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Aims & Scope
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes is an open access, peer-reviewed journal considering original manuscripts on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL). Articles focus specifically on the assessment of medical and psychosocial interventions, including psychometrics, PROMs, cultural validation and impacts of interventions. Original research, study protocols and systematic reviews feature prominently. Comments and Correspondence are also welcome.
Full Aims & ScopeArticles
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Mapping the EORTC QLQ-C30 and QLQ-LC13 to the SF-6D utility index in patients with lung cancer using machine learning and traditional regression methods
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Findings from a roundtable discussion with Pakistani stakeholders on measuring and valuing health and health-related quality of life for children and adolescents
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The impact of physical symptoms on depression and quality of life in patients with lung cancer: the moderating effects of illness perceptions and gender
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Optimal DCE design for modelling nonlinear time preferences in EQ-5D-5L valuation studies: exploration of data from Denmark and Peru
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The Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale
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The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation
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The Quality of Life Scale (QOLS): Reliability, Validity, and Utilization
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Well-being is more than happiness and life satisfaction: a multidimensional analysis of 21 countries
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A methodological review of resilience measurement scales
AI in Measurement and Valuation of Health: Embracing the Revolution, or a Call for a Cautionary Embrace?
Editors:
Oliver Rivero-Arias, DPhil, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Jinxiang Hu, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center, United States
Jonathan Shock, PhD, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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The way forward to a renewed and improved Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Click to read about our Editors-in-Chief's long-term vision for the journal, their priorities, streamlined Aims and Scope and how the journal aims to serve such a crucial area of research.
Editorial excellence at HQLO
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Citation Impact
Journal Impact Factor: 3.4 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.3 (2024)
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.557 (2024)
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.265 (2024)Speed
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 9
Submission to acceptance (median days): 155Usage 2024
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