2009 Outstanding Article of the Year Award

Barclay-Goddard, R, Epstein, J.D., and Mayo, N. QLR 2009 18(4): 335-346, Response shift: a brief overview and proposed research priorities

2008 Outstanding Article of the Year Award

Westerman, M. J., Hak, T., Sprangers, M. A. G., Groen, H. J. M., van der Wal, G., and The, A. M. 2008 Response behaviour in the measurement of physical and role functioning

2007 Outstanding Article of the Year Award

Hahn, E. A., et al. 2007 The impact of literacy on health-related quality of life measurement and outcomes in cancer outpatients. Qual Life Res. 16(3):495-507.

Other nominated articles

Bayram, N., D. Thorburn, H. Demirhan, and N. Bilgel 2007 Quality of life among Turkish immigrants in Sweden. Qual Life Res. 16(8):1319-1333.

Burstrom, B. and P. Fredlund 2001 Self rated health: Is it as good a predictor of subsequent mortality among adults in lower as well as in higher social classes? J Epidemiol Community Health 55(11):836-840.

Cella, D., R. Gershon, J. S. Lai, and S. Choi 2007 The future of outcomes measurement: item banking, tailored short-forms, and computerized adaptive assessment. Qual Life Res. 16 Suppl 1:133-41. Epub@2007 Mar 31.133-141.

de Vet, H. C., et al. 2007 Minimally important change determined by a visual method integrating an anchor-based and a distribution-based approach. Qual Life Res. 16(1):131-142.

Edelen, M. O. and B. B. Reeve 2007 Applying item response theory (IRT) modeling to questionnaire development, evaluation, and refinement. Qual Life Res. 16 Suppl 1:5-18. Epub@2007 Mar 21.5-18.

Geyh, S., et al. 2007 Content comparison of health-related quality of life measures used in stroke based on the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF): a systematic review. Qual Life Res. 16(5):833-851.

Griffiths, T., et al. 2007 Life mapping: a 'Therapeutic Document' approach to needs assessment. Qual Life Res. 16(3):467-481.

Guyatt, G. and H. Schunemann 2007 How can quality of life researchers make their work more useful to health workers and their patients? Qual Life Res. 16(7):1097-1105.

Janssen, M.F., E. Birnie, and G. J. Bonsel 2007 Evaluating the discriminatory power of EQ-5D, HUI2 and HUI3 in a US general population survey using Shannon’s indices Qual Life Res 16 (5): 895-904..

Masthoff, E. D., et al. 2007 Predictors of quality of life: a model based study. Qual Life Res. 16(2):309-320.

Norman, G. R., K. W. Wyrwich, and D. L. Patrick 2007 The mathematical relationship among different forms of responsiveness coefficients. Qual Life Res. 16(5):815-822.

O'Leary, T. E., L. Diller, and C. J. Recklitis 2007 The effects of response bias on self-reported quality of life among childhood cancer survivors. Qual Life Res. 16(7):1211-1220.

Protopopescu, C., et al. 2007 Health-related quality of life in HIV-1-infected patients on HAART: a five-years longitudinal analysis accounting for dropout in the APROCO-COPILOTE cohort (ANRS CO-8). Qual Life Res. 16(4):577-591.

Scott, N. W., et al. 2007 The use of differential item functioning analyses to identify cultural differences in responses to the EORTC QLQ-C30. Qual Life Res. 16(1):115-129.

Simeoni, M-C., et al. Field testing of a European quality of life instrument for children and adolescents with chronic conditions: the 37-item DISABKIDS Chronic Generic Module. Qual Life Res. 16 (5): 881-893.

van, Campen C. and J. Iedema 2007 Are persons with physical disabilities who participate in society healthier and happier? Structural equation modelling of objective participation and subjective well-being. Qual Life Res. 16(4):635-645.

2006 Outstanding Article of the Year Award

Osoba D, Hsu M-A, Copley-Merriman C, Coombs J, Johnson FR, Hauber, B, Manjunath R, Pyles A. Stated preferences of patients with cancer for health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) domains during treatment. Qual Life Res. March 2006; 15 (2): 273-283.

2005 Outstanding Article of the Year Award

M. Brundage, D. Feldman-Stewart, A. Leis, A. Bezjak, L. Degner, K. Velji, L. Zetes-Zanatta, D. Tu, P. Ritvo, and J. Pater., Communicating Quality of Life Information to Cancer Patients: A Study of Six Presentation Formats., Journal of Clinical Oncology, Volume 23, Number 28, October 1, 2005

2004 Outstanding Article of the Year Award

Velikova G, Booth L, Smith AB, Brown PM, Lynch P, Brown JM, Selby PJ. Measuring quality of life in routine oncology practice improves Communication and patient well-being: a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Oncol. 2004 Feb 15;22(4):714-24.

2003 Outstanding Article of the Year Award

Ware JE, Kosinski M, Bjorner JB et al. “Applications of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) to the assessment of headache impact.” Qual Life Res 2003; 12: 935-52

2002 Outstanding Article of the Year Award

Brazier J, Roberts J, Deverill M. The estimation of a preference-based measure of health from the SF-36. Journal of Health Economics. 2002 Mar; 21(2):271-92.