Abstract Background: The EXCEL (Evaluation of Xience Versus Coronary Artery Bypass
Surgery for Effectiveness of Left Main Revascularization) trial compared outcomes in …

NICE requires consistency in its decision making and so has developed a reference case of
methods for Technology Appraisal that includes the measurement and valuation of health …

Aim To identify the relationships between physical activity, quality of life and successful
ageing among community‐dwelling older adults in South Korea. Background With …

Introduction When a young person grows up, they evolve from an independent child to an
empowered adult. If an individual has a chronic condition, this additional burden may …

Background—Missing health-related quality of life (HRQOL) data in longitudinal studies can
reduce precision and power and bias results. Using INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for …

Objective To estimate the cost-effectiveness of Tobacco, Exercise and Diet Messages (TEXT
ME), a text message-based intervention that provides advice, motivation, information and …

Objectives The Prediciting factors for response to treatment in carpal tunnel syndrome
(PALMS) study is designed to identify prognostic factors for outcome from corticosteroid …

Background Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are widely used in mental
healthcare research for quality of life assessment but most fail to capture the breadth of …

The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the five-level (EQ-5D-5L)
in comparison with the standard three-level (EQ-5D-3L) classification systems of the EQ-5D …

Background For patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) at extreme surgical risk,
transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) leads to improved survival and health status …