Diabetic foot ulceration is a devastating complication of diabetes that is associated with
infection, amputation, and death, and is affecting increasing numbers of patients with …

Purpose: The use of electronic patient-reported outcomes (PRO) systems is increasing in
cancer clinical care settings. This review comprehensively identifies existing PRO systems …

Background Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurement has emerged as an
important health outcome in clinical trials, clinical practice improvement strategies, and …

Background The last decade has evidenced a dramatic increase in the development and
utilization of pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures in an effort to improve …

Purpose This randomized trial compared the rates of delayed xerostomia between two-
dimensional radiation therapy (2DRT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in …

Background: The application of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) as a school population
health measure may facilitate risk assessment and resource allocation, the tracking of …

Background Recent events in health care reform have brought national attention to
integrating patient experiences and expectations into quality metrics. Few studies have …

Abstract Background The National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for
Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) reporting system is widely used by clinicians to measure …

A sizable body of research has now examined the complex relationship between quality of
life (QoL) and depressive disorder. Uptake of QoL research in relation to bipolar disorder …

Proxy assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) may be sought to substitute for, or
to complement, patient self-assessment. The viewpoint from which the proxy is asked to …