By ISOQOL President Joanne Greenhalgh, PhD Dear ISOQOL Membership, As promised, this is my second letter to you. Through these letters I hope to not only keep you updated on major decisions, but to also keep you informed as to why these decisions are made. During the...
ISOQOL is excited to announce that registration for the 29th Annual Conference in Prague, Czech Republic is officially open! This year’s conference theme is Redefining boundaries – breaking new ground in patient-centered outcomes research. The 2022 Annual...
Per aspera ad astra: Advancement in measuring child health Measuring health of children and adolescents has substantially progressed but remains a challenging adventure. In the fourth session of the symposium, the potentials and limitations of selected, advanced...
How to meaningfully discuss meaningful change with children: Qualitative approaches The FDA is increasingly interested in patient perspectives of what level of change is important to support traditional quantitative methods of evaluating meaningful change and deriving...
Measurement framework and approaches for different age ranges and conditions in pediatric populations From childhood to adolescence, every child experiences changes in their roles and responsibilities and this in turn, changes the perceptions of their own functioning....
Does one size actually fit all? Conceptual fuzziness of QoL/HRQoL/functioning in pediatrics Many health conditions in childhood affect children from birth through to adulthood, impacting their quality of life (QOL). Any definition of QOL for children must include the...