"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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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality of Life" by people in Profiles.
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Structured Personalized Oxygen and Supportive Therapies for Dyspnea in Oncology (SPOT-ON): A personalized randomized clinical trial protocol. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0336691.
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Work Impairment and Financial Outcomes Among Adults With vs Without Long COVID. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2526310.
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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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Are We Restoring Thyroid Hormone Signaling in Levothyroxine-Treated Patients With Residual Symptoms of Hypothyroidism? Endocr Pract. 2023 Jul; 29(7):581-588.
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End-Of-Life Care for Patients With End-Stage Heart Failure, Comparisons of International Guidelines. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Jan; 41(1):87-98.
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Evaluating the Food Allergy Passport: A Novel Food Allergy Clinical Support Tool. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 04; 11(4):1162-1168.e7.
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Mindfulness Intervention Decreases Frequency and Severity of Flares in Inactive Ulcerative Colitis Patients: Results of a Phase II, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2022 12 01; 28(12):1872-1892.
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Reliability and validity of PROMIS physical function, pain interference, and fatigue as patient reported outcome measures in adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: International study from the OMERACT myositis working group. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2023 Feb; 58:152111.
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Menopause hormone therapy and complementary alternative medicine, quality of life, and racial/ethnic differences: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Menopause. 2022 12 01; 29(12):1357-1364.