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SynthesisHealth and quality of life outcomes2012

Systematic review of health-related quality of life models.

Tamilyn Bakas, Susan M McLennon, Janet S Carpenter, Janice M Buelow, Julie L Otte, Kathleen M Hanna, Marsha L Ellett, Kimberly A Hadler, Janet L Welch

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 195 papers, 26 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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195citing papers in PubMed, 26 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

195 citing papers in PubMed, 26 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Health-related quality of life domains relevant to people in Europe undergoing cancer treatment: a systematic review of qualitative research.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  2. Needs and health-related quality of life domains relevant to people in Europe with advanced cancer in need of palliative care: a systematic review of qualitative research.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  4. Systematic review of the needs and health-related quality of life domains relevant to people surviving cancer in Europe.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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  6. Parameters influencing health-related quality of life after severe trauma: a systematic review (part II).European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024
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  10. Health-related quality of life scores of typically developing children and adolescents around the world: a meta-analysis with meta-regression.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020
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135 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Tamilyn BakasIndiana University School of Nursing, 1111 Middle Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. tbakas@iupui.edu
Susan M McLennon
Janet S Carpenter
Janice M Buelow
Julie L Otte
Kathleen M Hanna
Marsha L Ellett
Kimberly A Hadler
Janet L Welch

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA systematic literature review was conducted to (a) identify the most frequently used health-related quality of life (HRQOL) models and (b) critique those models.

methodsOnline search engines were queried using pre-determined inclusion and exclusion criteria. We reviewed titles, abstracts, and then full-text articles for their relevance to this review. Then the most commonly used models were identified, reviewed in tables, and critiqued using published criteria.

resultsOf 1,602 titles identified, 100 articles from 21 countries met the inclusion criteria. The most frequently used HRQOL models were: Wilson and Cleary (16%), Ferrans and colleagues (4%), or World Health Organization (WHO) (5%). Ferrans and colleagues' model was a revision of Wilson and Cleary's model and appeared to have the greatest potential to guide future HRQOL research and practice.

conclusionsRecommendations are for researchers to use one of the three common HRQOL models unless there are compelling and clearly delineated reasons for creating new models. Disease-specific models can be derived from one of the three commonly used HRQOL models. We recommend Ferrans and colleagues' model because they added individual and environmental characteristics to the popular Wilson and Cleary model to better explain HRQOL. Using a common HRQOL model across studies will promote a coherent body of evidence that will more quickly advance the science in the area of HRQOL.

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Health StatusModels, TheoreticalQuality of LifeHumans

Identifiers

PMID23158687
PMCPMC3548743

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