Quality of life in multiple sclerosis: measuring the disease effects more broadly

MW Nortvedt, T Riise, KM Myhr, HI Nyland - Neurology, 1999 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To compare the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and self-rated quality of
life scores (SF-36 Health Survey) as measures of disease impact in a representative sample …

Patient-centered outcomes: translating clinical efficacy into benefits on health-related quality of life

D Miller, RA Rudick, M Hutchinson - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with
marked impairments in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Although standard clinical end …

Quality of Life (QoL) in severely disabled multiple sclerosis patients: comparison of three QoL measures using multidimensional scaling

TC Lintern, JG Beaumont, PM Kenealy… - Quality of life research, 2001 - Springer
This study reports a comparison of three quality of life (QoL) measures completed by
patients with advanced multiple sclerosis. Multidimensional scaling analysis explored the …

Comparison of a generic to disease-targeted health-related quality-of-life measures for multiple sclerosis

BG Vickrey, RD Hays, BJ Genovese, LW Myers… - Journal of clinical …, 1997 - Elsevier
Evaluation of the relative contributions of generic and disease-targeted measures to
assessing health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for chronic conditions is needed to help in …

Impact and characteristics of quality of life in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis

H Kikuchi, N Mifune, M Niino, S Ohbu, J Kira… - Quality of life …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in Japanese patients with
multiple sclerosis (MS) and investigate associations between the results of these QOL …

Association of factors influencing health‐related quality of life in MS

N Pfaffenberger, KP Pfeiffer, M Deibl… - Acta neurologica …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives–As results regarding associative demographic and disease‐specific factors on
health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are partially …

A scoring algorithm for deriving utility values from the Neuro-QoL for patients with multiple sclerosis

LS Matza, G Phillips, B Dewitt… - Medical Decision …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction The Neuro-QoL is a standardized approach to assessing health-related quality
of life in people with neurological conditions, including multiple sclerosis (MS). Item banks …

Predicting quality of life in multiple sclerosis: accounting for physical disability, fatigue, cognition, mood disorder, personality, and behavior change

RHB Benedict, E Wahlig, R Bakshi, I Fishman… - Journal of the …, 2005 - Elsevier
Health-related quality of life (HQOL) is poor in multiple sclerosis (MS) but the clinical
precipitants of the problem are not well understood. Previous correlative studies …

A short and validated multiple sclerosis‐specific health‐related quality of life measurement for routine medical practice

R Devy, P Lehert, E Varlan, M Genty… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Patient‐reported health‐related quality of life (H r‐Q oL) is an
essential end‐point to assess the efficacy of multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment. Most Q oL …

Quality of life and patient preferences: identification of subgroups of multiple sclerosis patients

R Rosato, S Testa, A Oggero, G Molinengo… - Quality of Life …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to estimate preferences related to quality of life attributes
in people with multiple sclerosis, by keeping heterogeneity of patient preference in mind …