ReviewSpringerPlus2013
Is Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) a valid indicator for health systems evaluation?
Review in SpringerPlus, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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68 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Outcome domains of patient-reported outcome measures used in randomised controlled trials for older adults with non-specific low back pain: a systematic review.Age and ageing · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of Childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on Children's Health-Related Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of attention disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of Quality of Life Scales for Arabic-Speaking Adults: A systematic review.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review on the influence of fear of falling on quality of life in older people: is there a role for falls?Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Pooled it
- The effect of synbiotic supplementation on hypothyroidism: A randomized double-blind placebo controlled clinical trial.PloS one · 2023Trial
- The effect of health literacy and self-management efficacy on the health-related quality of life of hypertensive patients in a western rural area of China: a cross-sectional study.International journal for equity in health · 2017Trial
- Psychometric Validation of the Spanish Version of the Sheffield Preference-Based Venous Leg Ulcer Questionnaire (SPVU-5D) in Patients With Venous Leg Ulcers.International wound journal · 2026Article
- Association between health-related quality of life and medication discrepancies: a cross-sectional study of older Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the amharic version of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ).Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2026Article
- Association between child ADHD and caregivers' mental health and health-related quality of life: results from a population-based study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Observational
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- Health Related Quality of Life Among Women with Breast Cancer in Mogadishu, Somalia.Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press) · 2026Article
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- The Long-Term Impact of ADHD on Children and Adolescents' Health-Related Quality of Life: Results From a Longitudinal Population-Based Australian Study.Journal of attention disorders · 2025Article
- Quality of life among patients with epilepsy in the western region of KSA: A cross-sectional study.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025Article
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- Exploring the relationship between dietary patterns and health-related quality of life among Iranian adult population: Tehran lipid and glucose study.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Associations between financial toxicity, health-related quality of life, and well-being in Indonesian patients with breast cancer.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Population norms of health-related quality of life in Iran: findings from a national EQ-5D-5L study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- Health-related quality of life in adults with metabolic syndrome: a multi-level analysis of family and individual level variation.BMJ open · 2024Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this review is to do a discussion about the use of the HRQoL as a health measure of the populations that enable to analyze its potential use as a measure of development and efficiency of health systems. The principal use of the HRQoL is in health technologies economics evaluation; however this measure can be use in public health when need to know the health state of population. The WHO recognizes its potential use but its necessary to do a discussion about your difficulties for its application and restrictions for its use as a performance indicator for the health systems. The review show the different aspects about the use of HRQoL how a measure of efficiency ot the health system, each aspect identified in the literature is analyzed and discussed, developing the pros and cons of their possible use, especially when it comes as a cardinal measure. The analysis allows recognize that measuring HRQoL in countries could serve as a useful indicator, especially when it seeks to measure the level of health and disease, as do most of the indicators of current use. However, the methodological constraints that do not allow comparability between countries especially when you have large socioeconomic differences have yet to be resolved to allow comparison between different regions.
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