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AQoL-8D publication table

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Country Where Data Obtained
Economic Evaluation
Maxwell, A., Özmen, M., Iezzi, A., & Richardson. J. (2016). "Deriving population norms for the AQoL-6D and AQoL-8D multi-attribute utility instruments from web-based data". Quality of Life Research. e-pub ahead of print doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1337-z AQoL-4D   Australia  
Maxwell, A., & Riley, P. (2016). "Emotional demands, emotional labour and occupational outcomes in school principals: Modelling the relationships". Educational Management Administration Leadership, epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/1741143215607878     Australia  
Mihalopoulos, C., Chen, G., Iezzi, A., Khan, M.A. & Richardson, J.R. (2014). "Assessing outcomes for cost-utility analysis in depression: comparison of five multi-attribute utility instruments with two depression-specific outcome measures". British Journal of Psychiatry, 205: 390-397. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.136036 EQ-5D-5L, SF-6D, HUI3, 15D Depression International  
Gardiner, R., Yaxley, J., Coughlin, G., Dunglison, N., Occhipinti, S., et al. (2012). "A randomised trial of robotic and open prostatectomy in men with localised prostate cancer". BMC Cancer, 12(1): 189. SF36 Cancer    
Khan, M.A., Richardson, J., & O'Brien, P. (2012). "The effect of obesity upon health related quality of life (HRQoL): A comparison of the AQoL-8D and SF-36 instruments." Farmeconomia. Health Economics and Therapeutic Pathways, 13(2). SF36 Obesity    
Mihalopoulos, Cathrine; Richardson, Jeff; Iezzi, Angelo; et al. (2013)."The Assessment of Quality of Life Eight Dimension Scale (AQoL 8D) - How does it Compare to Commonly Used Mental Health Outcome Instruments?" Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 16(1): S25-S26  K10, DASS21 Mental health    
Simmons, C. & Lehmann, P. (2013). "Tools for Strength Based Assessment and Evaluation". Springer Publishing Company: New York. Yes     No
Shih,S.T.F., Davis-Lameloise, N., Janus, E.D., Wildey, C., Versace, V.L., Hagger, V., Asproloupos, D. et al., (2013). "Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia Diabetes Prevention Program (MAGDA-DPP) post-natal intervention: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial". Trials 14(339) doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-339 Patient Health Questionnaire, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and others Diabetes Australia No
Davis-Lameloise, N., Hernan, A., Janus, E.D., Stewart, E., Carter, R., Bennett, C.M., et al., (2013). "The Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial". Trials (14(31) doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-31 Hospital Anxiety and depression scale (HADS) and others Diabetes Australia Yes

 

 

 

 

AQoL-7D publication table

Publication
Other instruments
Disease Area
Country Where Data Obtained
Economic Evaluation
Chen, C. Y., J. E. Keeffe, et al. (2007). "Vision-related quality of life comparison for emmetropes, myopes after refractive surgery, and myopes wearing spectacles or contact lenses." Journal of Refractive Surgery 23(8): 752-759.   emmetropes, myopes who had refractive surgery, and myopes who wore spectacles and/or contact lenses Australia  
Peacock S, Misajon R, Iezzi A, Richardson J, Hawthorne G, Keefe J. 2008. ‘Vision and quality of life: development of methods for the VisQoL vision related utility instrument’. Opthalmic Epidemiology, vol 15, pp 218-223        
Richardson, J; Iezzi, A; Peacock, S; et al(2012)."Utility Weights for the Vision-related Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)-7D Instrument". Opthalmic Epidemiology 19(3): 172-182        

 

AQoL-6D publication table

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Other instruments
Disease Area
Country Where Data Obtained
Economic Evaluation
Bennell, K.L., Campbell, P.K., Egerton, T. et al.(2013)."Telephone coaching to enhance a home-based physical activity program for knee osteoarthritis: A randomised clinical trial." Arthritis Care & Research (in press 2016)   Arthritis Australia  
Allen, Joanne; Inder, Kerry J.; Lewin, Terry J.; et al.(2013)."Construct validity of the Assessment of Quality of Life - 6D (AQoL-6D) in community samples." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 11(61)     Australia  
Chambers, S. K., A. Girgis, et al. (2009). "Beating the blues after Cancer: Randomised controlled trial of a tele-based psychological intervention for high distress patients and carers." BMC Cancer 9.   cancer Australia  
Delbaere, K., J. C. T. Close, et al. (2010). "A Multifactorial Approach to Understanding Fall Risk in Older People." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 58(9): 1679-1685.   Fallers were defined as people who had at least one injurious fall or at least two injurious falls during a 12-month follow-up period Australia  
De Silva-Sanigorski, A. M., K. Bolton, et al. (2010). "Scaling up community-based obesity prevention in Australia: Background and evaluation design of the Health Promoting Communities: Being Active Eating Well initiative." BMC Public Health 10.     Australia  
Duke, J., M. McEvoy, et al. (2007). "Vibrotactile threshold measurement for detecting peripheral neuropathy: Defining variability and a normal range for clinical and research use." Diabetologia, 50(11): 2305-2312.   community dwelling sample of 901 people aged 55 to 85 years who didn't have diabetes Australia  
Kelly, B. J., H. J. Stain, et al. (2010). "Mental health and well-being within rural communities: The Australian Rural Mental Health Study." Australian Journal of Rural Health 18(1): 16-24.   General population Australia  
McEvoy, M., W. Smith, et al. "Cohort profile: The hunter community study." International Journal of Epidemiology 39(6):1452-1463.  SF-36 aged population 55–85 yrs Australia  
Richardson J, Day N, Peacock S, Iezzi A.( 2004). ‘Measurement of quality of life for economic evaluation and the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) Mark II instrument’. Australian Economic Review, 37: 62-88.        
Richardson, J R. J.; Peacock, S J.; Hawthorne, G; et al. (2012)."Construction of the descriptive system for the assessment of quality of life AQoL-6D utility instrument." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 10(38)         
Williams, G.; Willmott, C. 2012).”Higher levels of mobility are associated with greater societal participation and better quality-of-life” Brain Injury, 26(9) WHOQOL Bref, Mobility      
Young, D., J. Furler, et al. (2007). "Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health: The PEACH study - A cluster randomised controlled trial using the telephone to coach people with type 2 diabetes to engage with their GPs to improve diabetes care: A study protocol." BMC Family Practice, 8.   type 2 diabetes Australia  

 

AQoL-6D ADOLESCENT publication table

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Other instruments
Disease Area
Country Where Data Obtained
Economic Evaluation
Keating, C.L., Moodie, M.L.. Richardson, J., et al. (2011) "Utility-Based Quality of Life of Overweight and Obese Adolescents ." Value in health 14(5): 752-758 BMI      
Moodie, M.L., Richardson, J., Rankin, B., et al. (2010). "Predicting Time Trade-Off Health State Valuations of Adolescents in Four Pacific Countries Using the Assessment of Quality-of-Life (AQoL-6D) Instrument." Value in Health 13(8): 1014-1027        
Ratcliffe, J., Stevens, K., Flynn, T., et al.(2012) "Whose Values in Health? An Empirical Comparison of the Application of Adolescent and Adult Values for the CHU-9D and AQOL-6D in the Australian Adolescent General Population" Value in Health, 15(5): 730-736 CHU9D      

 

AQoL-4D publication table

Publication
Other instruments
Disease Area
Country Where Data Obtained
Economic Evaluation
Ackerman, I. N., Graves, S. E. et al. (2006). "Evaluating quality of life in hip and knee replacement: Psychometric properties of the world health organization quality of life short version instrument." Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research 55(4): 583-590. WHOQOL-BREF, WOMAC, K10 total hip or knee replacement surgery Australia  
Anandacoomarasamy, A., Caterson, I. D. et al. (2009). "Influence of BMI on Health-related Quality of Life: Comparison Between an Obese Adult Cohort and Age-matched Population rms." Obesity 17(11):2114-2118. SF-36 Obesity Australia  
Atlantis, Evan; Goldney, Robert D.; Eckert, Kerena A.; et al.(2012). "Trends in health-related quality of life and health service use associated with body mass index and comorbid major depression in South Australia, 1998-2008." Quality of Life Research 21(10): 1695-1704 SF36      
Atlantis, E., Goldney, R.D., Eckert, K.A., et al. (2012)."Trends in health-related quality of life and health service use associated with comorbid diabetes and major depression in South Australia, 1998-2008." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 476):  871-877 SF36      
Battersby, M., Hoffmann,S. et al. (2009). "'Getting your life back on track after stroke': a Phase II multi-centered, single-blind, randomized, controlled trial of the Stroke Self-Management Program vs. the Stanford Chronic Condition Self-Management Program or standard care in stroke survivors." International Journal of Stroke, 4(2): 137-144.   Stroke Australia  
Bennell, K. L., B. Matthews, et al. (2010). "Effects of an exercise and manual therapy program on physical impairments, function and quality-of-life in people with osteoporotic vertebral fracture: a randomised, single-blind controlled pilot trial." BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 11. The Qualeffo-41  Osteoporotic vertebral fracture Australia  
Bennell, K., K. A. Bowles, et al. (2007). "Effects of laterally wedged insoles on symptoms and disease progression in medial knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial." Bmc Musculoskeletal Disorders 8.   medial knee osteoarthritis Australia  
Bennell, Kim L.; Egerton, Thorlene; Bills, Caroline; et al. (2012)."Addition of telephone coaching to a physiotherapist-delivered physical activity program in people with knee osteoarthritis: A randomised controlled trial protocol." BMC Musculosketal Disorders, 13 (246) WOMAC      
Bennell, K. L., Matthews, B., Greig, A., Briggs, A., Kelly, A., Sherburn, M., Larsen, J., & Wark, J. (2010). "Effects of an exercise and manual therapy program on physical impairments, function and quality-of-life in people with osteoporotic vertebral fracture: a randomised, single-blind controlled pilot trial." Bmc Musculoskeletal Disorders 11.        
Berlowitz, D. J. and M. Graco (2010). "The development of a streamlined, coordinated and sustainable evaluation methodology for a diverse chronic disease management program." Australian Health Review, 34(2): 148-151.   Chronic disease and older people with complex care needs Australia  
Berlowitz, D. J., J. Spong, et al. (2009). "The feasibility of using auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure to treat obstructive sleep apea after acute tetraplegia." Spinal Cord, 47(12): 868-873.   Sleep apea Australia  
Brennan, David S (2013). "Oral Health Impact profile, EuroQol, and the Assessment of Quality of Life instruments as quality of life and health-utility measures of oral health." European Journal of Oral Sciences, 121(3): 188-193. EQ-5D      
Buchbinder, R., J. M. Youd, et al. (2007). "Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy following glehumeral joint distension for adhesive capsulitis: A Randomized trial." Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research, 57(6): 1027-1037.   glehumeral joint distension for adhesive capsulitis Australia yes
Buchbinder, R., L. March, et al. (2007). "Effect of treatment with biological agents for arthritis in Australia: the Australian Rheumatology Association Database." Internal Medicine Journal, 37(9):591-600.   arthritis Australia  
Buchbinder, R., R. H. Osborne, et al. (2009). "A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures." New England Journal of Medicine 361(6): 557-568.  (QUALEFFO),  (EQ-5D) Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Australia  
Buchbinder, R., Youd, J. M., Green, S., Stein, A., Forbes, A., Harris, A., Bennell, K., Bell, S., & Wright, W. J. L. (2007). "Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy following glenohumeral joint distension for adhesive capsulitis: A Randomized trial." Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research 57(6): 1027-1037.        
Burnham, Robert; Stanford, Gordon; Gray, Lori(2012)."An Assessment of a Short Composite Questionnaire Designed for Use in an Interventional Spine Pain Management Setting." PM&R 4(6): 413-418 PDQQ-S      
Busija, L., Pausenberger, E., Haines, T.P., Haymes, S., Buchbinder, R., & Osborne, R.H. (2011). Adult measures of general health and health-related quality of life: Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36-Item (SF-36) and Short Form 12-Item (SF-12) Health Surveys, Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 6D (SF-6D), Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3), Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB), and Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)." Arthritis Care and Research, 63(S11): S383-S412.        
Cadilhac, D. A., H. M. Dewey, et al. (2010). "The health loss from ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage: evidence from the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 8(8).   Ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) Australia  
Campbell, N., P. Conaglen, et al. (2009). "Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures Using Inion OTPS Wraps-Techniques and Quality of Life Follow-Up." Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care, 67(3): 596-601.   Rib fractures Australia  
Chou, S. L., Misajon, R., Gallo, J., & Keeffe, J. E. (2003). "Measurement of indirect costs for people with vision impairment." Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 31(4):336-340.        
Chua, R., A. M. Keogh, et al. (2006). "Comparison and validation of three measures of quality of life in patients with pulmonary hypertension." Internal Medicine Journal 36(11): 705-710. MLwHF,SF-36,   pulmonary hypertension Australia  
Cooper, B. A., P. Branley, et al. (2010). "A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Early versus Late Initiation of Dialysis." New England Journal of Medicine, 363(7):609-619.   Chronic kidney disease Australia & NZ  
Crotty, M., C. H. Whitehead, et al. (2005). "Transitional care facility for elderly people in hospital awaiting a long term care bed: randomised controlled trial." British Medical Journal, 331(7525):1110-1113.   elderly people in hospital Australia  
Crotty, M., J. Prendergast, et al. (2009). "Self-management and peer support among people with arthritis on a hospital joint replacement waiting list: a randomised controlled trial." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 17(11): 1428-1433.   Arthritis  Australia  
Crowley, S. J., D. Tognarini, et al. (2000). "Cost-effectiveness analysis of lamivudine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B." Pharmacoeconomics, 17(5): 409-427.   hepatitis B Australia yes (but didn't use AQoL in the economic evaluation)
Crowley, S., D. Tognarini, et al. (2002). "Introduction of lamivudine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: Expected clinical and economic outcomes based on 4-year clinical trial data." Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 17(2): 153-164.   hepatitis B Australia yes (but didn't use AQoL in the economic evaluation)
Fisher, L. J., R. D. Goldney, et al. (2007). "Bipolar disorders in Australia - A population-based study of excess costs." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42(2): 105-109.   bipolar disorder Australia yes
Foley, A., S. Hillier, et al. (2009). "Evaluation of a geriatric day rehabilitation centre: subjective and objective outcomes in community-dwelling older adults." Australian Journal of Primary Health, 15(2): 117-122.   Older adults Australia  
Frawley, H. C., B. A. Phillips, et al. (2010). "Physiotherapy as an Adjunct to Prolapse Surgery: An Assessor-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial." Neurourology and Urodynamics, 29(5): 719-725.   prolapse or hysterectomy Australia  
Galea, M. P., P. Levinger, et al. (2008). "A targeted home- and center-based exercise program for people after total hip replacement: A randomized clinical trial." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89(8): 1442-1447.   Total hip replacement Australia  
Gibson, P. R., A. R. Weston, et al. (2007). "Relationship between disease severity, quality of life and health-care resource use in a cross-section of Australian patients with Crohn's disease." Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 22(8): 1306-1312.   Crohn's disease Australia  
Giles, L. C., G. Hawthorne, et al. (2009). "Health-related Quality of Life among hospitalized older people awaiting residential aged care." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 7.   Hospitalized older people awaiting residential aged care Australia  
Goldney, R. D. and L. J. Fisher (2004). "Double depression in an Australian population." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 39(11): 921-926.   depression Australia  
Goldney, R. D. and M. A. Bain (2006). "Double depression: its morbidity and management in a community setting." Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 18(5): 210-215.  (SF-36) depression Australia  
Goldney, R. D., A. W. Taylor, et al. (2007). "Depression and remoteness from health services in South Australia." Australian Journal of Rural Health, 15(3): 201-210.   depression Australia  
Goldney, R. D., L. J. Fisher, et al. (2000). "Major depression and its associated morbidity and quality of life in a random, representative Australian community sample." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34(6): 1022-1029.   depression Australia  
Goldney, R. D., L. J. Fisher, et al. (2001). "Suicidal ideation and health-related quality of life in the community." Medical Journal of Australia, 175(10): 546-549. SF36 Suicidal Ideation Australia  
Goldney, R. D., L. J. Fisher, et al. (2004). "Subsyndromal depression: prevalence, use of health services and quality of life in an Australian population." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 39(4): 293-298. SF36 Subsyndromal depression Australia  
Goldney, R. D., L. J. Fisher, et al. (2005). "Bipolar I and II disorders in a random and representative Australian population." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 39(8): 726-729. (SF-36V2) bipolar disorders I and II Australia  
Goldney, R. D., L. J. Fisher, et al. (2007). "Have education and publicity about depression made a difference? Comparison of prevalence, service use and excess costs in South Australia: 1998 and 2004." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(1): 38-53.   depression Australia yes
Gospodarevskaya E.  (2013). "Post-traumatic stress disorder and quality of life in sexually abused Australian children", Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22 (30): 277-96.  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10538712.2013.743953   Respondents to the 2007 Australian Mental Health survey who reported sexual assault or rape prior to age 18 Australia yes
Gospodarevskaya E. Segal, L. (2012). “Cost-utility analysis of different treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder in sexually abused children”. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 6(15). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383488/   Respondents to the 2007 Australian Mental Health survey who reported sexual assault or rape prior to age 18 Australia yes
Halton, K. A., D. A. Cook, et al. (2009). "Cost effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: addressing uncertainty in the decision." Critical Care, 13(2).   Antimicrobial-coated central veus catheters Australia yes
Harris A.H., Cooper B.A., Li J.J., Bulfone L., Branley, P. et al. (2011). "Cost effectiveness of initiating dialysis early: A randomized controlled trial." American Journal of Kidney Disease, 57(5):707-715.        
Harris, A. H., E. Gospodarevskaya, et al. (2005). "A randomised trial of the cost effectiveness of buprerphine as an alternative to methadone maintenance treatment. for heroin dependence in a primary care setting." Pharmacoeconomics, 23(1): 77-91.   heroin dependence Australia yes
Harris, A; Gospodarevskaya, E; Callaghan, J; et al.(2001)."The cost effectiveness of a pharmacist reviewing medication among the elderly in the community." Australiasian Journal on Ageing, 20(4): 179-186. SF36      
Hawthorne, G. (2003). "The effect of different methods of collecting data: Mail, telephone and filter data collection issues in utility measurement." Quality of Life Research, 12(8): 1081-1088. test-retest reliability study General population Australia  
Hawthorne, G., F. Cheok, et al. (2003). "The excess cost of depression in South Australia: a population-based study." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 37(3): 362-373.   depression Australia yes
Hawthorne, G. and A. Hogan (2002). "Measuring disability-specific patient benefit in cochlear implant programs: developing a short form of the Glasgow Health Status Inventory, the Hearing Participation Scale." International Journal of Audiology, 41(8): 535-544. GHSI, HPS  deafened adults Australia  
Hawthorne, G., A. Hogan, et al. (2004). "Evaluating the health-related quality of life effects of cochlear implants: a prospective study of an adult cochlear implant program." International Journal of Audiology, 43(4): 183-192.   deafness Australia & NZ  
Hawthorne, G. and R. Osborne (2005). "Population rms and meaningful differences for the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) measure." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29(2): 136-142. population rms study General population Australia  
Hawthorne, Graeme; Densley, Konstancja; Pallant, Julie F.; et al.(2008)"Deriving utility scores from the SF-36 health instrument using Rasch analysis." Quality of Life Research, 17(9): 1183-1193  SF36      
Hawthorne, G., R. L. Gruen, et al. (2009). "Traumatic Brain Injury and Long-Term Quality of Life: Findings from an Australian Study." Journal of Neurotrauma, 26(10): 1623-1633. SF36, SF6D Traumatic brain Injury Australia  
Hawthorne, G., Korn, S., & Richardson, J. (2013). Population norms for the AQoL derived from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing,Australian and New Zealand Jornal of Public Health 37(1): 7–16.        
Hawthorne, G., J. Richardson, et al. (2001). "A comparison of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) with four other generic utility instruments." Annals of Medicine, 33(5): 358-370.  HUI3,  15D,  EQ-5D,  SF6D General population Australia  
Hay, P. (2003). "Quality of life and bulimic eating disorder behaviors: Findings from a community-based sample." International Journal of Eating Disorders, 33(4): 434-442. SF-36 Bulimia Australia  
Haywood, K. L., Garratt, A. M., Lall, R., Smith, J. F., & Lamb, S. E. (2008). "EuroQol EQ-5D and condition-specific measures of health outcome in women with urinary incontinence: reliability, validity and responsiveness." Quality of Life Research, 17(3): 475-483.        
Herrman, H., G. Hawthorne, et al. (2002). "Quality of life assessment in people living with psychosis." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 37(11): 510-518. WHO-QoL bref psychosis Australia  
Hill, K., R. Smith, et al. (2007). "Physical and psychological outcomes of a supported physical activity program for older carers." Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 15(3): 257-271. SF-36 older carers Australia  
Hillier, S., Comans, T., Sutton, M., Amsters, D., & Kendall, M. (2010). "Development of a participatory process to address fragmented application of outcome measurement for rehabilitation in community settings." Disability and Rehabilitation, 32(6): 511-520.        
Hinman, Rana S.; McCrory, Paul; Pirotta, Marie; et al. (2012). "Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic knee pain: protocol for a randomised controlled trial using a Zelen design"   BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 12(161) WOMAC      
Holland, R., R. D. Smith, et al. (2004). "Assessing quality of life in the elderly: a direct comparison of the EQ-5D and AQoL." Health Economics, 13(8): 793-805. EQ-5D elderly population Australia  
Hutchison, A., Rasekaba, T.M., Graco, M., Berlowitz, D., Hawthorne, G., & Lim WK. (2013). Relationship between health-related quality of life, and acute care re-admissions and survival in older adults with chronic illness. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 11: 136.        
Joubert, J., Reid, C., et al. (2009). "Integrated care improves risk-factor modification after stroke: initial results of the Integrated Care for the Reduction of Secondary Stroke model." Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 80(3): 279-284.   Stroke Australia  
Joubert, J., Joubert,L., et al. (2008). "The positive effect of integrated care on depressive symptoms in stroke survivors." Cerebrovascular Diseases, 26(2): 199-205.   Stroke Australia  
Katalinic, O. M., L. A. Harvey, et al. (2010). "Stretch for the treatment and prevention of contractures." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (9). SF-36 People at risk of contractures Australia  
Keogh, A. M., K. D. McNeil, et al. (2007). "Quality of life in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Improvement and maintenance with bosentan." Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 26(2): 181-187. SF-36 Pulmonary arterial hypertension Australia  
Khan, F. and J. Pallant (2007). "Chronic pain in multiple sclerosis: Prevalence, characteristics, and impact on quality of life in an Australian community Cohort." Journal of Pain, 8(8): 614-623.   Multiple sclerosis Australia  
Khan, F., J. Pallant, et al. (2007). "Caregiver strain and factors associated with caregiver self-efficacy and quality of life in a community cohort with multiple sclerosis." Disability and Rehabilitation, 29(16): 1241-1250.   Multiple sclerosis Australia  
Khan, F., T. McPhail, et al. (2006). "Multiple sclerosis: Disability profile and quality of life in an Australian community cohort." International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 29(2): 87-96.   multiple sclerosis Australia  
Kulkarni, J., A. R. de Castella, et al. (2007). "Australian schizophrenia care and assessment programme: real-world schizophrenia: outcomes." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(12): 969-979.   Schizophrenia Australia  
Lim, K. T., M. J. E. Davis, et al. (2007). "Ablate and pace strategy for atrial fibrillatio: long-term outcome of AIRCRAFT trial." Europace, 9(7): 498-505. CRAFT Atrial fibrillation Australia  
Lim, W. K., S. F. Lambert, et al. (2003). "Effectiveness of case management and post-acute services in older people after hospital discharge." Medical Journal of Australia, 178(6): 262.   Older adults Australia yes
Lin, C. C., A. M. Moseley, et al. (2006). "Effectiveness of joint mobilisation after cast immobilisation for ankle fracture: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial." BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 7.   ankle fracture Australia  
Lin, C., & Haas, M. (2009). "The Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)". Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 55(3), 212.        
Lin, C. W. C., M. Haas, et al. (2008). "Cost and utilisation of healthcare resources during rehabilitation after ankle fracture are t linked to health insurance, income, gender, or pain: an observational study." Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 54(3): 201-208.   Ankle fracture Australia yes
Manser, R. L., G. Wright, et al. (2006). "Validity of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) utility instrument in patients with operable and iperable lung cancer." Lung Cancer, 53(2): 217-229. SF-36 lung cancer Australia  
McCrory, P., L. Turner-Stokes, et al. (2009). "Botulinum toxin a for treatment of upper limb spasticity following stroke: A multi-centre randomized placebo-controlled study of the effects on quality of life and other person-centred outcomes." Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 41(7): 536-544.   Upper limb post-stroke spasticity Australia  
McCrory, Paul; Turner-Stokes, Lynne; Baguley, Ian J.; et al. (2009). "On quality of life and other person-centred outcomes." Journal Of Rehabilitative Medicine, 41(7): 536-544 GAS, MAS      
Miller, M., W. K. Wong, et al. (2008). "Upper-Arm Anthropometry: An Alternative Indicator of Nutritional Health to Body Mass Index in Unilateral Lower-Extremity Amputees?" Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 89(10): 2031-2033.   Unilateral Lower-Extremity Amputees Australia  
Mortimer, D., L. Segal, et al. (2009). "Can we derive an 'exchange rate' between descriptive and preference-based outcome measures for stroke? Results from the transfer to utility (TTU) technique." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 7. NIHSS, Barthel, SF-36  Stroke Australia  
Mortimer, D., Segal, L., Hawthorne, G., et al. (2007). "Item-based versus subscale-based mappings from the SF-36 to a preference-based quality of life measure." Value in Health, 10(5): 398-407. SF36      
Murray, K. J., K. Hill, et al. (2005). "A pilot study of falls risk and vestibular dysfunction in older fallers presenting to hospital Emergency Departments." Disability and Rehabilitation, 27(9): 499-506.   falls risk and vestibular dysfunction in older fallers Australia  
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