Resilience and its relationship with quality of life and comorbid substance use disorder in patients with type I bipolar disorder by Shady Mohamed Moustafa, Magda Taha Kamal Aldin, Haydy Hassan Sayed, Ahmed Elarabi Hendi

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From Maximization to Optimization: A Paradigm Shift in Rice Production in Thailand to Improve Overall Quality of Life of Stakeholders by Ryoichi Doi, Supachai Pitiwut

“…Optimization is therefore necessary to ensure quality of life of farmers and other stakeholders. In Thailand, a rice farmers' network has adopted a promising agricultural system aimed at the optimization of rice farming. …”
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Impact of Chronic Liver Diseases on Specific Health-Related Quality of Life among a Sample in Babylon Governorate by Karrar G. Rasheed Al-Azzawi, Abdulkhaleq A. Ali Ghalib Al-Naqeeb, Muna A. Kadhum Zeidan

Subjects: “…Specific health related quality of life (SHR-QoL)…”
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Measurement of Quality of Life IV. Use of the SEQOL, QOL5, QOL1, and Other Global and Generic Questionnaires by Soren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, Niels Jorgen Andersen

“…Quality-of-life (QOL) rating scales can be used to measure and describe the quality of life of a specific population or patient group. …”
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A Comparative study of osteoarthritic knee patients between urban and rural areas in knee severity and quality of life by Areerat Siripongpan, Bura Sindhupakorn

“…This may affect the patient's quality of life (QoL) and lead to the onset of mental disorders. …”
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QUALITY OF LIFE COMPARATION IN METASTATIC BONE DISEASE PATIENT BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY IN DR. SOETOMO GENERAL HOSPITAL by Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Mouli Edward, Muhammad Hardian Basuki, Rizky Agung Satria

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Health-related quality of life measures used with Indigenous children/youth in the Pacific Rim: a scoping review by Sue Crengle, Trudy Sullivan, Emma H Wyeth, Sarah Derrett, Vicky Nelson, Georgia McCarty

“…Objective To identify and describe (1) which health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures have been used with Indigenous children/youth (aged 8–17 years) within the Pacific Rim; and (2) studies that refer to Indigenous health concepts in the use of child/youth HRQoL measures.Design A scoping review.Data sources Ovid (Medline), PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and CINAHL were searched up until 25 June 2020.Eligibility criteria Eligible papers were identified by two independent reviewers. …”
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Comparison of the Psychological Symptoms and Disease-Specific Quality of Life between Early- and Typical-Onset Parkinson’s Disease Patients by Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Hasti Hadizadeh, Farzaneh Farhadi, Gholam Ali Shahidi, Ahmad Delbari, Johan Lökk

“…The impact of Parkinson’s disease (PD) on psychological status and quality of life (QoL) may vary depending on age of disease onset. …”
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Chronic Pain after Open Appendectomy and Its Effects on Quality of Life in Children Aged 8–18 Years by Onur Palabiyik, Gurkan Demir

“…CPAP occurs quite frequently in children, especially in girls, and negatively affects children’s quality of life.…”
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Quality of Life and Events in the First Year of Life. Results from the Prospective Copenhagen Birth Cohort 1959?61 by Søren Ventegodt, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

“…Generally, diet is not correlated with quality of life, however, we find a small, but essential, correlation between the quality of life of the adult and the early cessation of suckling (4%). …”
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Assessment of the quality of life in metastatic colorectal cancer patients with KRAS gene mutant: a case-control study by Fahmideh Bagrezaei, Bahram Pourghassem Gargari, Reza Eghdam Zamiri, Abdolrasoul Safaiyan, Mohammad Alizadeh

“…According to previous research, this mutation significantly affects clinical outcomes and quality of life (QOL). This research investigated the association between KRAS mutant status and various aspects of QOL in mCRC patients. …”
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Severity of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms among Middle Aged and Elderly Nigerian Men: Impact on Quality of Life by Patrick Temi Adegun, Philip Babatunde Adebayo, Peter Olufemi Areo

“…Mild LUTS was significantly associated with best, good, and poor quality of life while moderate LUTS was associated with poor QoL. …”
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Prevalence of lymphedema symptoms across cancer diagnoses and association with depression, pain interference and health-related quality of life by Gitte Sone Larsen, Christoffer Johansen, Annika von Heymann, Bolette Skjødt Rafn

“…Utilized questionnaires were the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire, the Major Depression Inventory, and the Brief Pain Inventory. …”
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Author Correction: Examinations of effects of socio-demographic features and disease-related data of patients with hemodialysis on the quality of life by Elif Togay, Hatice Öntürk Akyüz

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Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated Factors by Pedram Razavi, Kaveh Hajifathalian, Behtash Saeidi, Gholamreza Esmaeeli Djavid, Mehrnaz Rasoulinejad, Mahboube Hajiabdolbaghi, Koosha Paydary, Parastoo Kheirandish, Mahsa Foroughi, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Minoo Mohraz, Willi McFarland

“…Student's t-test was used to compare quality of life between groups. Mean Cronbach’s α of facets in all six domains of instrument were more than 0.6 indicating good reliability. …”
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Unequal ageing: the quality of life of senior citizens in the EU before and after COVID-19. A multidimensional approach by Elżbieta Roszko-Wójtowicz, Klaudia Przybysz, Agnieszka Stanimir

Subjects: “…quality of life of seniors…”
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Stigma and social support and their impact on quality of life and self-esteem among women with endometriosis in Latin-America and the Caribbean. by Yatzmeli Matías-González, Astrid Sánchez-Galarza, Ernesto Rosario-Hernández, Idhaliz Flores-Caldera, Eliut Rivera-Segarra

“…Pain associated with endometriosis negatively affects patients' health and quality of life. However, there is a need to better understand the role played by psychosocial variables such as stigma and social support in diverse cultural contexts. …”
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Knee pain in adults from the northeast of São Paulo, Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality of life by Alberto de Vitta, Nicoly Machado Maciel, Sandra Fiorelli Almeida Penteado Simeão, Matias Noll

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Clinical Holistic Medicine: A Pilot Study on HIV and Quality of Life and a Suggested Cure for HIV and AIDS by Søren Ventegodt, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

“…We found a large, clinically significant correlation between the number of T-helper cells (CD4) and global self-assessed quality of life (QOL1) (r = 0.57, p = 0.021), when controlled for age, gender, and years of infection. …”
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Associations of health literacy with metabolic status and quality of life among comunity patients with type 2 diabetes in Shanghai by YANG Liping, SONG Haihong, SHEN Jue, GAO Jinli, ZHANG Zhiping, QIAN Liuyu, GONG Huan

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