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 | 11 | 18 | 29 | | 2004 | 10 | 16 | 26 | | 2005 | 18 | 19 | 37 | | 2006 | 15 | 22 | 37 | | 2007 | 19 | 16 | 35 | | 2008 | 16 | 24 | 40 | | 2009 | 23 | 28 | 51 | | 2010 | 26 | 35 | 61 | | 2011 | 22 | 34 | 56 | | 2012 | 28 | 36 | 64 | | 2013 | 30 | 34 | 64 | | 2014 | 34 | 48 | 82 | | 2015 | 39 | 52 | 91 | | 2016 | 54 | 59 | 113 | | 2017 | 58 | 57 | 115 | | 2018 | 64 | 86 | 150 | | 2019 | 81 | 75 | 156 | | 2020 | 74 | 108 | 182 | | 2021 | 45 | 113 | 158 | | 2022 | 32 | 157 | 189 | | 2023 | 43 | 147 | 190 | | 2024 | 73 | 104 | 177 | | 2025 | 39 | 90 | 129 | | 2026 | 16 | 43 | 59 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality of Life" by people in Profiles.
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Hofmeister E, Major A. Beyond Survival: Measuring Treatment Tolerability with Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Lymphoma Immunotherapy Era. Curr Hematol Malig Rep. 2026 Aug 07; 21(1).
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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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Chia YC, Low END, Jenkins M, Lee YL, Su TT, Khairudin R, Salehuddin K, Vaithilingam S, Chew J, Lim WL, Yong MH, Schaefer A. An Evidence-Based Cognitive Stimulation and Physical Activity Intervention to Delay Aging-Related Decline: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Jul 08; 15:e88268.
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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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Raval MV, Tian Y, Schäfer W, Balbale SN, Perez MN, Ingram ME, Lehane A, Smith CJ, Sullivan GA, Reiter AJ, Hu A, Borst JM, Blake SC, Close S, Davis TL, Essner BS, Heiss KF, Huang LW, Wymore E, Paniagua-Perez D, Engelhardt KM, Graffy PM, Johnson JK, Lillehei CW, Gray BW, Goldstein SD, Short SS, Pandya SR, Taylor JA, Gayer C, Goldin AB, Boelig MM, Rialon KL, Jancelewicz T, Lipskar AM, Jafri M, Tracy ET, Harting MT, Sulkowski JP, Ham PB, Vali K, Cina RA, Schindel DT, Islam S, Teeple EA, Shah SR, Gosain A, Rothstein DH, Brockel MA, Chown J, Holl JL. Implementation and Effectiveness of an Enhanced Recovery Protocol for Children Undergoing Surgery: The ENRICH-US Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial. JAMA Surg. 2026 07 01; 161(7):670-680.
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Berry A, Watson M, Moore M, Woodward J, Sillau S, Libbon R, Pennetti A, Strom L. Patient reported outcome measures following group and individual therapy in a multidisciplinary functional/dissociative seizure program. Epilepsy Behav. 2026 Oct; 183:111164.
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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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