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2004

Zack MM, Moriarty DG, Stroup DF, Ford ES, Mokdad AH. Worsening Trends in Adult Health-Related Quality of Life and Self-Rated Health - United States, 1993-2001. Public Health Reports 2004;119(5):493-505

Kobau R., Safran MA, Zack MM, Moriarty DG, Chapman D. Sad, blue, or depressed days, health behaviors and health-related quality of life, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1995–2000: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2004; 2:40 (30 July 2004).  Accessible at http://www.hqlo.com/content/2/1/40.*

Dominick KL, Ahern FM, Gold CH, Heller DA. Health-related quality of life among older adults with arthritis. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2004; Jan 13, 2:5. Accessible at http://www.hqlo.com/content/2/1/5.*

Jia H, Muennig P, Lubetkin EI, Gold MR. Predicting geographic variations in behavioral risk factors; an analysis of physical and mental healthy days. J Epidemiol Community Health 2004;58(2):150-155.

Keller HH, Ostbye T, Goy R. Nutritional risk predicts quality of life in elderly community-living Canadians. J Geront—Biol and Med Sci 2004;59 (1):68-74.

Krause JS, Broderick L. Outcomes after spinal cord injury: Comparisons as a function of gender and race and ethnicity. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004;85(3):355-362.

O’Koro CA, Mokdad AH, Brewer RD, Naimi TS, Moriarty DG, Giles WH. Binge drinking and health-related quality of life: Do popular perceptions match reality? Am J Prev Med 2004;26(3):230-232.

Strine TW, Balluz LI, Chapman DP, Moriarty DG, Owens MG, Mokdad AH. Risk behaviors and health care coverage among adults by frequent mental distress status, 2001. Am J Prev Med 2004;26(3):213-216.

Valois RF, Zullig KJ, Huebner ES, Drane JW. Life satisfaction and suicide among high school adolescents. Soc Indicators Res 2004;66:81-105.

2003

Ahluwalia IB, Holtzman D, Mack KA, Mokdad A. Health-related quality of life among women of reproductive age: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1998–2001. J Womens Health, 2003;12(1):5–10.

Andresen EM, Catlin TK, Wyrwich KW, Jackson-Thompson J. Retest reliability of surveillance questions on health related quality of life. J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57(5):339–343.

Bensley L, Van Eenwyk J, Wynkoop-Simmons K. Childhood family violence history and women's risk for intimate partner violence and poor health. Am J Prev Med. 2003;25(1):38–44.

Boehmer TK, Booth VL, Flanders WD, Barrett DH. Health-related quality of life of U.S. military personnel; a population-based study. Military Medicine 2003; 168(11):941-7.

Brown DW, Balluz LS, Ford ES, Giles WH, Strine TW, Moriarty DG, Croft JB, Mokdad AH. Associations between Short- and Long-Term Unemployment and Frequent Mental Distress among a National Sample of Men and Women. J Occup Environ Med 2003 45(11):1159-1166.

Brown DW, Balluz LS, Heath GW, Moriarty DH, Ford ES, Giles WH, Mokdad AH. Associations between recommended levels of physical activity and health-related quality of life--Findings from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Prev Med 2003;37:520-528.

Currey SS, Rao JK, Winfield JB, Callahan LF. Performance of a generic health-related quality of life measure in a clinic population with rheumatic disease. Arthritis Care and Research 2003;49(5):658-664.

Diamant AL, Wold C. Sexual orientation and variation in physical and mental health status among women. J Women’s Health 2003;12(1):41–49.

Dominick KL, Ahern FM, Gold CH, Heller DA. Health-related quality of life among older adults with activity-limiting health conditions. Journal of Mental Health and Aging 2003;9(1) 43-53.

Dominick KL, Ahern FM, Gold CH, Heller DA. Gender differences in nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory use among older adults with osteoarthritis. Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2003;37,1566-1571.

Ford ES, Mannino DM, Homa DM, Gwynn C, Redd SC, Moriarty DG, Mokdad AH. Self-reported asthma and health-related quality of life: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Chest 2003 (Jan); 123(1):119–27.

Goins RT, Spencer SM, Krummel DA. Effect of Obesity on Health-Related Quality of Life among Appalachian Elderly. Southern Medical Journal 96(6):553-557, June 2003.

Harwell TS, Moore KR, Spencer MR. Physical violence, intimate partner violence, and emotional abuse among adult American Indian men and women in Montana. Prev Med 3003;37(4):297-303.

Hassan MK, Joshi AV, Madhavan SS, Amonkar MM. Obesity and health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional analysis of the US population. Intl J Obesity 2003;27(10)1227-1232.

Heo M, Allison DB, Faith MS, Zhu SK, Fontaine KR. Obesity and quality of life: Mediating effects of pain and comorbidities. Obesity Research 2003;11(2):209–16.

Lubetkin EI, Jia H, and Gold MR. Depression, anxiety, and associated health status in low-income Chinese patients. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(4):354–360.

Mili F, Helmick CH, Zack MM, Moriarty DG. Health-related quality of life among adults reporting arthritis: Analysis of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, U.S., 1996–1999. J Rheumatol 2003;30:160–6.

Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Kobau R. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy Days Measures—Population tracking of perceived physical and mental health over time. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2003 Sep 2;1(37)1-8. Available at http://www.hqlo.com/content/1/1/37* (accessed 9/25/2003).

Zahran HS, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Kobau R. Health-related quality of life among low-income adults aged 45-64 years—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1995-2001. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, MMWR 2003;52(46):1120-1124. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–382K)

2002

Buescher PA, Ziya Gizlice Z. Healthy Life Expectancy in North Carolina, 1996–2000. SCHS Studies; North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, NC; No. 129, 17pp, January 2002. Also available in Portable Document Format.* (PDF–65K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-Related Quality of Life—Puerto Rico, 1996–2000. MMWR 2002;51(08):166–8. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–200K)

Cloutier S, Martin SL, and Poole C. Sexual assault among North Carolina women: prevalence and health risk factors. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2002;56:265–271.

Dominick KL, Ahern FM, Gold CH, Heller DA. Relationship of health-related quality of life to health care utilization and mortality among older adults. Aging Clin Exp Res 2002;14(6):499–508.

Gizlice Z. Health Conditions and Behaviors Among North Carolina and United States Military Veterans Compared to Non-Veterans. North Carolina Special Report Series SCHS 2002(133):1-7. Also available in Portable Document Format.* (PDF–40K)

Greenlund KJ, Giles WH, Keenan NL, Croft JB, Mensah GA, Huston SL. Physician Advice, Patient Actions, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Secondary Prevention of Stroke Through Diet and Exercise-The Physician’s Role in Helping Patients to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Eating Habits. Stroke 2002 33: 565–571.

Michalos AC, Zumbo BD. Healthy Days, Health Satisfaction with the Overall Quality of Life. Social Indicators Research, 59(3): 321–338, (Sep 2002).

Moriarty D, Zack M. Seasonal patterns in health-related quality of life among adults-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1993–2000 (abstract). Quality of Life Research, Abstracts Issue, 9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Orlando, Florida, 2002;11(7):635.

Park H, Sprince N, Jensen C, Whitten PS, Zwerling C. Health risk factors among Iowa farmers. J Rural Health, 2002;18(2):286–93.

Vest JR, Catlin TK, Chen JJ, Brownson RC. Multistate analysis of factors associated with intimate partner violence. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 22:3:156–164.

Vradenburg JA, Simoes EJ, Jackson-Thompson J, Murayi T. The prevalence of arthritis and activity limitation and their predictors in Missouri. J Comm Hlth 27 (2): 91–107 Apr 2002.

Yassin AS, Beckles GL, Messonnier ML. Disability and its economic impact among adults with diabetes. J Occup Environ Med, 2002;44(2):136-42.

2001

Andresen EM, Vahle VJ, Lollar D. Proxy reliability: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures for people with disability. Quality of Life Research 10:609-619;2001.

Calsyn RJ, Winter JP. Predicting four types of service needs in older adults. Evaluation and Program Planning 2001;24(2):157–166, May.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-related quality of life among persons with epilepsy - Texas 1998. MMWR 2001;50:24–26. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–550K)

Davis S. Requirements for population data. section 3 of the Abt project: Analyses for Improved Information in Managed Care: The Data Framework for the 21st Century. April 1999. From: http://mhsip.org/abtproject/section_3.html* (accessed 11/15/2001)

Ford ES, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Mokdad AH, Chapman DP. Self-reported body mass index and health-related quality of life: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Obesity Research 2001;9(1):21–31.

Hagerty MR, Cummins RA, Ferriss AL, Land K, Michalos AC, Peterson M, Sharpe A, Sirgy J, Vogel J. Quality of life indexes for national policy: Review and agenda for research. Social Indicators Research 2001;55(1):1–96.

Ôunpuu S, Chambers LW, Patterson C, Chan D, Yusuf S. Validity of the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's Health Related Quality of Life Survey Tool in a Group of Older Canadians. Chronic Diseases in Canada 2001;22(3–4):93–101.

Simon P, Lightstone A, Zeng Z, Wold C, Fielding J, Davis B, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-related quality of life—Los Angeles County, California, 1999. MMWR 2001;(26):556–9. Article also available within MMWR Vol. 50, No. 26 in Portable Document Format. (PDF–127K)

Valdmanis V, Smith DW, Page MR. Productivity and economic burden associated with diabetes. AJPH  2001;91(1)129–30.

2000

Andresen EM, Brownson RC. Disability and health status: ethnic differences among women in the United States. J Epidemiol Community Health 2000;54:200–206.

Andresen EM, Fitch CA, McLendon PM, Meyers AR. Reliability and validity of disability questions for US Census 2000. American Journal of Public Health 2000;90(8):1297–9.

Andresen EM, Meyers AR. Health-related quality of life outcomes measures. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2000;81(12 Suppl 2):S30–45.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Community Indicators of Health-Related Quality of Life—United States, 1993–1997. MMWR 2000;49:281–85. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–283K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adults with Arthritis— Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 11 States, 1996–1998. MMWR 2000;49:366–69. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–196K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Measuring Healthy Days: Population Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life. Atlanta, Georgia: November, 2000. (PDF–795K)

Coker AL, McKeown RE, Sanderson M, Davis KE et al. Severe dating violence and quality of life among South Carolina high school students. Am J Prev Med 2000;19(4):220–227.

Gold M. Summary Measures of Population Health and Beyond: A Look at U.S. Federal Activities in Measuring the Health of Populations.* (PDF–41K) WHO Conference. Statistical Commission and Economic Commission for Europe. Working paper No. 11. Ottawa Canada, 23–25 October 2000.

Harwell TS, Spence MR. Population surveillance for physical violence among adult men and women, Montana. Am J Prev Med 2000;19(4):321–324.

Hathaway JE, Mucci LA, Silverman JG et al. Health status and health care use of Massachusetts women reporting partner abuse. Am J Prev Med 2000;19(4):302–307.

Ounpuu S, Kreuger P, Vermeulen M, Chambers L. Using the U.S Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System's health related quality of life survey tool in a Canadian city. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2000;91(1):67–72.

Pearlman DN & Waalen J. Violence against women: Charting the impact on health policy, health care delivery, and the law. Am J Prev Med 2000;19(4):212–213.

Phillips B, Young T, Finn l, Asher K, Hening WA, Purvis C. Epidemiology of restless legs symptoms in adults. Arch Intern Med 2000;160:2137–2141.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. With Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health. 2 vols. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 2000.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010, Goal #1 Section HRQOL — A Systematic Approach to Health Improvement. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, November, 2000

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, July 2000.

1999

Ahern F. Quality of life, medications, and health among the elderly (TS–213 Final report–Part I). Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University; July 30, 1999.

Andresen EM, Prince-Caldwell A, Akinci F, Brownson CA, Hagglund K, Jackson-Thompson J, Crocker R. The Missouri disability and health project. Am J Prev Med 1999;16(35)63–71.

Andresen EM, Fouts BS, Romeis JC, Brownson CA. Performance of health-related quality of life instruments in a spinal cord injured population. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1999;80:877–84.

Borawski EA, Jia H, Wu GW and Case Western Reserve University. The use of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to estimate the prevalence of state and substate disability. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 1999.

Broyles RW, McAuley WJ, Baird-Holmes D. The medically vulnerable: their health risks, health status, and use of physician care. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 1999;10(2):186–200.

Campbell VA, Crews JE, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Blackman DK. Surveillance for Sensory Impairment, Activity Limitation, and Health-Related Quality of Life for Older Adults. MMWR Surveillance Summary 1999;48 (SS–8):131–156. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–1142K)

Jia Haomiao. Small area estimates of severe work disability prevalence based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Doctoral thesis; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University; E. Borawski, Thesis Advisor; May 1999, 201pp.

John R, Hennessy CH, Denny CH. Preventing chronic illness and disability among Native American elders in Serving Minority Elders in the 21st Century; Wykle M (Ed). Springer, 1999.

Kreutzer R, Neutra RR, Lashuay N. Prevalence of people reporting sensitivities to chemicals in a population-based survey. Am J Epidemiol 1999 Jul 1;150(1):1–12.

Moriarty D, Zack M. Validation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthy Days measures (abstract). Quality of Life Research, Abstracts Issue, 6th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Barcelona, Spain, 1999;8(7):617.

Verbrugge LM, Merrill SS, Liu X. Measuring disability with parsimony. Disability and Rehabilitation 1999;21(5–6):295–306.

1998

Armstrong DL, Castorina J. Community occupational structure, basic services, and coronary mortality in Washington State, 1980–1994. Annals of Epidemiology 1998;8(6):370–377.

Aubert R, Herman W, Waters J, Moore W, Sutton D, Peterson B, Bailey C, Koplan J. Nurse case management to improve glycemic control in diabetic patients in a health maintenance organization: A randomized, controlled trial. Annals of Internal Medicine 1998;129(8), 605–612.

Borawski E, Wu G, Jia H, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Self-Reported Frequent Mental Distress Among Adults—United States, 1993–1996. MMWR, 1998;47:325–31. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–310K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Behavioral Risk Factors Among U.S. Air Force Active-Duty Personnel, 1995. MMWR 1998;47(28);593–596. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–326K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-Related Quality of Life and Activity Limitation—Eight States, 1995. MMWR 1998;47:134–40. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–241K)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State Differences in Reported Healthy Days Among Adults—United States, 1993–1996. MMWR 1998;47:239–44. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–335K)

Dugan E, Cohen SJ, Robinson D, Anderson R, Preisser J, Suggs P, Pearce K, Poehling U, McGann P. The quality of life of older adults with urinary incontinence: determining generic and condition-specific predictors. Quality of Life Research 7(4):337–44, MAY 1998.

Gilliland FD, Mahler R, Davis SM. Health-related quality of life for rural American Indians in New Mexico. Ethnicity & Health 1998;3(13):223–229.

Holtzman D, Rubinson R, Bland SD, McQueen DV. HIV Testing Behavior and Associated Characteristics Among U.S. Adults, 1993 and 1994. AIDS and Behavior; 2(4):269-281.

Mack, Karin A. Women, Chronic Disease, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Journal of Women's Health, 1998;7(8):949–54 (Oct).

Newschaffer CJ. Validation of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) HRQOL measures in a statewide sample. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 1998.

Schechter S, Beatty P, Willis, GB. Asking survey respondents about health status: judgment and response issues in Cognition, aging, and self-reports. Psychology Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1998; Chapter 13:265–83.

Wilson BF, Benais S, Whitaker K, Beatty P, Hendershot G. Improving the feasibility of including deaf respondents in telephone surveys. National Center for Health Statistics, Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association 1998: 883–7. Also available in Portable Document Format.* (PDF–461K)

1997

Arday DR, Arday SL, Bolen J, Rhodes L, Chin J, Minor P. Behavioral risk factor surveillance of aged Medicare beneficiaries, 1995. Health Care Financing Review 1997;18(4)105–123.

Borawski E, Bowlin, S, Wu G, Jia H, Chen H. The use of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) in estimating disability at the state and substate levels (abstract). Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Indianapolis 1997;p.350.

Cogswell ME. Nelson D. Koplan JP. Surveying managed care members on chronic disease. Health Affairs 1997;16(6):219–27.

1996

Beatty P, Schechter S, Whitaker K. Evaluating subjective health questions: cognitive and methodological investigations 1996 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Section on Survey Research Methods.

Gift H. Quality of life–an outcome of oral health care? Public Health Dentistry 1996;56(2):67–8.

Perry M, Tasheff L, Marmet P, Miller C, Potsic S, Pezzino G,  CDC. Factors Associated with Self-Perceived Excellent and Very Good Health Among Blacks—Kansas, 1995. MMWR 1996;(45/42),906–911.

1995

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-Related Quality of Life Measures— United States, 1993. MMWR 1995;44:195–200. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–577K)

Diwan S, Moriarty, DG. A conceptual framework for identifying unmet health care needs of community dwelling elderly. J. Applied Geront. 1995;14(1)47–63.

Lankenau, BH, Hennessy CH Moriarty DG, Schmid TL. Health-related quality of life: A new approach to measuring the health status of a population. Ninth World Productivity Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 1995.

1994

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Quality of Life as a New Public Health Measure—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1993. MMWR 1994;43:375–80. Also available in Portable Document Format. (PDF–404K)

Diwan S. Unmet health needs and the quality of life of the elderly: Development of a survey for states and communities (technical report). Atlanta: GA. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1994.

Hennessy CH, Moriarty DG, Zack MM, Scherr PA, Brackbill R. Measuring health-related quality of life for public health surveillance. Public Health Reports 1994;109:665–672.

Siegel PZ. Self-reported health status: Public health surveillance and small-area analysis, In: Schechter S, ed. Proceedings of the 1993 NCHS Conference on the Cognitive Aspects of Self-Reported Health Status. Cognitive Methods Staff Working Paper Series (No. 10). Hyattsville, Maryland: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics, 1994:11–27.

1993

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Consultation on Functional Status Surveillance for States and Communities: Report of a Meeting Held on June 4–5, 1992, Decatur, Georgia. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1993).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Workshop on Quality of Life/Health Status Surveillance for States and Communities: Report of a Meeting Held on December 2–4, 1991, Stone Mountain, Georgia. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1993).


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