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List of works by Mirjam A G Sprangers

A 'short walk' is longer before radiotherapy than afterwards: a qualitative study questioning the baseline and follow-up design

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A Web-based, educational, quality-of-life intervention for patients with a chronic skin disease: feasibility and acceptance in routine dermatological practice

scientific article published in January 2015

A comparison of 3 valuation methods for temporary health states in patients treated with oral anticoagulants.

scientific article published in November 2004

A global analysis of multitrial data investigating quality of life and symptoms as prognostic factors for survival in different tumor sites

A simulation study provided sample size guidance for differential item functioning (DIF) studies using short scales

scientific article published on 6 September 2008

Activities of daily living and quality of life during treatment with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and after surgery in patients with esophageal cancer

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Adult attachment as mediator between recollections of childhood and satisfaction with life

scientific article published in January 2009

An application of structural equation modeling to detect response shifts and true change in quality of life data from cancer patients undergoing invasive surgery

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An introduction to quality of life assessment in oncology: the value of measuring patient-reported outcomes

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Anxiety levels of patients undergoing coronary procedures in the catheterization laboratory

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

Applications of health-related quality of life for guiding health care: advances in response shift research

scientific article published in November 2009

Are retrospective measures of change in quality of life more valid than prospective measures?

scientific article published in March 2007

Are the most distressing concerns of patients with inoperable lung cancer adequately assessed? A mixed-methods analysis

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Assessing clinical significance in measuring oncology patient quality of life: introduction to the symposium, content overview, and definition of terms

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Assessing meaningful change in quality of life over time: a users' guide for clinicians

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Assessing reserve-building pursuits and person characteristics: psychometric validation of the Reserve-Building Measure

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Baseline quality of life as a prognostic indicator of survival: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from EORTC clinical trials

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Biological pathways and genetic mechanisms involved in social functioning ⬇️

scientific article published on October 10, 2012

Biological pathways, candidate genes, and molecular markers associated with quality-of-life domains: an update

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Breast cancer patients on adjuvant chemotherapy report a wide range of problems not identified by health-care staff.

scientific article published on 13 October 2006

Cancer in full-colour: use of a graphic novel to identify distress in women with breast cancer

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Change of perspective: A measurable and desired outcome of chronic disease self-management intervention programs that violates the premise of preintervention/postintervention assessment

article by Richard Osborne et al published 15 June 2006 in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Changes in cancer patients' personal goals in the first 6 months after diagnosis: the role of illness variables

scientific article published on 6 December 2014

Characteristics of patients with universal vitiligo and health-related quality of life.

scientific article published in August 2008

Children With Anorectal Malformations, Hirschsprung Disease, and Their Siblings: Proxy Reports and Self-Reports

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Clarifying quality of life assessment: do theoretical models capture the underlying cognitive processes?

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Clinical and psychological characteristics predict future healthcare use in adults with congenital heart disease

scientific article published on 20 October 2014

Clinically distinct trajectories of fatigue and their longitudinal relationship with the disturbance of personal goals following a cancer diagnosis

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

Clinician's checklist for reading and using an article about patient-reported outcomes

scientific article published on 03 April 2014

Colonic stenting as bridge to surgery versus emergency surgery for management of acute left-sided malignant colonic obstruction: a multicenter randomized trial (Stent-in 2 study)

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Comparing higher order models for the EORTC QLQ-C30 ⬇️

scientific article published on December 21, 2011

Complementary and alternative medicine use of women with breast cancer: Self-help CAM attracts other women than guided CAM therapies ⬇️

scientific article published on March 29, 2012

Core outcome set development: the effect of Delphi panel composition and feedback on prioritisation of outcomes

scientific article published on 29 November 2013

Critical factors affecting quality of life of adult patients with anorectal malformations or Hirschsprung's disease.

scientific article published in May 2004

Developing core outcomes sets: methods for identifying and including patient-reported outcomes (PROs).

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Development and validation of a colorectal functional outcome questionnaire.

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Development of the patient Harvey Bradshaw index and a comparison with a clinician-based Harvey Bradshaw index assessment of Crohn's disease activity

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Differential item functioning (DIF) analyses of health-related quality of life instruments using logistic regression

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Differential item functioning (DIF) in the EORTC QLQ-C30: a comparison of baseline, on-treatment and off-treatment data

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Disregarding clinical trial-based patient-reported outcomes is unwarranted: Five advances to substantiate the scientific stringency of quality-of-life measurement.

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Distinct trajectories of positive and negative affect after colorectal cancer diagnosis

scientific article published in June 2017

Do internal standards of quality of life change in lung cancer patients?

article by Eva Broberger et al published July 2006 in Nursing Research

Do not throw out the baby with the bath water: build on current approaches to realize conceptual clarity. Response to Ubel, Peeters, and Smith

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Do patients trust their physician? The role of attachment style in the patient-physician relationship within one year after a cancer diagnosis ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2012

Don't forget the dentist: Dental care use and needs of women with breast cancer

scientific article published on July 2016

EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL: the new standard in the assessment of health-related quality of life in advanced cancer?

scientific article published in March 2006

Each measure of patient-reported change provides useful information and is susceptible to bias: the need to combine methods to assess their relative validity

scientific article published in December 2009

Effect of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy on Health-Related Quality of Life in Esophageal or Junctional Cancer: Results From the Randomized CROSS Trial

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on quality of life, anxiety, and depressive symptoms among patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A multicenter randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on September 2017

Employment status, difficulties at work and quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease patients

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Establishing anchor-based minimally important differences (MID) with the EORTC quality-of-life measures: a meta-analysis protocol ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Explaining change in quality of life of children and adolescents with anorectal malformations or Hirschsprung disease

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Explaining quality of life with crisis theory.

scientific article published in September 2002

Exploring the black box of a decision aid: what information do patients select from an interactive Cd-Rom on treatment options in breast cancer?

scientific article published on September 2006

Factors affecting quality of life of children and adolescents with anorectal malformations or Hirschsprung disease

scientific article published in October 2008

Factors reported to influence the return to work of cancer survivors: a literature review

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Fatigue in COPD: an important yet ignored symptom

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Fluctuations in appraisal over time in the context of stable versus non-stable health

scientific article published on 13 July 2013

Formal definitions of measurement bias and explanation bias clarify measurement and conceptual perspectives on response shift

scientific article published on 21 June 2009

Genetic variations underlying self-reported physical functioning: a review

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Guidelines for improving the stringency of response shift research using the thentest

scientific article published on 19 January 2010

Guidelines for secondary analysis in search of response shift

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

HIV stigma and depressive symptoms are related to adherence and virological response to antiretroviral treatment among immigrant and indigenous HIV infected patients

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Health care providers underestimate symptom intensities of cancer patients: a multicenter European study

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Health-related quality of life and disability in patients with ulcerative colitis and proctocolectomy with ileoanal pouch versus treatment with anti-TNF agents

scientific article published on 11 January 2014

Health-related quality of life and survival among HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a study of patients in the AIDS Therapy Evaluation in the Netherlands (ATHENA) Cohort

scientific article published on January 2010

Health-related quality of life assessment in dermatology: interpretation of Skindex-29 scores using patient-based anchors

scientific article published on 24 December 2009

Health-related quality of life in locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer: methodological and clinical issues in randomised controlled trials ⬇️

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Health-related quality of life in patients with cutaneous rosacea: a systematic review

scientific article published on April 2015

Health-related quality of life in small-cell lung cancer: a systematic review on reporting of methods and clinical issues in randomised controlled trials

scientific article published on February 2014

Health-related quality of life measurement in randomized clinical trials in surgical oncology

scientific article published on July 2006

Health-related quality of life of HIV-infected adults receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in Addis Ababa

scientific article published on 18 March 2015

How recent health-related life events affected my perspective on quality-of-life research

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Illness perceptions of adults with congenital heart disease and their predictive value for quality of life two years later

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Impact of comorbidity and ageing on health-related quality of life in HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals

scientific article published on June 2017

Implementation of Web-based Education for Patients with Chronic Skin Disease.

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

In Search for the Genetic Basis of Quality of Life in Healthy Swedish Women--A GWAS Study Using the iCOGS Custom Genotyping Array

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

International development of an EORTC questionnaire for assessing health-related quality of life in chronic myeloid leukemia patients: the EORTC QLQ-CML24.

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Interpretation of differential item functioning analyses using external review

scientific article published on June 2010

Item bias detection in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale using structural equation modeling: comparison with other item bias detection methods

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Item response theory was used to shorten EORTC QLQ-C30 scales for use in palliative care

scientific article published on 12 September 2005

Laparoscopic ileocolic resection versus infliximab treatment of distal ileitis in Crohn's disease: a randomized multicenter trial (LIR!C-trial).

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Laparoscopy in combination with fast track multimodal management is the best perioperative strategy in patients undergoing colonic surgery: a randomized clinical trial (LAFA-study).

scientific article published on December 2011

Let's engage the patient within us: a personal perspective on patient engagement

scientific article published on 26 November 2013

Linking concurrent self-reports and retrospective proxy reports about the last year of life: a prevailing picture of life satisfaction decline

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Listen to their answers! Response behaviour in the measurement of physical and role functioning

scientific article published on May 2008

Long-term effects of goal disturbance and adjustment on well-being in cancer patients

scientific article published on 7 October 2015

Long-term sexual function in survivors of vulvar cancer: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Long-term surgical recurrence, morbidity, quality of life, and body image of laparoscopic-assisted vs. open ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease: a comparative study

scientific article published on 12 February 2008

Lower levels of trust in one's physician is associated with more distress over time in more anxiously attached individuals with cancer

scientific article published on 12 March 2014

Lower perceived necessity of HAART predicts lower treatment adherence and worse virological response in the ATHENA cohort

scientific article published in December 2008

Mental quality of life is related to a cytokine genetic pathway

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Method variation in the impact of missing data on response shift detection

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Methods to detect response shift in quality of life data: a convergent validity study

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Narrative meaning making and integration: Toward a better understanding of the way falling ill influences quality of life

scientific article published in September 2017

New York Heart Association class assessment by cardiologists and outpatients with congenital cardiac disease: a head-to-head comparison of three patient-based versions

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Opening the black box of cancer patients' quality-of-life change assessments: a think-aloud study examining the cognitive processes underlying responses to transition items

scientific article published on 8 July 2011

Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement in Clinical Dermatological Practice: Relevance and Feasibility of a Web-Based Portal

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Patients with genetic cancer undergoing surveillance at a specialized clinic rate the quality of their care better than patients at non-specialized clinics ⬇️

scientific article published on July 25, 2012

Patients with unexplained physical symptoms have poorer quality of life and higher costs than other patient groups: a cross-sectional study on burden

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People with cancer use goal adjustment strategies in the first 6 months after diagnosis and tell us how.

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

Peri-operative care in adults with congenital heart disease: room for improvement in after care ⬇️

scientific article published on October 2, 2012

Personalized Stigma and Disclosure Concerns Among HIV-Infected Immigrant and Indigenous HIV-Infected Persons in the Netherlands

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Postoperative information needs and communication barriers of esophageal cancer patients

scientific article published on 14 January 2012

Predictors and correlates of adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for chronic HIV infection: a meta-analysis

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Predictors of Health Care Use of Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on July 2015

Predictors of enduring clinical distress in women with breast cancer

scientific article published on 14 July 2016

Predictors of general quality of life and the mediating role of health related quality of life in patients with schizophrenia

scientific article published on 30 October 2008

Predictors of participation in risk-based prostate cancer screening

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Premedication to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention

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Preoperative and early postoperative quality of life predict survival in potentially curable patients with esophageal cancer

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Prognostic value of self-reported fatigue on overall survival in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: a multicentre, prospective, observational, cohort study

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Public interest in and acceptability of the prospect of risk-stratified screening for breast and prostate cancer

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Quality of life after starting highly active antiretroviral therapy for chronic HIV-1 infection at different CD4 cell counts.

scientific article published in August 2007

Quality of life and fear of cancer recurrence after endoscopic treatment for early Barrett's neoplasia: a prospective study

scientific article published on 21 October 2016

Quality of life and the duration of treatment with vitamin K antagonists in patients with deep venous thrombosis.

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Quality of life in adult survivors of correction of esophageal atresia

scientific article published in October 2005

Quality of life in newly diagnosed cancer patients waiting for surgery is seriously impaired

scientific article published in June 2006

Quality-of-life assessment in oncology. Achievements and challenges

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Reducing discrepancies of personal goals in the context of cancer: A longitudinal study on the relation with well-being, psychological characteristics, and goal progress

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Reflections on changeability versus stability of health-related quality of life: distinguishing between its environmental and genetic components

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Reflections on genes and sustainable change: toward a trait and state conceptualization of response shift

scientific article published on 06 August 2009

Replication and validation of higher order models demonstrated that a summary score for the EORTC QLQ-C30 is robust ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Response shift in patients with multiple sclerosis: an application of three statistical techniques

scientific article published on 13 November 2011

Retention in HIV Care and Predictors of Attrition from Care among HIV-Infected Adults Receiving Combination Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Addis Ababa

scientific article published on 26 June 2015

Scientific imperatives, clinical implications, and theoretical underpinnings for the investigation of the relationship between genetic variables and patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes

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Scoring based on item response theory did not alter the measurement ability of EORTC QLQ-C30 scales

scientific article published in September 2005

Self-Reported Symptoms Among HIV-lnfected Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in the ATHENA Cohort in The Netherlands ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Severe Pelvic Floor Symptoms After Cervical Cancer Treatment Are Predominantly Associated With Mental and Physical Well-Being and Body Image: A Cross-Sectional Study ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Significance, truth and proof of p values: reminders about common misconceptions regarding null hypothesis significance testing

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Small-cell lung cancer patients are just 'a little bit' tired: response shift and self-presentation in the measurement of fatigue

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Somatically ill persons' self-nominated quality of life domains: review of the literature and guidelines for future studies

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Spontaneous reports of most distressing concerns in patients with inoperable lung cancer: at present, in retrospect and in comparison with EORTC-QLQ-C30+LC13.

scientific article published on 6 October 2007

Structural equation modeling-based effect-size indices were used to evaluate and interpret the impact of response shift effects

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Sub-optimal adherence to combination anti-retroviral therapy and its associated factors according to self-report, clinician-recorded and pharmacy-refill assessment methods among HIV-infected adults in Addis Ababa

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Symptom prevalence, intensity, and distress in patients with inoperable lung cancer in relation to time of death

scientific article published on December 2007

Symptoms and problems with functioning among women and men with inoperable lung cancer--a longitudinal study

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Systematic Review of the Side Effects Associated With Anti-HER2-Targeted Therapies Used in the Treatment of Breast Cancer, on Behalf of the EORTC Quality of Life Group

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

Systematic review of the side effects associated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors used in the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours on behalf of the EORTC Quality of Life Group

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Systematic review reveals limitations of studies evaluating health-related quality of life after potentially curative treatment for esophageal cancer

scientific article published on 20 October 2012

Taking into account the impact of attrition on the assessment of response shift and true change: a multigroup structural equation modeling approach

scientific article published on 18 October 2014

The Added Value of Analyzing Pooled Health-Related Quality of Life Data: A Review of the EORTC PROBE Initiative ⬇️

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The Impact of Goal Disturbance after Cancer on Cortisol Levels over Time and the Moderating Role of COMT.

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

The Perspective of Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Does Health Care Meet Their Needs? ⬇️

scientific article published on May 5, 2011

The clinical significance of adaptation to changing health: a meta-analysis of response shift

scientific article published on 26 September 2006

The clinical significance of quality of life assessments in oncology: a summary for clinicians

scientific article published on 23 June 2006

The course of chronic solvent induced encephalopathy: a systematic review

scientific article published on 16 June 2009

The development of the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL: a shortened questionnaire for cancer patients in palliative care

scientific article published on 12 September 2005

The effect of spiritual interventions addressing existential themes using a narrative approach on quality of life of cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 10 August 2015

The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on the quality of life of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: multi-center design and study protocol (KL!C- study)

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The effects of age on health-related quality of life in cancer populations: A pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials using the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 involving 6024 cancer patients ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

The efficacy of a health-related quality-of-life intervention during 48 weeks of biologic treatment of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis: study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial ⬇️

scientific article published on December 8, 2012

The establishment of the GENEQOL consortium to investigate the genetic disposition of patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes

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The genetic basis of quality of life in healthy Swedish women: a candidate gene approach

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The implausibility of response shifts in dementia patients

scientific article published on 2 June 2016

The life in sight application study (LISA): design of a randomized controlled trial to assess the role of an assisted structured reflection on life events and ultimate life goals to improve quality of life of cancer patients

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The need for patient-centred clinical research in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

The patient simple clinical colitis activity index (P-SCCAI) can detect ulcerative colitis (UC) disease activity in remission: a comparison of the P-SCCAI with clinician-based SCCAI and biological markers.

scientific article published on 24 December 2012

The practical impact of differential item functioning analyses in a health-related quality of life instrument

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The relationship between overall quality of life and its subdimensions was influenced by culture: analysis of an international database

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The role of health care providers and significant others in evaluating the quality of life of patients with chronic disease

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The role of neuropsychological functioning in cancer survivors' return to work one year after diagnosis

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The role of recalibration response shift in explaining bodily pain in cancer patients undergoing invasive surgery: an empirical investigation of the Sprangers and Schwartz model

scientific article published on 16 January 2012

The suitability of quality-of-life questionnaires for psoriasis research: a systematic literature review

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Toward mindfulness in quality-of-life research: perspectives on how to avoid rigor becoming rigidity

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Treatment of venous thromboembolism with vitamin K antagonists: patients' health state valuations and treatment preferences.

scientific article published in December 2004

Understanding self-rated health.

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Use of differential item functioning analysis to assess the equivalence of translations of a questionnaire

scientific article published in June 2003

Using a retrospective pretest instead of a conventional pretest is replacing biases: a qualitative study of cognitive processes underlying responses to thentest items

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Using patient-reported measurement to pave the path towards personalized medicine

scientific article published on 10 May 2013

Using structural equation modeling to detect response shift in performance and health-related quality of life scores of multiple sclerosis patients

scientific article published on 19 January 2011

Using structural equation modeling to detect response shifts and true change in discrete variables: an application to the items of the SF-36.

scientific article published on 22 December 2015

Which adherence measure - self-report, clinician recorded or pharmacy refill - is best able to predict detectable viral load in a public ART programme without routine plasma viral load monitoring?

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

Which goal adjustment strategies do cancer patients use? A longitudinal study

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Which health-related quality of life aspects are important to patients with chronic myeloid leukemia receiving targeted therapies and to health care professionals? GIMEMA and EORTC Quality of Life Group

scientific article published on 29 April 2012

Which patient will feel down, which will be happy? The need to study the genetic disposition of emotional states

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