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.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D011788
MeSH Number(s)	I01.800 K01.752.400.750 N06.850.505.400.425.837
Concept/Terms	Quality of Life Quality of Life Life Quality Health-Related Quality Of Life Health-Related Quality Of Life Health Related Quality Of Life HRQOL

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Quality of Life".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Quality of Life [I01.800]
Humanities [K]
Humanities [K01]
Philosophy [K01.752]
Life [K01.752.400]
Quality of Life [K01.752.400.750]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Health Status [N06.850.505.400.425]
Quality of Life [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.

Bar chart showing 1012 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 69 publications in 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	3	3
1996	0	4	4
1997	0	3	3
1998	3	1	4
1999	2	3	5
2000	1	6	7
2001	2	5	7
2002	10	10	20
2003	11	11	22
2004	7	11	18
2005	10	10	20
2006	9	12	21
2007	16	12	28
2008	10	22	32
2009	9	20	29
2010	19	12	31
2011	16	22	38
2012	14	21	35
2013	18	12	30
2014	19	38	57
2015	22	26	48
2016	18	29	47
2017	28	37	65
2018	30	28	58
2019	24	23	47
2020	20	32	52
2021	19	40	59
2022	15	52	67
2023	19	50	69
2024	29	26	55
2025	12	19	31

Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality of Life" by people in Profiles.

Reuben DB, Stevens AB, Gill TM, Williamson J, Volpi E, Lichtenstein ML, Jennings LA, Galloway R, Summapund J, Araujo K, Bass D, Weitzman L, Tan ZS, Evertson LC, Yang M, Green AS, Samper-Ternent R, Borek P, Xu Y, Peduzzi P, Greene EJ. Patient and Caregiver Outcomes of Health System, Community-Based, and Usual Dementia Care: A Prespecified Analysis of the Dementia Care Study (D-CARE) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Oct 01; 185(10):1227-1236.

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Lenert A, Thomason J, Smith MH, Abodeely H, Hong SD, Kremer CE, Lenert PS, Sato TS, Hansmann S, Oliver M, Zhao YD, Templin J, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Domsic R, Solomon DH, Ferguson PJ. Quality of Life in Adult Patients With SAPHO Syndrome and Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis, and Comparison to Chronic Rheumatic and Inflammatory Diseases. J Rheumatol. 2025 Oct 01; 52(10):1034-1042.

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Wang Q, Keijser R, Chen Y, Yu H, Hysaj E, H?gg S, Valdimarsd?ttir UA, Bertone-Johnson E, Aleknaviciute J, Lu D. Premenstrual Disorders and Quality of Life in Sweden. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 02; 8(9):e2533823.

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Deck A, Singh K, Caras P, LeClair A, Gore-Massy M, Chiu F, Dantas LO, McAlindon T, Folta S, Kasturi S. Development of a Theory-Based mHealth App for Fatigue Management in Lupus: Human-Centered Design Approach. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Aug 26; 9:e75399.

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Reilly ED, Grigorian HL, Heapy AA, Etingen B, Kelly MM, Wolkowicz NR, Girouard CM, Hogan TP, Bernice K, Bickmore T. Assessment of Two Online Interventions for Veterans With Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Aug 13; 14:e70601.

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Moons P, Kovacs AH, Goossens E, Luyckx K, Ladak L, Leye M, Van De Bruaene A, Leong MC, Kaneva A, Manso PH, Araujo JJ, Sasikumar N, Gabriel H, Yadeta D, Wang JK, Enomoto J, Areias ME, Kosmidis D, Coats L, Valente AM, Moon JR, Ladouceur M, Thomet C, Jackson JL, Sandberg C, Callus E, Kim YY, Lykkeberg B, Alday L, Bredy C, Saidi A, Baraona Reyes F, Menahem S, de Hosson M, Hlebowicz J, Christersson C, Zaidi AN, Johansson B, Andresen B, Ambassa JC, Mattsson E, Constantine A, Amedro P, van Melle JP, Kutty S, Ortiz L, Demir F, Khairy P, Windram J, Bouchardy J, Caruana M, Jameson SM, Mahadevan VS, McGrath LB, Mwita JC, Van Bulck L. Perceived health, psychological distress and quality of life in 8415 adults with congenital heart disease from 32 countries. Heart. 2025 Aug 12; 111(17):818-827.

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Donovan KF, Tomada EP, Carmichael H, Ricardo A, Berger N, Bonaccorso A, Alavi K, Zaghiyan K, Pigazzi A, Sands D, DeBeche-Adams T, Chadi SA, McLemore EC, Marks JH, Maykel JA, Shawki SF, Steele SR, Albert M, Whiteford MH, Wexner SD, Sylla P. Impact of neoadjuvant treatment on functional outcomes after transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME)-a case series. Surg Endosc. 2025 Oct; 39(10):6802-6812.

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Sullivan L, Ritter E, Williams E, Moley JP, Barker T, Singh S, Carter J, Patel J, Edwards M, Vasileff WK. Enhancing psychological wellbeing in hip surgery patients through psychological interventions: a scoping review. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2025 Aug 04; 26(1):748.

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Sebela A, Horakova A, Nemcova H, Kuklova M, Noskova E, Svancer P, Byatt N, Janovska A, Hrdlickova K. Mom Supporting Mom: Effective Peer Support Intervention for Women with Postpartum Psychological Distress. Psychosoc Interv. 2025 Sep; 34(3):151-160.

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Lo SB, Shin J, Holtze ME, Post KE, Eche-Ugwu IJ, Temel JS, Cooley ME, Greer JA. Characterization of multidimensional dyspnea in advanced lung cancer with moderate to severe dyspnea-related functional impairment: a latent profile analysis. Support Care Cancer. 2025 Jul 18; 33(8):700.

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