"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011788
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.800 K01.752.400.750 N06.850.505.400.425.837
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2009 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2011 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2013 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2015 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 2017 | 13 | 16 | 29 |
| 2018 | 17 | 13 | 30 |
| 2019 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 2020 | 10 | 30 | 40 |
| 2021 | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| 2022 | 7 | 39 | 46 |
| 2023 | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality of Life" by people in Profiles.
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Racial Disparities in Parkinson Disease Clinical Phenotype, Management, and Genetics: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Apr 07; 14:e60587.
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Discordance between patient- and physician-reported disease activity in adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Dec 01; 62(12):3957-3961.
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Dementia Simulation for Family Caregivers of Persons With Dementia: A Scoping Review. West J Nurs Res. 2023 11; 45(11):1053-1062.
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A survey of United States obstetric anesthesiologists' perceived value of obstetric anesthesiology fellowship. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2023 11; 56:103930.
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Plasma proteomics show altered inflammatory and mitochondrial proteins in patients with neurologic symptoms of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Brain Behav Immun. 2023 Nov; 114:462-474.
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Trial Participation and Outcomes Among English-Speaking and Spanish-Speaking Patients With Appendicitis Randomized to Antibiotics: A Secondary Analysis of the CODA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2023 09 01; 158(9):901-908.
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Co-morbid insomnia and sleep apnea (COMISA): recent research and future directions. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2023 11 01; 29(6):567-573.
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SARS-CoV-2-Specific Immune Responses in Patients With Postviral Syndrome After Suspected COVID-19. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2023 11; 10(6).
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Outcome monitoring and risk stratification after cardiac procedure in neonates, infants, children and young adults born with congenital heart disease: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study (Children OMACp). BMJ Open. 2023 08 08; 13(8):e071629.
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The Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry for Scleroderma: association of medication use on gastrointestinal tract symptoms in early disease and the importance of tobacco cessation. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2023 Aug; 41(8):1632-1638.