2004
Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life and Treatment Preferences Among Black and White Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
Hicks LS, Cleary PD, Epstein AM, Ayanian JZ. Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life and Treatment Preferences Among Black and White Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease. Quality Of Life Research 2004, 13: 1129-1138. PMID: 15287279, DOI: 10.1023/b:qure.0000031350.56924.cc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage renal diseaseRenal transplantationPhysical activityRenal diseaseWhite patientsEffect of ESRDOverall healthWhite womenWhite menHealth-related qualityMeasures of HRQLRacial differencesBetter overall healthQuality of lifeBlack womenBlack menBetter HRQLClinical characteristicsBlack patientsHRQL measuresPotential confoundersPatient preferencesTreatment preferencesPatientsAge 18
1995
Linking clinical variables with health-related quality of life. A conceptual model of patient outcomes.
Wilson I, Cleary P. Linking clinical variables with health-related quality of life. A conceptual model of patient outcomes. JAMA 1995, 273: 59-65. PMID: 7996652, DOI: 10.1001/jama.273.1.59.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical variablesMeasures of HRQLHealth-related qualityGeneral health perceptionTraditional clinical variablesHealth care systemPatient outcomesHealth perceptionOutcome measuresHealth outcomesCare systemOutcomesPhysiological factorsSpecific causal relationshipsOverall qualityHRQLCausal relationship