-eluting stent versus the Driver bare-metal stent: 4-year results from the ENDEAVOR II trial (Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Medtronic AVE ABT-578 Eluting Driver Coronary Stent in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Long-term clinical and economic analysis of the Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting stent versus the cypher sirolimus-eluting stent: 3-year results from the ENDEAVOR III trial (Randomized Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Cypher Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Long-term evaluation of patient satisfaction and reflux symptoms after laparoscopic fundoplication with Collis gastroplasty. 
  • Long-term outcome after marrow transplantation for severe aplastic anemia. 
  • Long-term outcome of patients with perioperative myocardial infarction as diagnosed by troponin I after routine surgical coronary artery revascularization. 
  • Long-term outcomes of the FRESH START trial: exploring the role of self-efficacy in cancer survivors' maintenance of dietary practices and physical activity. 
  • Long-term pancreatic function: potential benefits. 
  • Long-term quality of life after liver donation in the adult to adult living donor liver transplantation cohort study (A2ALL). 
  • Longitudinal association between frequency of substance use and quality of life among adolescents receiving a brief outpatient intervention. 
  • Longitudinal effects of coping on outcome in a randomized controlled trial of a group intervention for HIV-positive adults with AIDS-related bereavement. 
  • Longterm followup and quality of life after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. 
  • Lower serum sodium is associated with increased short-term mortality in hospitalized patients with worsening heart failure: results from the Outcomes of a Prospective Trial of Intravenous Milrinone for Exacerbations of Chronic Heart Failure (OPTIME-CHF) study. 
  • Lower-dose vs high-dose oral estradiol therapy of hormone receptor-positive, aromatase inhibitor-resistant advanced breast cancer: a phase 2 randomized study. 
  • Lung transplantation in advanced COPD: is it worth it? 
  • Lung volume reduction surgery for the management of refractory dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 
  • Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node dissection compared to complete lymphadenectomy in the management of early-stage vulvar cancer: A cost-utility analysis. 
  • Macroergonomics and total quality management: how to improve quality of working life? 
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characterization and Clinical Outcomes After NeoCart Surgical Therapy as a Primary Reparative Treatment for Knee Cartilage Injuries. 
  • Management of Adult Stroke Rehabilitation Care: a clinical practice guideline. 
  • Management of cancer in the aged. 
  • Management of dyspnea in advanced lung cancer: recent data and emerging concepts. 
  • Management of dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 
  • Management of menorrhagia associated with chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia in women with hematologic malignancy. 
  • Management of platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis. 
  • Managing common behavioral problems in dementia. How to improve quality of life for patients and families. 
  • Managing comorbidities in patients at the end of life. 
  • Managing from the middle: integrating midlife challenges of children, elder parents, and career. 
  • Marital adjustment among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are participating in pulmonary rehabilitation. 
  • Marked benefits in physical activity and well-being, but not in functioning domains, 2 years after successful epilepsy surgery in children. 
  • Masculinity beliefs predict psychosocial functioning in African American prostate cancer survivors. 
  • Meal-based enhancement of protein quality and quantity during weight loss in obese older adults with mobility limitations: rationale and design for the MEASUR-UP trial. 
  • Measure once, cut twice--adding patient-reported outcome measures to the electronic health record for comparative effectiveness research. 
  • Measurement of fatigue in cancer patients: development and validation of the Fatigue Symptom Inventory. 
  • Measuring agreement between patient and proxy responses to multidimensional health-related quality-of-life measures in clinical trials. An application of psychometric profile analysis. 
  • Measuring community participation of adults with psychiatric disabilities: reliability of two modes of data collection. 
  • Measuring end-of-life care outcomes prospectively. 
  • Measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in osteoporotic males using the Male OPAQ. 
  • Measuring outcomes of care for adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems. 
  • Measuring priority symptoms in advanced bladder cancer: development and initial validation of a brief symptom index. 
  • Measuring quality of life at the end of life: validation of the QUAL-E. 
  • Measuring shoulder function with the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index. 
  • Measuring the cost-effectiveness of cancer care. 
  • Measuring the impact of cancer: a comparison of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer survivors. 
  • Mechanical hyperalgesia and reduced quality of life occur in people with mild knee osteoarthritis pain. 
  • Medical Resource Use, Costs and Quality of Life are Similar Between Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Treated with Nesiritide Versus Placebo 
  • Medical care costs and quality of life after randomization to coronary angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery. Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) Investigators. 
  • Medical costs and quality of life 10 to 12 years after randomization to angioplasty or bypass surgery for multivessel coronary artery disease. 
  • Medical resource use, costs, and quality of life in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: findings from ASCEND-HF. 
  • Mental health comorbidity patterns and impact on quality of life among veterans serving during the first Gulf War. 
  • Metaanalysis and review of heart failure disease management randomized controlled clinical trials. 
  • Metabolic efficiency with ranolazine for less ischemia in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (MERLIN TIMI-36) study. 
  • Methodological and statistical issues of quality of life (QoL) and economic evaluation in cancer clinical trials: report of a workshop. 
  • Methods for a multicenter randomized trial for mixed urinary incontinence: rationale and patient-centeredness of the ESTEEM trial. 
  • Mindful Yoga for women with metastatic breast cancer: design of a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Mindful-Veteran: the implementation of a brief stress reduction course. 
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Advanced Nursing Practice: A Nonpharmacologic Approach to Health Promotion, Chronic Disease Management, and Symptom Control. 
  • Mini Review of the Cost-Effectiveness of Unilateral Osseointegrated Implants in Adults: Possibly Cost-Effective for the Correct Indication. 
  • Minimum important differences for scales assessing symptom severity and quality of life in patients with fecal incontinence. 
  • Misimagining the unimaginable: the disability paradox and health care decision making. 
  • Misremembering colostomies? Former patients give lower utility ratings than do current patients. 
  • Mitral-valve repair versus replacement for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation. 
  • Moderators of the effect of social support on depressive symptoms in cardiac patients. 
  • Money management, mental health, and psychiatric disability: a recovery-oriented model for improving financial skills. 
  • Monitoring health outcomes following cytoreductive surgery plus intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis. 
  • Morbid obesity is associated with fear of movement and lower quality of life in patients with knee pain-related diagnoses. 
  • Moxibustion for treating menopausal hot flashes: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Mucosal melanoma of the head and neck. 
  • Multicenter phase II trial of temozolomide in patients with anaplastic astrocytoma or anaplastic oligoastrocytoma at first relapse. Temodal Brain Tumor Group. 
  • Muscle wasting in cancer cachexia: clinical implications, diagnosis, and emerging treatment strategies. 
  • Myeloablative transplantation using either cord blood or bone marrow leads to immune recovery, high long-term donor chimerism and excellent survival in chronic granulomatous disease. 
  • Myelotoxicity from chemotherapy. 
  • National Database Analysis of Single-Level versus Multilevel Sleep Surgery. 
  • Neuro-oncology: What is the optimal use of bevacizumab in glioblastoma? 
  • Neurocognitive changes after lung transplantation. 
  • Neuromuscular Scoliosis: Current Concepts. 
  • Neuropsychiatric complications after temporal lobe limbic system surgery. 
  • Neuropsychologic functioning of survivors of childhood medulloblastoma randomized to receive conventional or reduced-dose craniospinal irradiation: a Pediatric Oncology Group study. 
  • Neuropsychological functioning, coping, and quality of life among returning war veterans. 
  • New combination treatments in the management of diabetes: focus on sitagliptin-metformin. 
  • Nightly treatment of primary insomnia with eszopiclone for six months: effect on sleep, quality of life, and work limitations. 
  • Non-emphysematous chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with diabetes mellitus. 
  • Non-surgical management of stress urinary incontinence: ambulatory treatments for leakage associated with stress (ATLAS) trial. 
  • Normalization of quality of life three years after temporal lobectomy: a controlled study. 
  • Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong. 
  • Nurse practitioners can effectively deliver pain coping skills training to osteoarthritis patients with chronic pain: A randomized, controlled trial. 
  • Nurse-facilitated preparation and life completion interventions are acceptable and feasible in the Australian palliative care setting: results from a phase 2 trial. 
  • Nutrition as a contributor and treatment option for overweight and obesity. 
  • Nutrition therapy recommendations for the management of adults with diabetes. 
  • Nutritional risk predicts quality of life in elderly community-living Canadians. 
  • Obesity and sexual quality of life. 
  • Obesity and symptoms of depression contribute independently to the poor asthma control of obesity. 
  • Occult osteochondral lesions after anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Six-year magnetic resonance imaging follow-up study. 
  • One-year trajectories of care and resource utilization for recipients of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a cohort study. 
  • Operative techniques in early-stage lung cancer. 
  • Optimal management of malignant pleural effusions (results of CALGB 30102). 
  • Optimism, social support, and adjustment in African American women with breast cancer. 
  • Osteoarthritis and the impact on quality of life health indicators. 
  • Osteoporosis and quality of life psychosocial outcomes and interventions for individual patients. 
  • Osteoporosis self-management: Choices For Better Bone Health. 
  • Outcome after regional anaesthesia in the ambulatory setting--is it really worth it? 
  • Outcome in 104 pubovaginal slings using freeze-dried allograft fascia lata from a single tissue bank. 
  • Outcome measures in acute stroke trials: a systematic review and some recommendations to improve practice. 
  • Outcome measures in stroke rehabilitation. 
  • Outcome of posterior ankle arthroscopy for hindfoot impingement. 
  • Outcome of psychiatric hospitalization for very low-functioning demented patients. 
  • Outcomes after Total Knee Arthroplasty for post-traumatic arthritis. 
  • Outcomes after nasal septoplasty: results from the Nasal Obstruction Septoplasty Effectiveness (NOSE) study. 
  • Outcomes after regional anesthesia. 
  • Outcomes of acute exacerbation of severe congestive heart failure: quality of life, resource use, and survival. SUPPORT Investigators. The Study to Understand Prognosis and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. 
  • Outcomes of biomarker feedback on physical activity, eating habits, and emotional health: from the Americans in Motion-Healthy Intervention (AIM-HI) study. 
  • Outcomes of inoperable symptomatic aortic stenosis patients not undergoing aortic valve replacement: insight into the impact of balloon aortic valvuloplasty from the PARTNER trial (Placement of AoRtic TraNscathetER Valve trial). 
  • Outcomes research and emergency medical services for children: domains, challenges, and opportunities. 
  • Outcomes, health policy, and managed care: relationships between patient-reported outcome measures and clinical measures in outpatients with heart failure. 
  • Overall survival benefit with lapatinib in combination with trastuzumab for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer: final results from the EGF104900 Study. 
  • Overutilization of endoscopic surveillance in nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus: a multicenter study. 
  • Overview consensus statement. Newer approaches to androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer. 
  • Oxygen for breathlessness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who do not qualify for home oxygen therapy. 
  • PTSD diagnoses, subsyndromal symptoms, and comorbidities contribute to impairments for breast cancer survivors. 
  • PTSD is negatively associated with physical performance and physical function in older overweight military Veterans. 
  • Paget's disease of bone and quality of life. 
  • Pain and depression in patients with newly diagnosed pancreas cancer. 
  • Pain catastrophizing in borderline morbidly obese and morbidly obese individuals with osteoarthritic knee pain. 
  • Pain, quality of life, and spinal accessory nerve status after neck dissection. 
  • Pain, stiffness, and fatigue in juvenile polyarticular arthritis: contemporaneous stressful events and mood as predictors. 
  • Palliative Care Issues in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An Evidenced-Based Review. 
  • Palliative Care and Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: Insights From the PAL-HF Trial 
  • Palliative Care in Heart Failure The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial 
  • Palliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial. 
  • Palliative and hospice care in gynecologic cancer: a review. 
  • Palliative care and the search for value in health reform. 
  • Palliative chemotherapy: oxymoron or misunderstanding? 
  • Palliative services enhance the quality and value of gynecologic cancer care. 
  • Palliative treatment of dysphonia and dysarthria. 
  • Palliative treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: what is the optimal approach? 
  • Parental perspectives on a behavioral health music intervention for adolescent/young adult resilience during cancer treatment: report from the children's oncology group. 
  • Parents' reported preference scores for childhood atopic dermatitis disease states. 
  • Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs Among Older Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Partners empowered: a couple-based intervention for newly diagnosed cancer. 
  • Pathways from physical activity to quality of life in older women. 
  • Patient and program outcome assessment in pulmonary rehabilitation: an AACVPR statement. 
  • Patient choice of breast cancer treatment: impact on health state preferences. 
  • Patient experience in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: state of the science. 
  • Patient experiences with communication about sex during and after treatment for cancer. 
  • Patient factors associated with quality of life in atrial fibrillation. 
  • Patient outcomes in the operative and nonoperative management of high-grade spondylolisthesis in children. 
  • Patient perspectives in glaucoma care: introduction to the American Journal of Ophthalmology Supplement. 
  • Patient preferences and quality of life associated with colorectal cancer screening. 
  • Patient rated outcomes and survivorship following cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CS + HIPEC). 
  • Patient selection for mechanical circulatory support. 
  • Patient, Medical and Laboratory Characteristics Associated With a Decline in Physical Functioning in Children and Adolescents After the Fontan Procedure 
  • Patient-Centered Research into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research: Implementing the patient-driven research paradigm to aid decision making in stroke care. 
  • Patient-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life Is a Predictor of Outcomes in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients Treated With Left Ventricular Assist Device Compared With Medical Management: Results From the ROADMAP Study (Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Device and Medical Management). 
  • Patient-defined desired outcome, success criteria, and expectation in outpatient physical therapy: a longitudinal assessment. 
  • Patient-reported outcomes as end points and outcome indicators in solid tumours. 
  • Patient-reported quality of supportive care among patients with colorectal cancer in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System. 
  • Patterns and predictors of clustered risky health behaviors among adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Patterns of bisphosphonate use in the United States in the treatment of metastatic bone disease. 
  • Perceived family stress as a predictor of health-related outcomes. 
  • Perceived functioning has ethnic-specific associations in systemic sclerosis: another dimension of personalized medicine. 
  • Perceived social support among depressed elderly, middle-aged, and young-adult samples: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. 
  • Perceptions of health and their relationship to symptoms in African American women with type 2 diabetes. 
  • Perceptions of patients and physicians regarding phase I cancer clinical trials: implications for physician-patient communication. 
  • Percutaneous repair or surgery for mitral regurgitation. 
  • Performance and quality of life outcomes for T4 laryngeal cancer patients treated with induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy. 
  • Performance of PROMIS for Healthy Patients Undergoing Meniscal Surgery. 
  • Performance status and outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting in persons aged 80 to 93 years. 
  • Persistent symptoms among survivors of Hodgkin's disease: an explanatory model based on classical conditioning. 
  • Persisting consequences of stroke measured by the Stroke Impact Scale. 
  • Personality and oral health. 
  • Perspectives gained from large-scale thrombolytic comparative trials. 
  • Perspectives, preferences, care practices, and outcomes among older and middle-aged patients with late-stage cancer. 
  • Pharmacological considerations in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults in the intensive care unit. 
  • Phase 1 Dose Escalation Study of Accelerated Radiation Therapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer. 
  • Phase 2 pilot study of Pathfinders: a psychosocial intervention for cancer patients. 
  • Phase I participants' views of quality of life and trial participation burdens. 
  • Phase I/II trial of intravenous Doxil and whole abdomen hyperthermia in patients with refractory ovarian cancer. 
  • Phase II study of high-dose fish oil capsules for patients with cancer-related cachexia. 
  • Phase III intergroup study of talc poudrage vs talc slurry sclerosis for malignant pleural effusion. 
  • Phenotype of Spirometric Impairment in an Aging Population. 
  • Phenotype of normal spirometry in an aging population. 
  • Physical Therapist-Delivered Pain Coping Skills Training and Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized Controlled Trial. 
  • Physical activity and quality of life in older adults: influence of health status and self-efficacy. 
  • Physical and social functioning after stroke: comparison of the Stroke Impact Scale and Short Form-36. 
  • Physical health functioning among United Methodist clergy. 
  • Physical therapy and chiropractic use among childhood cancer survivors with chronic disease: impact on health-related quality of life. 
  • Physician and Patient and Caregiver Health Attitudes and Their Effect on Medicare Resource Allocation for Patients With Advanced Cancer. 
  • Pilot study of the impact of massage therapy on sources and levels of distress in brain tumour patients. 
  • Pilot study of the use of naltrexone to treat the severe pruritus of cholestatic liver disease. 
  • Polypharmacy in patients with advanced cancer and the role of medication discontinuation. 
  • Poor outcome and quality of life in female patients undergoing secondary surgery for recurrent peptic ulcer disease. 
  • Population-based assessment of cancer survivors' financial burden and quality of life: a prospective cohort study. 
  • Post-traumatic stress outcomes in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors. 
  • Post-traumatic stress symptoms in long-term non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors: does time heal? 
  • Postacute rehabilitation quality of care: toward a shared conceptual framework. 
  • Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Impacts One Year Clinical Outcomes and Costs: The VA ROOBY Trial 
  • Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Minding the Gaps in Our Knowledge of a Common Postoperative Complication in the Elderly. 
  • Postoperative radiation therapy for pathologically advanced prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy. 
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and self-reported physical health status among U.S. Military personnel serving during the Gulf War period: a population-based study. 
  • Predicting disability and quality of life in a community-based sample of women with migraine headache. 
  • Predicting non-elective hospital readmissions: a multi-site study. Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Primary Care and Readmissions. 
  • Predicting postoperative morbidity following cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CS+HIPEC) with preoperative FACT-C (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy) and patient-rated performance status. 
  • Prediction of acute respiratory disease in current and former smokers with and without COPD. 
  • Prediction of survival for older hospitalized patients: the HELP survival model. Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project. 
  • Predictors of Long-Term Quality of Life for Survivors of Stage II/III Rectal Cancer in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium. 
  • Predictors of antidepressant use among older adults: have they changed over time? 
  • Predictors of changes in health-related quality of life among men with HIV infection in the HAART era. 
  • Predictors of cognitive recovery after cardiac surgery. 
  • Predictors of early quality-of-life improvement after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. 
  • Predictors of mental health in midlife and older Australian women: A multilevel investigation. 
  • Predictors of pain and disability outcomes in one thousand, one hundred and eight patients who underwent lumbar discectomy surgery. 
  • Preference-based utility scores for adverse events associated with the treatment of gynecologic cancers. 
  • Preferences for current health and their association with outcomes in patients with kidney disease. 
  • Preliminary criteria for global flares in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Preparedness planning before mechanical circulatory support: a "how-to" guide for palliative medicine clinicians. 
  • Pretransplantation assessments and symptom profiles: predicting transplantation-related toxicity and improving patient-centered outcomes. 
  • Pretreatment expectations of patients undergoing robotic assisted laparoscopic or open retropubic radical prostatectomy. 
  • Prevalence and causes of decreased visual acuity in Singaporean Chinese preschoolers. 
  • Prevalence and predictors of angina pectoris one month after myocardial infarction. 
  • Prevalence of comorbidities and baseline characteristics of LAP-BAND AP® subjects in the Helping Evaluate Reduction in Obesity (HERO) study. 
  • Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Undiagnosed Visually Significant Cataract: The Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases Study. 
  • Primary care for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Primary treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with balloon catheter dilation in children younger than 4 years of age. 
  • Primary treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with nasolacrimal duct intubation in children younger than 4 years of age. 
  • Primary treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction with probing in children younger than 4 years. 
  • Prognostic usefulness of the six-minute walk in patients with advanced congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Project LIFE--Learning to Improve Fitness and Function in Elders: methods, design, and baseline characteristics of randomized trial. 
  • Project LIFE: a partnership to increase physical activity in elders with multiple chronic illnesses. 
  • Prospective assessment of quality of life in ovarian cancer patients receiving whole abdomen hyperthermia and liposomal doxorubicin. 
  • Prospective assessment of the occurrence of anemia in patients with heart failure: results from the Study of Anemia in a Heart Failure Population (STAMINA-HFP) Registry. 
  • Prospective data collection of a new procedure by a specialty society: the FIBROID registry. 
  • Prospective economic evaluation accompanying a trial of GM-CSF/IL-3 in patients undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation for Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. IL-3 BMT Study Team. 
  • Prospective evaluation of the association between hemoglobin concentration and quality of life in patients with heart failure. 
  • Prospective pilot study of living kidney donor decision-making and outcomes. 
  • Prospective study of neuropsychologic testing and quality-of-life assessment of adults with primary malignant brain tumors. 
  • Prospective study of recovery from copperhead snake envenomation: an observational study. 
  • Prospective, randomized trial comparing shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for lower pole caliceal calculi 1 cm or less. 
  • Prostate cancer in African Americans: relationship of patient and partner self-efficacy to quality of life. 
  • Prostate cancer in men of African origin. 
  • Prostate cancer treatment unblinded. 
  • Psychiatric comorbidity in depressed HIV-infected individuals: common and clinically consequential. 
  • Psychiatric disorder and quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplantation. 
  • Psychological Symptoms and Social Functioning Following Repair of Obstetric Fistula in a Low-Income Setting. 
  • Psychological and behavioral approaches to cancer pain management. 
  • Psychological and cognitive outcomes of a randomized trial of exercise among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 
  • Psychological correlates of obese patients seeking surgical or residential behavioral weight loss treatment. 
  • Psychological symptoms among persons 50 years of age and older living with HIV disease. 
  • Psychometric characteristics of outcome measures in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a systematic review. 
  • Psychometric evaluation of 2 comprehensive condition-specific quality of life instruments for women with pelvic floor disorders. 
  • Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the Type 2 Diabetes and Health Promotion Scale (T2DHPS): a diabetes-specific measure of lifestyle. 
  • Psychometric properties of the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ) among caregivers of children with autism. 
  • Psychosocial Factors, Exercise Adherence, and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients: Insights From Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION). 
  • Psychosocial benefits of cardiac rehabilitation among women compared with men. 
  • Psychosocial characteristics after acute myocardial infarction: the ENRICHD pilot study. Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease. 
  • Psychosocial distress and its effects on the health-related quality of life of primary brain tumor patients. 
  • Psychosocial factors related to the use of InterStim® for the treatment of refractory overactive bladder. 
  • Psychosocial impact of chronic vulvovagina conditions. 
  • Psychosocial issues confronting young women with breast cancer. 
  • Psychosocial outcomes in a weight loss camp for overweight youth. 
  • Psychosocial predictors of life satisfaction among persons living with HIV infection and AIDS. 
  • Psychosocial predictors of weight regain in the weight loss maintenance trial. 
  • Psychosocial trajectories of men monitoring prostate-specific antigen levels following surgery for prostate cancer. 
  • Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 2--implementation. 
  • QOL and outcomes research in prostate cancer patients with low socioeconomic status. 
  • Quality of Life Outcomes in the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) 
  • Quality of Life and Recommendations for Further Care. 
  • Quality of Life and Sexual Function 2 Years After Vaginal Surgery for Prolapse. 
  • Quality of Life is Similar between Long-term Survivors of Indolent and Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. 
  • Quality of life (QoL) in metastatic breast cancer patients with maintenance paclitaxel plus gemcitabine (PG) chemotherapy: results from phase III, multicenter, randomized trial of maintenance chemotherapy versus observation (KCSG-BR07-02). 
  • Quality of life after adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. 
  • Quality of life after bone marrow transplantation. 
  • Quality of life after breast cancer diagnosis and survival. 
  • Quality of life after coronary angioplasty or continued medical treatment for angina: three-year follow-up in the RITA-2 trial. Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina. 
  • Quality of life after coronary revascularization in the United States and Canada. 
  • Quality of life after intestinal transplantation. 
  • Quality of life after isolated limb infusion for in-transit melanoma of the extremity. 
  • Quality of life after late invasive therapy for occluded arteries. 
  • Quality of life after macular translocation with 360 degrees peripheral retinectomy for age-related macular degeneration. 
  • Quality of life after pediatric intestinal transplantation: the perception of pediatric recipients and their parents. 
  • Quality of life after prostate cancer treatment. 
  • Quality of life after surgery for genital prolapse in elderly women: obliterative and reconstructive surgery. 
  • Quality of life after surgery for intractable partial epilepsy in children: a cohort study with controls. 
  • Quality of life after tonsillectomy in adults with recurrent or chronic tonsillitis. 
  • Quality of life after tonsillectomy in children with recurrent tonsillitis. 
  • Quality of life after treatment for pancreatitis. 
  • Quality of life after vagal nerve stimulator insertion. 
  • Quality of life among hypertensive patients with a diuretic background who are taking atenolol and enalapril. 
  • Quality of life among long-term survivors of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a follow-up study. 
  • Quality of life among patients with Stage II and III breast carcinoma randomized to receive high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow support or intermediate-dose chemotherapy: results from Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9066. 
  • Quality of life and Parkinson's disease. 
  • Quality of life and chronic heart failure therapy guided by natriuretic peptides: results from the ProBNP Outpatient Tailored Chronic Heart Failure Therapy (PROTECT) study. 
  • Quality of life and disability in patients with treatment-failure gout. 
  • Quality of life and economic outcomes with surgical ventricular reconstruction in ischemic heart failure: results from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial. 
  • Quality of life and functional health of primary care patients. 
  • Quality of life and functional status in patients surviving 12 months after left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • Quality of life and health-services utilization in a population-based sample of military personnel reporting multiple chemical sensitivities. 
  • Quality of life and physical activity associated to lower prevalence of depression in community-dwelling elderly subjects from Sao Paulo. 
  • Quality of life and recovery after cardiac surgery. 
  • Quality of life associated with treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer: a review of the literature. 
  • Quality of life domains among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors: an integrative literature review. 
  • Quality of life effects of automatic external defibrillators in the home: results from the Home Automatic External Defibrillator Trial (HAT). 
  • Quality of life for adult leukemia survivors treated on clinical trials of Cancer and Leukemia Group B during the period 1971-1988: predictors for later psychologic distress. 
  • Quality of life impact of three different doses of suramin in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate carcinoma: results of Intergroup O159/Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9480. 
  • Quality of life in geriatric depression: a comparison of remitters, partial responders, and nonresponders. 
  • Quality of life in hearing-impaired adults: the role of cochlear implants and hearing aids. 
  • Quality of life in patients with Barrett's esophagus undergoing surveillance. 
  • Quality of life measurement in gastroenterology: what is available? 
  • Quality of life of 125 adults surviving 6-18 years after bone marrow transplantation. 
  • Quality of life of adult long-term survivors of bone marrow transplantation: a qualitative analysis of narrative data. 
  • Quality of life of cutaneous disease in the ectodermal dysplasias. 
  • Quality of life of patients with otitis media and caregivers: a multicenter study. 
  • Quality of life outcomes are equivalent after lobectomy in the elderly. 
  • Quality of life with defibrillator therapy or amiodarone in heart failure. 
  • Quality of life: a research gap in teledermatology. 
  • Quality of survival in histiocytosis X: a Southwest Oncology Group study. 
  • Quality, quantity, or both? Life after lung transplantation. 
  • Quality-of-Life Outcomes With Anatomic Versus Functional Diagnostic Testing Strategies in Symptomatic Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Results From the PROMISE Randomized Trial. 
  • Quality-of-Life and Economic Outcomes of Assessing Fractional Flow Reserve With Computed Tomography Angiography: PLATFORM. 
  • Quality-of-life assessment in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation or paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. 
  • Quality-of-life impact of non-neoplastic voice disorders: a meta-analysis. 
  • Quality-of-life metrics with vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy from provider survey data. 
  • Quality-of-life outcomes with a disodium EDTA chelation regimen for coronary disease: results from the trial to assess chelation therapy randomized trial. 
  • Quality-of-life outcomes with coronary artery bypass graft surgery in ischemic left ventricular dysfunction: a randomized trial. 
  • Quantification of airflow into the maxillary sinuses before and after functional endoscopic sinus surgery. 
  • Quantifying women's stated benefit-risk trade-off preferences for IBS treatment outcomes. 
  • Quantitative assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness, skeletal muscle function, and body composition in adults with primary malignant glioma. 
  • Racial differences in the characteristics of patients admitted for acute decompensated heart failure and their relation to outcomes: results from the OPTIME-CHF trial. 
  • Racial/ethnic differences in atrial fibrillation symptoms, treatment patterns, and outcomes: Insights from Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation Registry. 
  • Randomised trial of laparoscopic Burch colposuspension versus tension-free vaginal tape: long-term follow up. 
  • Randomised trials of secondary prevention programmes in coronary heart disease: systematic review. 
  • Randomized Trial of Pleural Fluid Drainage Frequency in Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusions. The ASAP Trial. 
  • Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of cisplatin and etoposide plus megestrol acetate/placebo in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group study. 
  • Randomized double-blind trial of darbepoetin alfa in patients with symptomatic heart failure and anemia. 
  • Randomized phase III trial of capecitabine compared with bevacizumab plus capecitabine in patients with previously treated metastatic breast cancer. 
  • Randomized study of Lapatinib alone or in combination with trastuzumab in women with ErbB2-positive, trastuzumab-refractory metastatic breast cancer. 
  • Randomized trial of vinorelbine compared with fluorouracil plus leucovorin in patients with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Rasch analysis informed the development of a classification system for a diabetes-specific preference-based measure of health. 
  • Rasch analysis of a new stroke-specific outcome scale: the Stroke Impact Scale. 
  • Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with advanced heart failure: the Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation (MIRACLE). 
  • Rationale and design of the Exercise Intensity Trial (EXCITE): A randomized trial comparing the effects of moderate versus moderate to high-intensity aerobic training in women with operable breast cancer. 
  • Rationale and design of the OPTIME CHF trial: outcomes of a prospective trial of intravenous milrinone for exacerbations of chronic heart failure. 
  • Rationale, design, methodology, and baseline data of a population-based study in rural China: the Handan Eye Study. 
  • Real-time pretreatment review limits unacceptable deviations on a cooperative group radiation therapy technique trial: quality assurance results of RTOG 0933. 
  • Recognizing and managing insomnia in primary care and specialty settings. 
  • Recombinant human erythropoietin in cancer-related anemia. Review of clinical evidence. 
  • Reconstruction with radial forearm flaps after ablative surgery for hypopharyngeal cancer. 
  • Recovery after allogeneic marrow transplantation: prospective study of predictors of long-term physical and psychosocial functioning. 
  • Recovery expectations and long-term prognosis of patients with coronary heart disease. 
  • Recovery of the neurosensory retina after macular translocation surgery is independent of preoperative macular sensitivity in neovascular age-related macular degeneration. 
  • Recruitment strategies and rates of a multi-site behavioral intervention for adolescents and young adults with cancer. 
  • Recurrent headaches in children: an epidemiological survey of two middle schools in inner city Chicago. 
  • Recurrent syncope as a chronic disease: preliminary validation of a disease-specific measure of functional impairment. 
  • Reflections: A Case for Intersectional Approaches in HIV Research. 
  • Refusal of Trabeculectomy for the Fellow Eye in Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS) Participants. 
  • Rehabilitation for elderly patients with cancer asthenia: making a transition to palliative care. 
  • Relation of Angina Pectoris to Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Response to Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure (from HF-ACTION). 
  • Relationship between CD4 count, viral burden, and quality of life over time in HIV-1-infected patients. 
  • Relationship between changes in hemoglobin level and quality of life during chemotherapy in anemic cancer patients receiving epoetin alfa therapy. 
  • Relationship between obesity and health-related quality of life in men. 
  • Relationship of health-related quality of life to health care utilization and mortality among older adults. 
  • Relationship of nutritional status to health and societal participation in children with cerebral palsy. 
  • Relationship of patient and medical characteristics to health status in children and adolescents after the Fontan procedure. 
  • Relationships between changes in patient-reported health status and functional capacity in outpatients with heart failure. 
  • Reliability and construct validity of PROMIS® measures for patients with heart failure who undergo heart transplant. 
  • Reliability and validity of the SF-12 health survey among people with severe mental illness. 
  • Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the short form 12-item survey (SF-12) in patients with back pain. 
  • Relief of dysphagia after laparoscopic Heller myotomy improves long-term quality of life. 
  • Religiosity/spirituality and pain in patients with sickle cell disease. 
  • Religious beliefs, practices, and health in colorectal cancer patients in Saudi Arabia. 
  • Religious coping among women with obstetric fistula in Tanzania. 
  • Religious coping and health status in medically ill hospitalized older adults. 
  • Religious coping and quality of life among individuals living with schizophrenia. 
  • Remote monitoring of implantable cardioverter defibrillators versus quarterly device interrogations in clinic: results from a randomized pilot clinical trial. 
  • Repeat Cell Therapy for Refractory Angina: Déjà vu All Over Again? 
  • Report of the substudy assessing the impact of neurocognitive function on quality of life 5 years after cardiac surgery. 
  • Research Priorities to Advance the Health and Health Care of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions. 
  • Research challenges in adolescent and young adult cancer survivor research. 
  • Researching breathlessness in palliative care: consensus statement of the National Cancer Research Institute Palliative Care Breathlessness Subgroup. 
  • Resilience, stress, and life quality in older adults living with HIV/AIDS. 
  • Resolved: psychosocial interventions can improve clinical outcomes in organic disease (pro). 
  • Resource use, costs, and quality of life among patients in the multinational Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial (VALIANT). 
  • Resource utilization and quality of life associated with congenital ichthyoses. 
  • Results of a 5-year multicenter trial of a new generation cooled high energy transurethral microwave thermal therapy catheter for benign prostatic hyperplasia. 
  • Resuscitation preferences among patients with severe congestive heart failure: results from the SUPPORT project. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. 
  • Retaining the meaning of the words religiousness and spirituality: a commentary on the WHOQOL SRPB group's "a cross-cultural study of spirituality, religion, and personal beliefs as components of quality of life" (62: 6, 2005, 1486-1497). 
  • Review of the use of mirtazapine in the treatment of depression. 
  • Revision ACL reconstruction outcomes: MOON cohort. 
  • Rhythm control in atrial fibrillation. 
  • Rising PSA Level in an Anxious Postprostatectomy Patient. 
  • Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of Left Ventricular Assist Device and Medical Management in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients: Results From the ROADMAP Study. 
  • Risk and Impact of Early and Late Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices (CF-LVADs) 
  • Risk classification of adult primary care patients by self-reported quality of life. 
  • Risk factors for rehospitalization for acute coronary syndromes and unplanned revascularization following acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Risk stratification in the hormonal treatment of patients with prostate cancer. 
  • Risks and benefits of bladder antimuscarinics among elderly residents of Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers. 
  • Risks versus benefits of different types of long-acting injectable antipsychotics. 
  • Rituximab versus cyclophosphamide for ANCA-associated vasculitis. 
  • Role of rhinitis in laryngitis: another dimension of the unified airway. 
  • Role of weight management in asthma symptoms and control. 
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. Engage key social concepts for sustainability. 
  • Safety and efficacy of aerobic training in patients with cancer who have heart failure: an analysis of the HF-ACTION randomized trial. 
  • Safety and feasibility of aerobic training on cardiopulmonary function and quality of life in postsurgical nonsmall cell lung cancer patients: a pilot study. 
  • Safety of symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise testing in patients with chronic heart failure due to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 
  • Sample size calculation for simulation-based multiple-testing procedures. 
  • Science and recovery in schizophrenia. 
  • Selective costimulation modulation with abatacept: a look at quality-of-life outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Self-Care for Older People (SCOPE): a cluster randomized controlled trial of self-care training and health outcomes in low-income elderly in Singapore. 
  • Self-Reported Sexual Function Measures Administered to Female Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review, 2008-2014. 
  • Self-efficacy for coping with symptoms moderates the relationship between physical symptoms and well-being in breast cancer survivors taking adjuvant endocrine therapy. 
  • Self-help on-line: an outcome evaluation of breast cancer bulletin boards. 
  • Self-reported financial burden and satisfaction with care among patients with cancer. 
  • Self-reported impact of dysphonia in a primary care population: an epidemiological study. 
  • Sequential psychological and pharmacological therapies for comorbid and primary insomnia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Sex differences in quality of life after ischemic stroke. 
  • Sex differences in stroke recovery. 
  • Sexual activity and functioning in female scleroderma patients. 
  • Sexual and Overall Quality of Life Improvements After Surgical Correction of "Buried Penis". 
  • Sexual bother and function after radical prostatectomy: predictors of sexual bother recovery in men despite persistent post-operative sexual dysfunction. 
  • Sexual concerns in cancer patients: a comparison of GI and breast cancer patients. 
  • Sexual concerns in lung cancer patients: an examination of predictors and moderating effects of age and gender. 
  • Sexual dysfunction associated with second-generation antidepressants in patients with major depressive disorder: results from a systematic review with network meta-analysis. 
  • Sexual functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®). 
  • Sexual functioning and obesity: a review. 
  • Shared care of adult survivors of childhood cancers. 
  • Should Neonatologists Give Opinions Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatment? 
  • Should Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Be Performed in Nonagenarians?: Insights From the STS/ACC TVT Registry. 
  • Should coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients with mild or moderate aortic stenosis undergo concomitant aortic valve replacement? A decision analysis approach to the surgical dilemma. 
  • Should stress management be incorporated into cardiac rehabilitation? 
  • Signposts along the journey toward high-quality palliative care: the value of measuring what matters. 
  • Sildenafil preserves exercise capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and right-sided ventricular dysfunction. 
  • Similarities and differences in the career trajectories of male and female career development award recipients. 
  • Singapore Tele-technology Aided Rehabilitation in Stroke (STARS) trial: protocol of a randomized clinical trial on tele-rehabilitation for stroke patients. 
  • Singing voice handicap and videostrobolaryngoscopy in healthy professional singers. 
  • Single-therapy androgen suppression in men with advanced prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Sinus Node Dysfunction Is Associated With Higher Symptom Burden and Increased Comorbid Illness: Results From the ORBIT-AF Registry. 
  • Sleep disturbance in psychiatric disorders: effects on function and quality of life in mood disorders, alcoholism, and schizophrenia. 
  • Sleep-wake functioning along the cancer continuum: focus group results from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS(®)). 
  • Smoke signals: urgent need for more successful interventions. 
  • Smoking status and health-related quality of life: as findings from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data. 
  • Social support and quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease. 
  • Socioeconomic and partner status in chronic heart failure: Relationship to exercise capacity, quality of life, and clinical outcomes. 
  • Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Patients Coinfected With Hepatitis C Virus and HIV: The Impact on Patient-Reported Outcomes. 
  • Solitary pancreas transplantation: experience with 50 consecutive cases. 
  • Sphincter-sparing surgery in patients with low-lying rectal cancer: techniques, oncologic outcomes, and functional results. 
  • Spiritual coping, religiosity and quality of life: A study on Muslim patients undergoing haemodialysis 
  • Spirituality and religion in outpatients with schizophrenia: a multi-site comparative study of Switzerland, Canada, and the United States. 
  • Standardization of definitions in focal therapy of prostate cancer: report from a Delphi consensus project. 
  • Standardizing patient-reported outcomes assessment in cancer clinical trials: a patient-reported outcomes measurement information system initiative. 
  • State of the science: promoting self-care in persons with heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. 
  • Stated preferences of patients with cancer for health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) domains during treatment. 
  • Statins after intracerebral hemorrhage: to treat or not to treat. 
  • Sternal plating for the treatment of sternal nonunion. 
  • Still happy after all these years: research frontiers on subjective well-being in later life. 
  • Stress and long-term survivors of brain cancer. 
  • Stress, lifestyle, and quality of life in midlife and older Australian women: results from the Stress and the Health of Women Study. 
  • Stroke disability. 
  • Studying ulcerative colitis over the World Wide Web. 
  • Subjective and objective outcomes of strabismus surgery in children. 
  • Supervised vs unsupervised exercise for intermittent claudication: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Surgical perspectives in gastrointestinal disease: a study of quality of life outcomes in esophageal, pancreatic, colon, and rectal cancers. 
  • Surgical treatment of moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation. 
  • Survival and health outcomes after cytoreductive surgery with intraperitoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy for disseminated peritoneal cancer of appendiceal origin. 
  • Survival and quality of life following cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis of colonic origin. 
  • Survival in the elderly after pneumonectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a comparison with nonoperative management. 
  • Surviving critical illness: acute respiratory distress syndrome as experienced by patients and their caregivers. 
  • Survivors of childhood brain tumors: behavioral, emotional, and social adjustment. 
  • Survivors of childhood cancer and their guardians. 
  • Survivorship care planning and its influence on long-term patient-reported outcomes among colorectal and lung cancer survivors: the CanCORS disease-free survivor follow-up study. 
  • Survivorship navigation outcome measures: a report from the ACS patient navigation working group on survivorship navigation. 
  • Sustained improvement over two years in physical function, structural damage, and signs and symptoms among patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with infliximab and methotrexate. 
  • Symptom Burden and Performance Status among Community-Dwelling Patients with Serious Illness. 
  • Symptom Burden of Chronic Lung Disease Compared with Lung Cancer at Time of Referral for Palliative Care Consultation. 
  • Symptom clusters in children. 
  • Symptom communication in breast cancer: relationships of holding back and self-efficacy for communication to symptoms and adjustment. 
  • Symptom improvement in women after fecal incontinence treatments: a multicenter cohort study of the pelvic floor disorders network. 
  • Symptom-focused management for African American women with Type 2 diabetes: a pilot study. 
  • Symptomatic and anatomic 1-year outcomes after robotic and abdominal sacrocolpopexy. 
  • Systematic Review of the Impact of Transition Interventions for Adolescents With Chronic Illness on Transfer From Pediatric to Adult Healthcare. 
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of monotherapy compared with combined androgen blockade for patients with advanced prostate carcinoma. 
  • Systematic review of positive youth development programs for adolescents with chronic illness. 
  • Systematic review: comparative effectiveness of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers for treating essential hypertension. 
  • Sézary syndrome: immunopathogenesis, literature review of therapeutic options, and recommendations for therapy by the United States Cutaneous Lymphoma Consortium (USCLC). 
  • THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS AND THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS COPING AND SOCIAL SUPPORT 
  • Targeting anemia in patients with lung cancer. 
  • Taste and smell complaints in HIV-infected patients. 
  • Teaching yoga to seniors: essential considerations to enhance safety and reduce risk in a uniquely vulnerable age group. 
  • Technology for mobility in SCI 10 years from now. 
  • Telephone intervention to improve the mental health of community-dwelling women abused by their intimate partners: a randomised controlled trial. 
  • Telephone-based coping skills training for patients awaiting lung transplantation. 
  • Temozolomide in early stages of newly diagnosed malignant glioma and neoplastic meningitis. 
  • Temperature during coronary artery bypass surgery affects quality of life. 
  • Ten dimensions of health and their relationships with overall self-reported health and survival in a predominately religiously active elderly population: the cache county memory study. 
  • Testicular cancer survivorship: research strategies and recommendations. 
  • The 2013 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for mechanical circulatory support: executive summary. 
  • The 49th parallel: how much latitude? 
  • The Adolescent and Young Adult with Cancer: A Developmental Life Course Perspective. 
  • The American Heart Association Stroke Outcome Classification. 
  • The BREAST-Q in surgical research: A review of the literature 2009-2015. 
  • The BraveNet prospective observational study on integrative medicine treatment approaches for pain. 
  • The Cooperative Outcomes Group for ENT: a multicenter prospective cohort study on the effectiveness of medical and surgical treatment for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. 
  • The Cooperative Outcomes Group for ENT: a multicenter prospective cohort study on the outcomes of tympanostomy tubes for children with otitis media. 
  • The DECISIONS study: a nationwide survey of United States adults regarding 9 common medical decisions. 
  • The Diet Quality Index-Revised: a tool to promote and evaluate dietary change among older cancer survivors enrolled in a home-based intervention trial. 
  • The Effect of Obesity on Functional Outcomes and Complications in Total Ankle Arthroplasty. 
  • The FIBROID Registry: symptom and quality-of-life status 1 year after therapy. 
  • The Life Trajectory Interview for Youth (LTI-Y): method development and psychometric properties of an instrument to assess life-course models and achievement. 
  • The MG Composite: A valid and reliable outcome measure for myasthenia gravis. 
  • The MG-QOL15 for following the health-related quality of life of patients with myasthenia gravis. 
  • The Oregon formula: a better method of allocating health care resources. 
  • The PESSRI study: symptom relief outcomes of a randomized crossover trial of the ring and Gellhorn pessaries. 
  • The Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire: a new measure of health-related quality of life. 
  • The Veterans Learning to Improve Fitness and Function in Elders Study: a randomized trial of primary care-based physical activity counseling for older men. 
  • The association between oral health and general health and quality of life in older male cancer patients. 
  • The association between self-rated health and mortality in a well-characterized sample of coronary artery disease patients. 
  • The associations between self-rated vision and hearing and functional status in middle age. 
  • The black box of out-of-pocket cost communication. A path toward illumination. 
  • The cancer and leukemia group B cancer in the elderly committee: addressing a major cancer need. 
  • The cancer is over, now what?: Understanding risk, changing outcomes. 
  • The changing landscape of papillary thyroid cancer: Epidemiology, management, and the implications for patients. 
  • The choice for breast cancer surgery: can women accurately predict postoperative quality of life and disease-related stigma? 
  • The clinical course of health status and association with outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF. 
  • The clinical impact of vertebral fractures: quality of life in women with osteoporosis. 
  • The contemporary role of minimally invasive esophagectomy in esophageal cancer. 
  • The correlation between patient characteristics and expectations of benefit from Phase I clinical trials. 
  • The costs of gun violence against children. 
  • The current state of care in gout: Addressing the need for better understanding of an ancient disease. 
  • The development and psychometric properties of the HIV and Abuse Related Shame Inventory (HARSI). 
  • The economic burden of allergic rhinitis: a critical evaluation of the literature. 
  • The economics of the colony-stimulating factors in the prevention and treatment of febrile neutropenia. 
  • The effect of a psychosocial intervention and quality of life after acute myocardial infarction: the Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) clinical trial. 
  • The effect of body mass on health-related quality of life among Singaporean adolescents: results from the SCORM study. 
  • The effect of major depression on quality of life after surgery for stress urinary incontinence: a secondary analysis of the Trial of Midurethral Slings. 
  • The effect of palliative care on patient functioning. 
  • The effect of smoking on quality of life following sinus surgery: 10-year follow-up. 
  • The effect of smoking on years of healthy life (YHL) lost among middle-aged and older Americans. 
  • The effect of thalidomide on corticosteroid-dependent pulmonary sarcoidosis. 
  • The effect of weight loss on health, productivity, and medical expenditures among overweight employees. 
  • The effects of a telehealth coping skills intervention on outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: primary results from the INSPIRE-II study. 
  • The effects of dietary patterns on quality of life: a substudy of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension trial. 
  • The effects of patient sex and race on medical students' ratings of quality of life. 
  • The euthanasia debate and empirical evidence: separating burdens to others from one's own quality of life. 
  • The feasibility and acceptability of a chaplain-led intervention for caregivers of seriously ill patients: A Caregiver Outlook pilot study. 
  • The female urinary microbiome in urgency urinary incontinence. 
  • The first successful lower extremity transplantation: 6-year follow-up and implications for cortical plasticity. 
  • The health care burden of unstable angina. 
  • The health education for lupus study: a randomized controlled cognitive-behavioral intervention targeting psychosocial adjustment and quality of life in adolescent females with systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • The health status and life satisfaction of first-year medical students. 
  • The health-related quality of life and survival of small-cell lung cancer patients: results of a companion study to CALGB 9033. 
  • The impact of acute herpes zoster pain and discomfort on functional status and quality of life in older adults. 
  • The impact of adjuvant endocrine therapy on reducing the risk of distant metastases in hormone-responsive breast cancer. 
  • The impact of bilateral or unilateral cataract surgery on visual functioning: when does second eye cataract surgery benefit patients? 
  • The impact of blurred vision on functioning and well-being. 
  • The impact of cancer and quality of life for post-treatment non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. 
  • The impact of cataract, cataract types, and cataract grades on vision-specific functioning using Rasch analysis. 
  • The impact of considering adaptation in health state valuation. 
  • The impact of depressive symptomatology on physical disability: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging. 
  • The impact of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema on health-related quality of life in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. 
  • The impact of diabetic retinopathy on quality of life: qualitative findings from an item bank development project. 
  • The impact of diabetic retinopathy: understanding the patient's perspective. 
  • The impact of disease duration on quality of life in children with nephrotic syndrome: a Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. 
  • The impact of docetaxel, estramustine, and low dose hydrocortisone on the quality of life of men with hormone refractory prostate cancer and their partners: a feasibility study. 
  • The impact of eszopiclone on sleep and cognition in patients with schizophrenia and insomnia: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. 
  • The impact of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia on quality-of-life. 
  • The impact of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia on health-related quality of life: a prospective study. 
  • The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia. 
  • The impact of shame on health-related quality of life among HIV-positive adults with a history of childhood sexual abuse. 
  • The impact of surgical-site infections following orthopedic surgery at a community hospital and a university hospital: adverse quality of life, excess length of stay, and extra cost. 
  • The impact of typical neovascular age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy on vision-related quality of life in Asian patients. 
  • The knowledge and awareness of hypertension among patients with hypertension in central Poland: a pilot registry. 
  • The long-term effects of dietary sodium restriction on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure. The SODIUM-HF (Study of Dietary Intervention Under 100 mmol in Heart Failure): a pilot study. 
  • The need for a re-evaluation of best supportive care studies reported to date. 
  • The nonskeletal consequences of osteoporotic fractures. Psychologic and social outcomes. 
  • The palliative care in heart failure trial: rationale and design. 
  • The perceived coerciveness of involuntary outpatient commitment: findings from an experimental study. 
  • The perspective of the person with Alzheimer disease: which outcomes matter in early to middle stages of dementia? 
  • The prognosis and predictors of sports function and activity at minimum 6 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a population cohort study. 
  • The relationship between glycemic control and health-related quality of life in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 
  • The role of central nervous system functioning and family functioning in behavioral problems of children with myelodysplasia. 
  • The role of mindfulness in positive reappraisal. 
  • The sarcoidosis health questionnaire - A new measure of health-related quality of life 
  • The secret ingredient in mindfulness interventions? A case for practice quality over quantity. 
  • The self-efficacy of family caregivers for helping cancer patients manage pain at end-of-life. 
  • The significance of skeletal-related events for the health-related quality of life of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. 
  • The spectrum of quality-of-life impairments in recurrent geriatric depression. 
  • The use of intraoperative echo with Doppler color flow imaging to predict outcome after repair of congenital cardiac defects. 
  • The value to patients of reducing lesion severity in plaque psoriasis. 
  • The watchful waiting management option for older men with prostate cancer: state of the science. 
  • Therapeutic Alliance between the Caregivers of Critical Illness Survivors and Intensive Care Unit Clinicians. 
  • Therapeutic bronchoscopy for malignant central airway obstruction: success rates and impact on dyspnea and quality of life. 
  • Therapeutic bronchoscopy improves spirometry, quality of life, and survival in central airway obstruction. 
  • Therapeutic exercise and depressive symptoms after stroke. 
  • There is a mismatch between the medicare benefit package and the preferences of patients with cancer and their caregivers. 
  • Thoracoscopic lobectomy: the gold standard for early-stage lung cancer? 
  • Three year's experience with the Stretta procedure: did it really make a difference? 
  • Three-year change in the wellbeing of orphaned and separated children in institutional and family-based care settings in five low- and middle-income countries. 
  • Time is money for both the healthy and the sick. 
  • Timing of end-of-life care discussion with performance on end-of-life quality indicators in ovarian cancer. 
  • Tomorrow's cancer treatments today: the first 50 years of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B. 
  • Tools for Economic Analysis of Patient Management Interventions in Heart Failure Cost-Effectiveness Model: A Web-based program designed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of disease management programs in heart failure. 
  • Tools for assessing outcomes in studies of chronic cough: CHEST guideline and expert panel report. 
  • Total Ankle Arthroplasty Following Prior Infection About the Ankle. 
  • Tourniquet versus no tourniquet use in routine knee arthroscopy: a prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial. 
  • Toward optimal health: William P. Docken, M.D. and David S. Pisetsky, M.D., Ph.D. discuss arthritis in women. Interview by Jody R. Godfrey. 
  • Towards a composite scoring solution for the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory. 
  • Toxicity and quality of life report of a phase II study of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for low and intermediate risk prostate cancer. 
  • Trade-offs and toss-ups: making revascularization decisions in carotid artery disease. 
  • Transition of care for acute stroke and myocardial infarction patients: from hospitalization to rehabilitation, recovery, and secondary prevention. 
  • Transitional care after hospitalization for acute stroke or myocardial infarction: a systematic review. 
  • Transitional care of older adults in skilled nursing facilities: A systematic review. 
  • Transoral resection of pharyngeal cancer: summary of a National Cancer Institute Head and Neck Cancer Steering Committee Clinical Trials Planning Meeting, November 6-7, 2011, Arlington, Virginia. 
  • Treating the health, quality of life, and functional impairments in insomnia. 
  • Treatment of intestinal failure: intestinal transplantation. 
  • Treatment of tinnitus with gabapentin: a pilot study. 
  • Trends in median, ulnar, radial, and brachioplexus nerve injuries in the United States. 
  • Two-Year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. 
  • Two-Year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. 
  • Uncertainty intervention for watchful waiting in prostate cancer. 
  • Uncertainty, symptoms, and quality of life in persons with chronic hepatitis C. 
  • Understanding the relative importance of preserving functional abilities in Alzheimer's disease in the United States and Germany. 
  • Unemployment among adult survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study. 
  • Unlocking the barriers to improved functional capacity in the elderly: rationale and design for the "Fit for Life trial". 
  • Unmet spiritual care needs impact emotional and spiritual well-being in advanced cancer patients. 
  • Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document. 
  • Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document. 
  • Upper-extremity musculoskeletal symptoms and physical health related quality of life among women employed in poultry processing and other low-wage jobs in northeastern North Carolina. 
  • Urinary continence and quality of life in the first year after radical perineal prostatectomy. 
  • Use of a continuous-flow device in patients awaiting heart transplantation. 
  • Use of amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide to guide outpatient therapy of patients with chronic left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 
  • Use of health-related quality of life measures to predict health utility in postmenopausal osteoporotic women: results from the Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation study. 
  • Use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention in older patients: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. 
  • Use of item response theory and latent class analysis to link poly-substance use disorders with addiction severity, HIV risk, and quality of life among opioid-dependent patients in the Clinical Trials Network. 
  • Use of medical resources and quality of life after acute myocardial infarction in Canada and the United States. 
  • Use of patient-reported outcomes in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. 
  • Use of resources, quality of life, and clinical outcomes in patients with and without new Q waves after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (from the GUSTO-I trial). 
  • Use of specific neuromodulators in the treatment of chronic, idiopathic cough: a systematic review. 
  • Usefulness of Palliative Care to Complement the Management of Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Devices. 
  • Using cognitive interviews to evaluate items for measuring sexual functioning across cancer populations: improvements and remaining challenges. 
  • Using conjoint analysis to estimate healthy-year equivalents for acute conditions: an application to vasomotor symptoms. 
  • Using the incremental net benefit framework for quantitative benefit-risk analysis in regulatory decision-making--a case study of alosetron in irritable bowel syndrome. 
  • Uterine artery embolization for treatment of leiomyomata: long-term outcomes from the FIBROID Registry. 
  • Utilities for major stroke: results from a survey of preferences among persons at increased risk for stroke. 
  • Utility of EQ-5D to assess patients undergoing cataract surgery. 
  • Utility scores for vesicoureteral reflux and anti-reflux surgery. 
  • VATS versus open surgery for lung cancer resection: moving toward a minimally invasive approach. 
  • Validation and real-world assessment of the Functional Assessment of Anorexia-Cachexia Therapy (FAACT) scale in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and the cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome (CACS). 
  • Validation of telephone administration of 2 condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaires. 
  • Validation of the Patient Care Monitor (Version 2.0): a review of system assessment instrument for cancer patients. 
  • Validation of the Simple Shoulder Test in a Portuguese-Brazilian population. Is the latent variable structure and validation of the Simple Shoulder Test Stable across cultures? 
  • Validity and Reliability of the US National Cancer Institute's Patient-Reported Outcomes Version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE). 
  • Validity and reliability of the Modified Manchester Health Questionnaire in assessing patients with fecal incontinence. 
  • Validity and reliability of the Short Form 36 Health Surveys (SF-36) among patients with spondyloarthritis in Singapore. 
  • Vasomotor Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Veteran and Non-Veteran Postmenopausal Women. 
  • Vision impairment and major eye diseases reduce vision-specific emotional well-being in a Chinese population. 
  • Vision impairment, ocular conditions, and vision-specific function: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. 
  • Vision-related quality of life in children with glaucoma. 
  • Vision-related quality of life in patients with bilateral severe age-related macular degeneration. 
  • Vision-related quality of life in people with central retinal vein occlusion using the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire. 
  • Vision-related quality of life in persons with unilateral branch retinal vein occlusion using the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire. 
  • Visual function more than 10 years after optic neuritis: experience of the optic neuritis treatment trial. 
  • Visual impairment and its impact on health-related quality of life in adolescents. 
  • Voice-related quality of life (V-RQOL) following type I thyroplasty for unilateral vocal fold paralysis. 
  • Voice-related quality of life in T1 glottic cancer: irradiation versus endoscopic excision. 
  • Watchful waiting after endoscopic removal of common bile duct stones: cheaper and better? 
  • Weight Loss: A Patient and Physician's Perspective. 
  • Weight loss, exercise, or both and physical function in obese older adults. 
  • What bothers lung cancer patients the most? A prospective, longitudinal electronic patient-reported outcomes study in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. 
  • What is the role of hyperbaric oxygen in the management of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: a randomized controlled trial of hyperbaric oxygen as an adjunct to surgery and antibiotics. 
  • What's it worth? Public willingness to pay to avoid mental illnesses compared with general medical illnesses. 
  • When and why should patients with hematologic malignancies see a palliative care specialist? 
  • When treating the pain is not enough: a multidisciplinary approach for chronic pelvic pain. 
  • Who doesn't receive carotid endarterectomy when appropriate? 
  • Whose quality of life? A commentary exploring discrepancies between health state evaluations of patients and the general public. 
  • Why Danes are smug: comparative study of life satisfaction in the European Union. 
  • Why should changing the bathwater have to harm the baby? 
  • Willingness to pay for improved respiratory and cardiovascular health: a multiple-format, stated-preference approach. 
  • Women in academic medicine: a report of focus groups and questionnaires, with conjoint analysis. 
  • Women seeking treatment for advanced pelvic organ prolapse have decreased body image and quality of life. 
  • Women's health issues with fibromyalgia syndrome. 
  • Women's willingness to accept perceived risks for vasomotor symptom relief. 
  • Would you terminate a pregnancy affected by sickle cell disease? Analysis of views of patients in Cameroon. 
  • Yoga of Awareness program for menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors: results from a randomized trial. 
  • Zoledronic acid results in better health-related quality of life following hip fracture: the HORIZON-Recurrent Fracture Trial. 
  • [Current concepts and trends in post-bariatric plastic surgery]. 
  • [The "Zurich Quality Model of Nursing Care", based on the "Quality of Health Outcome Model" (QHOM): a new perspective in measuring quality in nursing care]. 
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  • Bettger, Janet Prvu, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Nursing
  • Bradford, Daniel William, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry
  • Case, Laura Elizabeth, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy
  • Chung, Richard Joonoh, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Cohen, Seth Morris, Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences
  • Craciunescu, Oana, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • Dement, John McCray, Professor Emeritus in Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  • Esclamado, Ramon Mitra, Richard Hall Chaney,Sr. Professor of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, in the School of Medicine, Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences
  • Fekrat, Sharon, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery
  • Fisher, Deborah Anne, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology
  • Frank-Ito, Dennis Onyeka, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Gold, Deborah T., Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Grambow, Steven C., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Hall, Katherine Shepherd, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Geriatrics
  • McConnell, Eleanor Schildwachter, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, with tenure, School of Nursing
  • Mentz, Robert John, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • Middleton, John Paul, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Moorman, Patricia Gripka, Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Mruthyunjaya, Prithvi, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery
  • Muir, Kelly Walton, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Glaucoma
  • Myers, Evan Robert, Walter L. Thomas Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Orlando, Lori Ann, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Ostbye, Truls, Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine
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  • Sampson, John Howard, Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine, Immunology
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  • Toth, Cynthia Ann, Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering
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