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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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Effect of ginkgo diterpene lactone meglumine on the quality of life in patients with acute ischemic stroke
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The psychometric properties of the amharic version of EuroQoL five-dimensions-five level among Ethiopian cervical cancer patients
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A time trade-off study in the UK, Canada and the US to estimate utilities associated with the treatment of haemophilia
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Evaluation of measurement properties of the Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Lite (IWQOL-Lite) instrument among Chinese overweight and obese populations
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The Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale
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The Quality of Life Scale (QOLS): Reliability, Validity, and Utilization
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The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation
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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
Call for Papers: 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 of America
Jonathan Shock, PhD, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Open until 23 April 2025
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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.
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 3.2
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.9
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.563
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.140Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 7
Submission to acceptance (median days): 155Usage 2023
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