Quality of Life
"Quality of Life" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease.
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D011788
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.800 K01.752.400.750 N06.850.505.400.425.837
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Quality of Life" by people in this website by year, and whether "Quality of Life" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 1997 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 1998 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 1999 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2000 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2001 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2002 | 6 | 11 | 17 | | 2003 | 13 | 18 | 31 | | 2004 | 9 | 16 | 25 | | 2005 | 18 | 18 | 36 | | 2006 | 15 | 21 | 36 | | 2007 | 19 | 16 | 35 | | 2008 | 14 | 24 | 38 | | 2009 | 22 | 28 | 50 | | 2010 | 28 | 37 | 65 | | 2011 | 20 | 34 | 54 | | 2012 | 28 | 34 | 62 | | 2013 | 28 | 38 | 66 | | 2014 | 32 | 49 | 81 | | 2015 | 38 | 52 | 90 | | 2016 | 51 | 60 | 111 | | 2017 | 54 | 58 | 112 | | 2018 | 63 | 87 | 150 | | 2019 | 80 | 75 | 155 | | 2020 | 75 | 105 | 180 | | 2021 | 45 | 115 | 160 | | 2022 | 32 | 154 | 186 | | 2023 | 43 | 147 | 190 | | 2024 | 71 | 104 | 175 | | 2025 | 39 | 88 | 127 | | 2026 | 15 | 35 | 50 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality of Life" by people in Profiles.
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Iriarte E, Erlandson KM. Interventions and opportunities to enhance aging among people with HIV: a focus on frailty, sarcopenia, and intrinsic capacity. Top Antivir Med. 2026 Jul 16; 34(3):554-560.
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Erlandson KM, Gustafson L, Johnson JE, Kulik GL, Khuu V, Chahal N, Walpert AR, Galdamez ME, Zorgno I, Foldyna B, Jarraya M, Reusch JE, Lee H, Grinspoon SK, Jankowski CM, Fourman LT. Tesamorelin as an Adjunct to Exercise for Improving Physical Function in HIV (TRIUMPH): a clinical trial protocol. BMJ Open. 2026 Jul 08; 16(7):e120740.
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Jorda A, Gelbenegger G, Shapiro NI, Douglas IS, Whitman C, Chen Z, Hippensteel JA, Kamphuis LA, Flick RJ, Harhay MO, Caldwell E, Zeitlinger M, Jilma B, Iwashyna TJ, Hough CL, Auriemma CL. Effects of an early restrictive versus liberal fluid strategy on long-term patient-centered outcomes in sepsis-induced hypotension: an open-label, randomized controlled trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 07 01; 212(7):1510-1521.
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Seshadri S, Akbar U, Auinger P, Lessard NA, Dini M, Norton SA, Lum HD, Holtrop JS, Miyasaki JM, Vaughan CL, Kluger BM. Reach of Palliative Care in Parkinson Disease: Progress and Gaps After a National Team-Based Implementation Project. Neurol Clin Pract. 2026 Aug; 16(4):e200628.
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Verma M, Navarro V, Kosinski A, Taddei T, Kalman R, Barritt Iv AS, Jakab S, Serper M, Orman E, Balakrishnan M, Rakoski M, Rockey D, Hunt K, Cabrera R, Aytaman A, John B, Baffy G, Nathan R, Tapper E, Roytman M, McGuire B, Hoppmann N, Woodrell C, Bakitas M, Yue Y, Reeve B, Lin L, Tantala R, Volk M. Palliative Care Intervention for Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 Jun 01; 186(6):677-686.
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Odom JN, Azuero A, Taylor RA, Young Pierce J, McGowen CL, Pisu M, Rocque G, Reed RD, Wells R, Gazaway S, Mollman S, Williams GR, Huang CS, Engler S, Bakitas MA. Palliative Care Coaching for Family Caregivers of Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jun 01; 9(6):e2619807.
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Baudier RL, Mosack KE, Lapidus JA, Porter LS, Anderson A, Hope AA, Johnson A, Johnson K, Lesowski K, Avallone Mantelli R, Marentes Ruiz CJ, McDougal M, Mejia-Flores L, Mitchell J, Moss M, Neville TH, Estela Vasquez Guzman C, Vu A, Wolwowicz EL, Hough CL, Morris CD, Cox CE. Blueprint 2: A self-directed mobile adaptive coping skills intervention to improve psychological distress symptoms among cardiorespiratory failure survivors study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 Jul; 166:108359.
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Hemendinger E, Thompson JA, Fishman J, Sinsko K, Gebhardt H, Davis RA. Beyond the Numbers: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of quality of life after deep brain stimulation for OCD. PLoS One. 2026; 21(5):e0350293.
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Limbrick DD, Shannon CN, Bayman EO, Meehan T, Kallem M, Ackerman LL, Adelson PD, Ahmed R, Albert G, Aldana PR, Alden TD, Anderson RCE, Baird LC, Bauer D, Bethel-Anderson T, Bierbrauer K, Brockmeyer DL, Chern JJ, Couture DE, Daniels DJ, Dauser RC, Dlouhy BJ, Durham SR, Ellenbogen RG, Eskandari R, Gannon SR, Grant GA, Graupman PC, Greenberg JK, Greene S, Greenfield JP, Gross NL, Guillaume DJ, Hankinson TC, Heuer G, Iantosca M, Iskandar BJ, Jackson EM, Jallo GI, Johnston JM, Keating RF, Kelly MP, Kennedy E, Krieger MD, Kulkarni AV, Labuda R, Leonard JR, Maher CO, Mangano FT, McComb JG, McEvoy SD, McKinstry RC, Menezes AH, Niazi TN, Oakes J, Olavarria G, O'Neill BR, Poppe D, Ragheb J, Reeves S, Reynolds L, Selden NR, Shah MN, Shimony JS, Smyth MD, Spears S, Stone SSD, Strahle JM, Tamber M, Tramelli G, Tuite GF, Tyler-Kabara EC, Vance H, Wait SD, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Yahanda AT, Yan Y, Dacey RG, Park TS, Torner JC. Decompression with or without Duraplasty for Chiari I and Syringomyelia. N Engl J Med. 2026 May 28; 394(20):2015-2025.
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Riguzzi M, Jeitziner MM, Rufer M, von Felten S, Verweij L, Oesch S, Sutter S, Safford J, Wenzler MS, Welter J, Wiegand J, Wiechmann D, von Dach C, Steiger P, Siegrist E, Ruch N, Pietsch U, Moser M, Massarotto P, Lussmann F, Keller Y, Hoffmann JE, Hertler B, Heise A, Dullenkopf A, Burkhalter H, Bühler PK, Brunner C, Brülhart D, Betschart U, Bergmann-Kipfer B, Filipovic M, Naef R. The FICUS cluster randomized controlled trial of a family support intervention in adult intensive care units: mental health and family functioning outcomes. Intensive Care Med. 2026 Apr; 52(4):637-650.
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