Blar i Institutt for klinisk og molekylær medisin på tidsskrift "Health and Quality of Life Outcomes"
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Differential item functioning (DIF) analyses of health-related quality of life instruments using logistic regression
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background: Differential item functioning (DIF) methods can be used to determine whether different subgroups respond differently to particular items within a health-related quality of life (HRQoL) subscale, after allowing ... -
Health care providers underestimate symptom intensities of cancer patients: A multicenter European study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background: Many patients with advanced cancer depend upon health care providers for symptom assessment. The extent of agreement between patient and provider symptom assessments and the association of agreement with ... -
Health-related quality of life from 20 to 32 years of age in very low birth weight individuals: a longitudinal study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Preterm birth with very low birth weight (VLBW, birth weight < 1500 g) is associated with health problems later in life. How VLBW individuals perceive their physical and mental health-related quality of life ... -
Health-related quality of life in Norwegian adolescent living with chronic fatigue syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose The primary aim was to measure health related quality of life (HRQoL) in a Norwegian cohort of adolescents with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME). A secondary aim was to identify factors before diagnosis, at time ... -
Health-related quality of life in young adults born small for gestational age: a prospective cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Individuals born small for gestational age (SGA) have an increased risk of several adverse health outcomes, but their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) across young adulthood has yet to be studied. The ... -
Investigating the missing data mechanism in quality of life outcomes: a comparison of approaches
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background: Missing data is classified as missing completely at random (MCAR), missing at random (MAR) or missing not at random (MNAR). Knowing the mechanism is useful in identifying the most appropriate analysis. The ... -
Long-term follow-up of mental health, health-related quality of life and associations with motor skills in young adults born preterm with very low birth weight
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Being born with very low birth weight(VLBW:≤1500 g) is related to long-term disability and neurodevelopmental problems, possibly affecting mental health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, ... -
Mental health, quality of life and social relations in young adults born with low birth weight
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: Being born with low birth weight may have an impact on different aspects of mental health, psychosocial functioning and well-being; however results from studies in young adulthood have so far yielded mixed ... -
Minimal important differences and response shift in health-related quality of life; a longitudinal study in patients with multiple myeloma
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background: We previously reported that changes of 6-17 percent in the EORTC QLQ-C30 scores are regarded important by patients with multiple myeloma and thus may be considered as Minimal Important Differences (MIDs). ... -
Predictors of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. A cross-sectional study in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Reduced quality of life (QoL) is often the main problem for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This study aimed at finding predictors of reduced physical and mental quality of life (QoL) accessible ... -
Self-report measurement of pain & symptoms in palliative care patients: a comparison of verbal, visual and hand scoring methods in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Despite a high incidence of life-limiting disease, there is a deficit of palliative care outcome evidence in sub-Saharan Africa. Providers of end of life care call for appropriate measurement tools. The objective ... -
Simple imputation methods were inadequate for missing not at random (MNAR) quality of life data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)Objective: QoL data were routinely collected in a randomised controlled trial (RCT), which employed a reminder system, retrieving about 50% of data originally missing. The objective was to use this unique feature to ...