Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes are measures that capture how a disease, injury, or treatment affects a person's physical functioning, psychological state, social participation, and general sense of well-being, expressed from the patient's own perspective rather than through clinical signs alone. Res…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 7 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 3× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2576-9383 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes are measures that capture how a disease, injury, or treatment affects a person's physical functioning, psychological state, social participation, and general sense of well-being, expressed from the patient's own perspective rather than through clinical signs alone. Research in this area uses validated instruments, ranging from generic profiles to disease-specific and domain-specific questionnaires such as oral health-related quality of life scales, to quantify burden and to evaluate whether an intervention produces benefits that matter to the individual. Outcomes are typically structured into dimensions covering pain and discomfort, mobility and daily activity, mood and mental health, sleep, and self-rated overall health, allowing comparison across conditions and populations. The field intersects with chronic disease management, where conditions such as osteoarthritis, depression, and nutritional or dietary status shape long-term well-being, and with health-services and public-health work, where displacement, access to care, and dietary behaviour influence reported quality of life. Methodologically, studies emphasise reliability, cross-cultural validation, and the linkage of subjective scores to objective indicators. By centring the lived experience of patients, HRQoL evidence complements survival and biomarker data and informs clinical decisions, service design, and the prioritisation of interventions that improve everyday life.

Research published in this journal

7 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 7 articles above have been cited 3 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Human Health Research (ISSN 2576-9383).

Journal editorial board
Irma Brito · Portugal Suelen Boschen · United States Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui · Saudi Arabia

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