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Supplementary Tables and References for the 100 Full-Text Articles Reviewed for the
Manuscript Entitled, “Systematic Review of Health-Related Quality of Life Models.”
Supplementary Table A: Subset of 25 Articles using a Uniquely Derived Model …………………. Pages 2-8
Supplementary Table B: Subset of 52 Articles Guided by Existing Models Used Once or Twice …. Pages 9-21
References for the 100 Full-Text Articles Reviewed …………………………………………………Pages 22-32
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Supplementary Table A: Subset of 25 Articles Using a Uniquely Derived Model (Disease-specific n = 24; Consensus n = 1).
Authors
(year)
Country
BandellHoekstra, AbuSaad, Passchier,
& Knipschild
(2000)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Models derived
To review the literature on personal and
situational variables, coping strategies,
and QOL among children with recurrent
headaches.
Literature
review
NA
Derived
Authors derived a
conceptual model
linking primary
headache, coping, and
QOL in children
To identify items for inclusion in a
Nutrition Quality of Life survey based
on focus groups, surveys, and a
consensus process.
Descriptive
65 patients
receiving medical
nutrition therapy
and 46 dietitians
Derived
Researchers identified
six categories of
HRQOL inductively
and deductively
To determine how symptoms and
associated functional impairments
impact QOL in adults with attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Descriptive
29 patients with
attention deficit
hyperactivity
disorder and 4
experts
Derived
Authors derived a
model of QOL in
attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder
To construct and test, using path analysis Descriptive
techniques, a pertinent conceptual model
of QOL among people with
schizophrenia living in the community.
200 people with
schizophrenia
Derived
Conceptual model of
QOL among people
with schizophrenia
living in the
community
Netherlands
Barr &
Schumacher
(2003)
United States
Brod, Perwien,
Adler, Spencer,
& Johnston
(2005)
United States
Chan & Yeung
(2008)
China
3
Authors
(year)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Models derived
To better understand how older African
Americans with diabetes view their
illness and to develop a conceptual
framework for approaching their care.
Qualitative
19 patients from
an urban
academic medical
center.
Derived
Edwards,
Huebner,
Connell, &
Patrick (2002)
To develop a conceptual model for
assessing generic QOL among youth
with physical and developmental
disabilities
Qualitative
33 adolescents
with disabilities
Derived
United States
Julkunena,
GustavssonLiliusa, &
Hietanenc,
(2009)
To examine associations of angerexpression styles of both cancer patients
and their partners with patient-perceived
partner support and the impact of these
variables on long-term HRQOL
Correlational
153 cancer
patients and their
partners
Derived
Conceptual
framework for
understanding illness
and attitudes in older,
urban African
Americans with
diabetes
Youth quality of life
model with 4 domains
- sense of self, social
relationships,
environment, general
quality of life
Used path analysis to
test a model of angerexpression styles on
perceived partner
support and HRQOL
in cancer patients
To determine the independent
association of nutritional risk and
HRQOL in frail older adults
Descriptive
367 frail older
adults
Derived
Country
Chin, Polonsky,
Thomas, &
Nerney (2000)
United States
Finland
Keller (2004)
Canada
Not named - derived
regression model of
factors associated
with HRQOL in frail
older adults
4
Authors
(year)
Purpose
Design
Country
Kelley-Gillespie To assemble a comprehensive, integrated Literature
(2008)
model of QOL for older adults with
review
synthesis of the 6 major QOL domains
United States
(social, physical, psychological,
cognitive, spiritual, environmental)
King, Hinds,
Dow, Schum, &
Lee (2002)
United States
Klassen, Pusic,
Scott, Klok, &
Cano (2009)
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Models derived
NA
Derived
Integrated Conceptual
Model of Quality of
Life
To explore patients’ QOL as defined by
RNs in adult and pediatric oncology
settings; Examine knowledge needed to
apply QOL research outcomes in clinical
practice; Develop model of nurses'
perceptions of patients’ QOL
To describe how breast conditions and
breast surgery impact patient satisfaction
and quality of life in women who
undergo breast surgery
Qualitative
24 oncology
nurses
Derived
Nurses’ RelationshipBased Perception of
Patients’ Quality of
Life
Descriptive
48 breast surgery
patients
Derived
Conceptual model of
patient satisfaction
and QOL in breast
surgery patients
To explore how rural minority breast
cancer survivors perceive and address
QOL within their own social network
and develop a conceptual framework.
Qualitative
13 breast cancer
survivors
Derived
Conceptual
Framework of Rural
African American
Breast Cancer
Survivorship QOL
Canada
López, Eng,
Randall-David,
& Robinson
(2005)
United States
5
Authors
(year)
Country
Maurice-Stam,
Oort, Last, &
Grootenhuis
(2009)
Netherlands
McEwan, Espie,
Metcalfe,
Brodie, &
Wilson (2004)
United
Kingdom
Moffat, Dorris,
Connor, &
Espie (2009)
United
Kingdom
Motl, McAuley,
& Snook (2007)
United States
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Models derived
To examine factors that affect child
Descriptive
cancer survivors’ HRQOL using a model
in which demographic and medical
characteristics explain HRQOL mediated
by life course, coping, and social support
353 survivors of
childhood cancer
Derived
Conceptual model of
the process of
adjustment to
childhood cancer
To describe the experience of having
epilepsy in adolescence; Understand
perceived impact of epilepsy on QOL;
Explore changes in QOL issues as
adolescents progress towards adulthood;
Present a conceptual framework for
understanding the impact of epilepsy in
adolescence
To investigate the impact of childhood
epilepsy on QOL directly from the
child’s perspective
Qualitative
22 adolescents
with epilepsy
Derived
QOL and identity
formation in
adolescents with
epilepsy
Qualitative
22 children with
epilepsy
Derived
QOL in children with
epilepsy.
To examine relationships among selfefficacy, functional limitations, physical
activity, and QOL in participants with
multiple sclerosis
Descriptive
196 individuals
with multiple
sclerosis
Derived
Analysis linking
concepts with quality
of life
6
Authors
(year)
Country
Perez, Huang,
Jansky,
Nowinski,
Victorson,
Peterman, et al.
(2007)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Models derived
To confirm conceptualization of QOL
domains underlying the Neuro-QOL
instrument using focus groups. To
examine HRQOL for patients with
neurological conditions
Qualitative
Derived
HRQOL domains and
subdomains across
neurological disorders
To develop and validate a measure of
HRQOL for persons with dementia
Instrument
development
64 patients and
19 caregivers of
those with
neurological
diagnoses
(Alzheimers,
Multiple
Sclerosis,
Amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis,
Parkinson's,
stroke, epilepsy)
241 people with
dementia and 225
carers of persons
w/dementia
To understand HRQOL in people with
dementia and examine differences
between self-report and family caregiver
descriptions of HRQOL
Qualitative
19 people with
dementia and 16
caregivers
Derived
United States
Smith Lamping,
Banerjee,
Harwood,
Foley, Smith et
al. (2005)
United
Kingdom
Smith, Murray,
Banerjee, Foley,
Cook, et al.
(2005)
United
Kingdom
Derived
Dementia HRQOL
Conceptual
framework derived
from literature,
qualitative interviews,
expert opinion, and
team discussion.
Dementia HRQOL
Conceptual
framework developed
based on literature and
qualitative data.
7
Authors
(year)
Country
Sousa & Chen,
(2003)
United States
Swigris,
Stewart, Gould,
& Wilson
(2005)
United States
Urbach,
Harnish, &
Long (2005)
Canada
Urbanoski,
Cairney, Adlaf,
& Rush (2007)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Models derived
To demonstrate latent mean structure
analysis as a technique to compare group
differences in a QOL model
Descriptive
924 HIV+
patients
Derived
Hypothesized
conceptual model
representing QOL.
To 1) gain insight into effects of
Qualitative
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on
patients’ lives; 2) organize the effects
into a conceptual framework; 3) examine
whether 4 existing instruments capture
the elements of the framework; 4)
examine the extent that the 4 instruments
include irrelevant items to patients with
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
To develop a conceptual framework of
Qualitative
QOL after abdominal surgery
20 patients with
idiopathic
pulmonary
fibrosis
Derived
HRQOL in patients
with idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis
21 post-operative
patients
Derived
Short term HRQOL
after abdominal
surgery
To propose and test a conceptual model
of QOL in severely mentally ill
consumers
Descriptive
133 severely
Derived
mentally ill adults
QOL model involving
substance abuse,
psychiatric symptoms,
and distress.
Literature
review
NA
QOL for family
caregivers of stroke
survivors
Canada
White, Lauzon, To describe QOL of caregivers of stroke
Yaffe, & Wood- survivors and to identify associated
Dauphinee
factors
(2004)
United States
Derived
8
Authors
(year)
Country
Cummins
(2005)
Australia
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Models derived
To update statements defining QOL to
reflect the emerging areas of agreement
from the Special Interest Quality of Life
Group
Consensus
paper
NA
Derived
Conceptual model of
well-being
(not disease-specific)
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Supplementary Table B: Subset of 52 Articles Guided by Existing Models Used Once or Twice. Models used twice were
Maslow (n=2), Mishel (n = 2), and Stewart (n=2).
Authors
(Year)
Country
Collins, Lanham,
& Sigford (2000)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
To examine the psychometric
properties of the Wisconsin HSS
Quality of Life Inventory
Instrument
development
414 individuals
with traumatic
brain injury
Guided
Maslow's Theory of
Human Needs
(1) To inventory needs assessment
instruments in dementia, (2) Explore
interaction between unmet needs &
HRQOL; (3) to relate needs and
HRQOL to Maslow's model to design
a dementia specific model
Literature
review
NA
Guided
Derived
Maslow's Hierarchy
of Needs Model used
to derive a dementia
specific model
To test Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness
Theory to determine factors
influencing QOL in persons with head
and neck cancer
Descriptive
250 head and
neck cancer
patients in
Thailand
Guided
Mishel’s Uncertainty
in Illness Theory
combined with
concept of religious
participation as a
structure provider
19 men with
prostate cancer
Guided
Mishel’s Uncertainty
in Illness Model
United States
ScholzelDorenbos,
Meeuwsen, &
Olde Rikkert
(2010)
Netherlands
Detprapon,
Sirapo-ngam,
Mishel,
Sitthimongkol, &
Vorapongsathorn
(2009)
Thailand
Wallace (2003)
United States
To explore uncertainty, anxiety,
Descriptive
health-related QOL and affective QOL
in men undergoing watchful waiting
for prostate cancer
10
Authors
(Year)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
Literature
review
NA
Guided
United States
To present a general conceptual
framework to facilitate the
development of measures to describe
QOL of dying persons in the context
of health care
Tang, Aaronson,
& Forbes (2004)
To evaluate correlates of QOL in
patients with terminal illness
Descriptive
60 hospice
patients
Guided
To assemble information on health
status factors, therapeutic strategies,
and QOL among persons with asthma.
To make empirical generalizations
about the selected variables from a
universe of studies.
To investigate age differences in
psychological adjustment & HRQOL,
and to identify predictors of
psychological adjustment & HRQOL
among preschool, school age, and
adolescent patients with cancer
Descriptive
Meta-analytical
findings from
three studies
involving persons
with asthma (total
N = 811)
69 preschool,
school age, and
adolescent
patients with
cancer
Guided
Stewart’s conceptual
framework of dying
patients and families
combining quality of
life and quality of
health care indicators
Stewart’s conceptual
model of factors
affecting dying
patients and families
Asthma QOL Model
(comprised of health
status factors,
therapeutic strategies,
and QOL)
Country
Stewart, Teno,
Patrick, & Lynn
(1999)
United States
Bailey (2001)
Canada,
United States
Barrera,
Wayland,
D'Agostino,
Gibson,
Weksberg, &
Malkin (2003)
Canada
Descriptive
Guided
Model based on earlier
conceptualizations and
research with children
with chronic illnesses
11
Authors
(Year)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
To present descriptive HRQOL
studies of children with moderate to
severe cerebral palsy and to compare
children with quadriplegia, diplegia
and hemiplegia.
Literature
review
NA
Guided
40 stroke
survivors and
their spouses
Guided
362 women with
breast cancer and
520 men and
women without
cancer
Guided
Sweden
To examine relationships among hope, Descriptive
family health promoting activity, and
QOL among stroke survivors and their
spouses.
To perform confirmatory factor
Instrument
analyses of the Life Satisfaction
development
Questionnaire in women with breast
cancer
Five part conceptual
framework modified
from prior models by
the World Health
Organization and the
National Center for
Medical Rehabilitation
Research.
Developmental Model
of Health and Nursing
Chamlin, Cella,
Frieden,
Williams,
Mancini, Lai, et
al. (2005)
To develop the Childhood Atopic
Dermatitis Impact Scale to measure
the effects of atopic dermatitis on the
quality of life of affected young
children and their families.
270 families of
children with
atopic dermatitis
Guided
Country
Bjornson &
McLaughlin
(2001)
United States
Bluvol (2003)
Canada
Carlsson &
Hamrin (2002)
United States
Instrument
development
Model consisted of 5
dimensions of QOL
based on a review of
literature focused on
women with breast
cancer
Effect of Atopic
Dermatitis on QOL
conceptual framework
12
Authors
(Year)
Country
Chaudhury
(2003)
United States
Costantini,
Mencaglia,
Giulio, Cortesi,
Roila, Ballatori,
et al. (2000)
Italy
da Silva Caralho
Villa & Rossi
(2008)
Brazil
Dow, Ferrell,
Haberman, &
Eaton (1999)
United States
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
To explore reminiscence of personally
meaningful past places (i.e., place
therapy) among cognitively intact and
impaired residents in 4 nursing homes.
Qualitative
Lawton’s Quality of
Life Conceptual
Model
To identify contents of QOL domains
using cancer patients as experts
Instrument
development
21 nursing home
Guided
residents (8
Derived
cognitively intact,
13 with dementia)
and 15 family
members of those
with dementia
248 cancer
Guided
patients
To understand the meaning of QOL in
people with coronary artery bypass
grafting and their relatives
Qualitative
To describe the meaning of quality of
life in long-term cancer survivors,
validate inductively derived QOL
themes, and identify and cluster overarching themes across long-term
cancer survivors
Qualitative
11 adults who
experienced
coronary artery
bypass grafting
and 10 relatives
687 cancer
survivors
Conceptual Model of
Quality of Life of the
Centre for Health
Promotion, University
of Toronto
Conceptual Model
based on investigator’s
previous research with
cancer patients
Guided
Guided
Derived
Model used
Conceptual framework
with domains
identified by the
Italian Society of
Psycho-Oncology
13
Authors
(Year)
Country
Echteld, van
Elderen, & van
der Kamp (2001)
Netherlands
Hafslund &
Nortvedt (2009)
Norway
Hatzmann,
Maurice-Stam,
Heymans, &
Grootenhuis
(2009)
Netherlands
Hollen, Gralla,
Liepa,
Symanowski, &
Rusthoven
(2006)
Canada, United
States, Western
Europe
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
To improve understanding of quality
of life outcomes related to
percutaneous trans luminal coronary
angioplasty (PTCA) by investigating
relationships between predictors and
correlates of QOL of patients waiting
for PTCA
To explore how women attending a
national mammography screening
program reacted to the screening
process on QOL
To explore the influence of
demographic and disease-related
factors on parental HRQOL, mediated
by employment, income, leisure time,
holiday, and emotional support
Correlational
122 percutaneous
trans luminal
coronary
angioplasty
patients
Guided
Working model was
derived from Maes’
coping with chronic
illness model
Literature
review
NA
Guided
Spilker's domains of
HRQOL
Correlational
543 parents of
chronically ill
children
Guided
Model constructed
based on literature
focused on parents of
chronically ill children
To adapt and test a modified version
of the Lung Cancer Symptoms Scale
for patients with pleural mesothelioma
Instrument
development
495 patients with
mesothelioma
Guided
Lung Cancer
Symptom Scale QOL
Model
14
Authors
(Year)
Country
Jenerette (2008)
United States
Keenan,
McKenna,
Doward,
Conaghan,
Emery, Tennant
(2008)
United Kingdom
King, Kinney, &
Marks (2009)
Australia
Koller,
KlinkhammerSchalke, &
Lorenz (2005)
Germany
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
To examine relationships among types
of social support and HRQOL
Correlational
232 adults with
sickle cell disease
Guided
To develop and validate a diseasespecific QOL measure for
osteoarthritis (OA), the OAQOL,
using a needs-based conceptual model
Instrument
development
To understand relationships between
asthma control and HRQOL and to
test a conceptual model
Correlational
Phase 1 - 44 OA
Guided
patients; Phase 2 17 OA patients;
Phase 3 - 259 OA
patients; Phase 4 60 OA patients
for test-retest
reliability
213 people with
Guided
asthma
Derived
Theory of Self-Care
Management for
Sickle Cell Disease
A needs-based
approach based on
QOL domains derived
from qualitative
interviews
To improve the conceptual
frameworks that allow the use of the
QOL concept in clinical practice
Literature
review
NA
Guided
Asthma control and
HRQOL model based
on literature
Integrating medical
paradigm and diseaserelated QOL: A 3
component model
(classical endpoints,
hermeneutic
endpoints, clinical
relevance)
15
Authors
(Year)
Country
Leung, Liu,
Zhao, Fang,
Chan, & Lin
(2005)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
To develop the Chinese Quality of
Life Instrument
Instrument
development
100 Chinese
medicine
practitioners
Guided
Derived
51 female
immigrants with
breast or
gynecological
cancer
NA
Guided
Derived
Adopted concept of
health involving
harmonization of (a)
physical form and
spirit (b) man and
society (c) man and
nature (d) emotions
Berkman’s social
network model
China
Lim, Yi, &
Zebrack (2008)
United States
Lipscomb,
Snyder, & Gotay
(2007)
United States
To examine direct and/or indirect
Correlational
pathways among acculturation, social
support, depressive symptoms, and
QOL among Korean immigrant breast
and gynecological cancer survivors
To summarize & draw inferences from Literature
the Cancer Outcomes Measurement
review
Working Group findings about the
soundness of HRQOL assessments in
cancer
Guided
Medical Outcomes
Trust Framework
16
Authors
(Year)
Country
Marden (2005)
United States
Menne, Judge, &
Whitlatch (2009)
United States
Nesbitt &
Heidrich (2000)
United States
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
To present a new theoretical model to
explain people’s diverse responses to
therapeutic health technology by
characterizing the relationship
between technology dependence and
HRQOL
Literature
review
NA
Guided
To identify predictors of QOL in
individuals with dementia
Descriptive
211 individuals
with dementia
Guided
Technology
dependence and
HRQOL model: based
on (a) Sandelowski’s
conceptual framework
of technology
dependence in health
care, (b) Spilker’s
relationship of clinical
aspects of safety and
efficacy data and QOL
and (c) Leventhal et
al.s’ self-regulation
model of illness
cognition and
behaviour
Model based on stress
and coping literature
To test a conceptual model of
proposed relationships between
physical health limitation, the sense of
coherence, illness appraisal, and QOL
in older women
Descriptive
137 older women
Guided
Derived
A stress and coping
framework, the
Salutogenic Model
17
Authors
(Year)
Country
Noonan, Kopek,
Zhang, &
Dvorak (2008)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
To determine the effect of associated
spinal cord injury conditions on the
health status and QOL in people with
traumatic central cord syndrome
Descriptive
70 people with
traumatic central
cord syndrome
Guided
Conceptual model
developed by
investigators based on
the literature
To assess patients’ and spouses’ QOL,
appraisal of illness, resources,
symptoms, and risk for distress across
three phases of prostate cancer
Descriptive
263 prostate
cancer patientspouse dyads
Guided
Lazarus and Folkman
stress and coping
theory
To develop a QOL measure for elderly Instrument
people
development
105 elderly
individuals
Guided
Derived
Quality of Life in old
age
To identify factors related to global
HRQOL & identify problems and
health-oriented behaviors
245 women with
breast cancer
Guided
Derived
QOL model adapted
by Dow and
colleagues
Canada
Northouse,
Mood, Montie,
Sandler, Forman,
Hussain, et al,
(2007)
United States
Paschoal, Filho,
& Litvoc (2007)
Brazil
Paskett,
Herndon, Day,
Stark, Winer,
Grubbs, et al.
(2008)
United States
Descriptive
18
Authors
(Year)
Purpose
Country
Perrins-Margalis, To study the impact of horticulture on
Rugletic,
group participants with chronic mental
Schepis,
illness in a clubhouse facility
Stepanski, &
Walsh (2000)
United States
Petry, Maes, &
To examine the validity of basic
Vlaskamp (2005) domains of QOL that appear in
theoretical models for people with
Netherlands
profound multiple disabilities
Rabins, Kasper,
To describe a conceptual framework
Kleinman, Black, and development of the Alzheimer's
& Patrick (1999) Disease-Related Quality of Life
instrument
United States
Rebollo &
To analyze literature on HRQOL in
Ortega (2002)
end-stage renal disease patients
Spain
Renwick,
Nourhaghighi,
Manns, &
Rudman (2003)
Canada
To develop & validate an instrument
called QOL Profile for Adults with
Physical Disabilities
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
Qualitative
10 people with
chronic mental
illness
Guided
Derived
Zhan's conceptual
model of QOL (life
satisfaction, selfconcept, health and
functioning,
socioeconomic)
Qualitative
76 parents and
support staff of
people with
profound multiple
disabilities
11 experts and 12
family caregivers
Guided
Felce and Perry Model
consisting of 5 basic
domains
Guided
Literature
review
NA
Guided
Model containing
HRQOL concepts and
domains specific to
daily lives of persons
with dementia
An applied conceptual
model of HRQOL.
Instrument
development
27 adults with
Guided
physical
disabilities (Study
1), 40 adults with
physical
disabilities (Study
2)
Instrument
development
Center for Health
Promotion Quality of
Life Model
19
Authors
(Year)
Country
Sato, Saito,
NakamuraMiura, Kato, &
Cathcart (2007)
Japan, Canada
Schlarmann,
Metzing-Blau, &
Schnepp (2008)
Germany
Shi, Sun, Cai, &
Yang (2004)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
To incorporate dental hygiene human
needs model and the oral health
related QOL model into the dental
hygiene curriculum in Japan
Randomized
controlled
trial
67 dental hygiene
students in Japan
Guided
Dental hygiene human
needs model; Oral
health related QOL
model
To review literature on concept,
common definition, and assessment of
HRQOL in children, relevance of
HRQOL measures to young carers,
and create recommendations for
instrumentation in Germany.
To develop and validate a QOL scale
for Chinese patients with benign
prostatic hypertrophy
Literature
review
NA
Guided
Authors used core
HRQOL domains by
von Ruden to guide
the review.
Descriptive
Guided
Model formulated
from literature search,
semi-structured
interviews, and
HRQOL domains.
To examine biological, medical
system, & socio-demographic factors
associated with HRQOL as measured
by a multi-dimensional index that
accounts for a wide range of child
health domains
Descriptive
256 men with
benign prostatic
hypertrophy; 60
randomly
sampled to repeat
assessment 2nd
time; 43 healthy
matched men
69,031 caregivers
of children from
the National
Survey of
Children's Health
Guided
Child Health and
Illness Profile
China
Simon, Chan, &
Forrest (2008)
United States
20
Authors
(Year)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
800 general
practitioners
Guided
Transtheoretical
Model of Behavior
Change
Descriptive
1281 people with
HIV or AIDS
Guided
Derived
Chronic Illness
Quality of Life Model
using WHO QOL-HIV
instrument
Correlational
600 adults in
deprived
neighborhoods
Guided
Berlin Aging Model
Literature
review
NA
Guided
Evaluated data
according to a
mathematical model
involving biomarkers
of clinical outcomes
and QOL
Country
Skevington, Day, To (1) find whether general
Descriptive
Chisholm, &
practitioners use QOL information in
Trueman (2005) primary care & explore their reasoning
& barriers to use; (2) to determine if
United Kingdom transtheoretical model of behavior
change can be applied to the doctor's
use of QOL information in primary
care
Skevington,
Norweg, &
Standage (2010)
To test a revised QOL model
Austrailia,
Brazil, India,
Italy, Thailand,
Ukraine
Smith, Sim,
To examine determinants of QOL
Schari, &
among those in deprived
Phillipson (2004) neighborhoods
United Kingdom
Spiegel,
Melmed,
Robbins,
Esrailian (2008)
United States
To review literature on HRQOL in
end stage renal disease patients
21
Authors
(Year)
Purpose
Design
Sample
Model
guided or
derived
Model used
To present a model integrating
response shift into HRQOL
Literature
review
NA
Guided
Theoretical model of
response shift and
QOL
To validate a measure of the impact of
epilepsy on adolescent QOL
Descriptive
108 adolescents
with epilepsy
Guided
McEwan et al
conceptual model of
QOL in epilepsy
United Kingdom
Tully, Baker,
Turnbull,
Winefield, &
Knight (2009)
To examine the impact of general
stress, depression and anxiety on
HRQOL after coronary artery bypass
graft (CABG) surgery.
Descriptive
193 coronary
artery bypass
graft patients
Guided
Tripartite model of
depression and anxiety
Australia
Ward & Tanner
(2010)
To examine the relationship of
migrant farmworker stress to HRQOL
Descriptive
75 migrant
farmworkers
Guided
To test the convergent, discriminant,
and clinical validity of the QOLCC
instrument for measuring the QOL of
Taiwanese children who suffer from
cancer.
Instrument
development
160 children with
cancer and 129
caregivers
Guided
Ecological model of
health determinants
specific to migrant
farmworkers
Conceptual framework
based on grounded
theory: health-related
problems are solved
from both a biomedical and biobehavioral perspective.
Country
Sprangers &
Schwartz (1999)
Netherlands,
United States
Townshend,
Dorris, McEwan,
Aylett, Brodie,
O'Regan, et al.
(2008)
United States
Yeh & Hung
(2003)
Taiwan
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