… In this article we extend measures of general well-being in current use by including ordinal
… to think that life expectancy at birth would be the closest to our measure of the quality of life. …

… The theoretical basis of the measure is that quality of life is determined by the extent to which
… Thus quality of life will be at its highest when few needs are left unsatisfied. The measure …

… to date dealing with quality of life (QoL) as it relates to drinking behavior, alcohol use
disorders and treatment outcome. Method: Articles using the term “quality of life” to describe a …

… -based measures such as the EQ-SD, Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL), 15D and
Health Utilities Index (HUI). The RAND-36 health survey is an example of a profile measure. …

… measuring quality of life lies in its uniqueness to individuals. Many of the existing measures
of quality of life fail to take account of this by imposing standardised models of quality of life …

… assess GI symptoms which are common after obesity surgery. We therefore set out to develop
a new short instrument that measures … of a brief measure to assess quality of life in obesity. …

… As we have seen in the introductory paragraph, most measures of quality-of-life in nations
assess presence of conditions such as material affluence, schooling, political freedom and …

… In contrast to other widely used generic pediatric quality of life measures like PedsQL [15],
CHIP [16], or CHQ [40], the KIDSCREEN offers the following advantages and differences. First…

… and clinical purposes is a short, self-report measure that is based on the outcomes service
users identify as being most central to them in recovering their quality of life rather than simply …

… The aim of this study was to evaluate the measurement properties of an Asthma Quality of
Life Questionnaire. The study design was an 8-wk unblinded single cohort with assessments …