This article discusses the conceptual and methodological issues that continue to plague
health-related quality of life (HRQOL) research. The current conceptualizations of the …

Purpose Our key objective is to identify the core domains of health-related quality of life
(QoL). Health-related QoL utility scales are commonly used in economic evaluations to …

The present article discusses the nature of quality of life (QOL) in general and critically
evaluates its application in the area of health and illness. As regards health related quality of …

Background Individual appraisals of personal well-being consider a spectrum of constructs
including the reflections on the degree to which one's life is ultimately secure, meaningful, or …

Interest in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is burgeoning and there has been a
proliferation of self-report measures of HRQOL. However, only two instruments available for …

Assessment of health status as a holistic approach to the whole person is being reintegrated
in clinical medicine because of the pressing needs created by chronic diseases and needs …

Advances in Quality-of-Life Theory and Research is relevant to quality-of-life researchers
working in the areas of Social Medicine, Sustainable Development, Social Indicators …

Although difficult to define, quality of life has an inherent meaning to most people. It is
comprised of broad concepts that affect global life satisfaction, including good health …

Although WHO defined health as a" state of complete physical, mental and social well-
being''in 1948, it is only in recent years that health-related" quality-of-life''(HRQOL) has …