To standardize outcome reporting in clinical trials of patients with nonspecific low back pain,
an international multidisciplinary panel recommended physical functioning, pain intensity …

Health outcome measures are tools that capture the health status of a patient throughout an
episode of care for treatment of an injury, condition, or health maintenance. These measures …

Importance Clinical practice guidelines support home-based exercise for patients with
peripheral artery disease (PAD), but no randomized trials have tested whether an exercise …

We briefly review the history of measuring perceptions of health and quality of life, followed
by an examination of conceptual issues related to terminology that have led to potentially …

Importance Social and economic contexts shape children's short-and long-term health.
Efforts to address contextual risk factors are increasingly incorporated into pediatric health …

Background Survivors of cancer in the United States are often financially encumbered by
expenses and lost wages from cancer treatment. The majority of patients with thyroid cancer …

In developing countries, older adults (65 years of age and above) share an increased
vulnerability to catastrophic health expenditures and financial stress which can have …

BACKGROUND Patient‐reported toxicities help to appraise the breast cancer treatment
experience. Yet extant data come from clinical trials and health care claims, which may be …

Introduction Thyroid cancer survivors are a rapidly growing population in the United States.
The factors that drive health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in this population have not been …

Objective Pegloticase is used for the treatment of severe gout, but its use is limited by
immunogenicity. This study was undertaken to evaluate whether mycophenolate mofetil …