The AQoL instruments have been used in many health areas.

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AQoL-4D

Ackerman, I. N., Graves, S. E., Bennell, K. L. and Osborne, R. H. (2006). "Evaluating quality of life in hip and knee replacement: Psychometric properties of the world health organization quality of life short version instrument." Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research 55(4): 583-590. 

Anandacoomarasamy, A., Caterson, I. D., Leibman, S., Smith, G. S., Sambrook, P. N., Fransen, M. and March, L. A. (2009). "Influence of BMI on Health-related Quality of Life: Comparison Between an Obese Adult Cohort and Age-matched Population Norms." Obesity 17(11): 2114-2118.

Battersby, M., Hoffmann, S., Cadilhac, D., Osborne, R., Lalor, E. and Lindley, R. (2009). "'Getting your life back on track after stroke': a Phase II multi-centered, single-blind, randomized, controlled trial of the Stroke Self-Management Program vs. the Stanford Chronic Condition Self-Management Program or standard care in stroke survivors." International Journal of Stroke 4(2): 137-144.

Bennell, K., Bowles, K. A., Payne, C., Cicuttini, F., Osborne, R., Harris, A. and Hinman, R. (2007). "Effects of laterally wedged insoles on symptoms and disease progression in medial knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled trial." Bmc Musculoskeletal Disorders 8.

Bennell, K. L., Matthews, B., Greig, A., Briggs, A., Kelly, A., Sherburn, M., Larsen, J. and Wark, J. (2010). "Effects of an exercise and manual therapy program on physical impairments, function and quality-of-life in people with osteoporotic vertebral fracture: a randomised, single-blind controlled pilot trial." Bmc Musculoskeletal Disorders 11.

Berlowitz, D. J. and Graco, M. (2010). "The development of a streamlined, coordinated and sustainable evaluation methodology for a diverse chronic disease management program." Australian Health Review 34(2): 148-151.

Berlowitz, D. J., Spong, J., Pierce, R. J., Ross, J., Barnes, M. and Brown, D. J. (2009). "The feasibility of using auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure to treat obstructive sleep apnoea after acute tetraplegia." Spinal Cord 47(12): 868-873.

Buchbinder, R., March, L., Lassere, M., Briggs, A. M., Portek, I., Reid, C., Meehan, A., Henderson, L., Wengier, L. and van den Haak, R. (2007). "Effect of treatment with biological agents for arthritis in Australia: the Australian Rheumatology Association Database." Internal Medicine Journal 37(9): 591-600.

Buchbinder, R., Osborne, R. H., Ebeling, P. R., Wark, J. D., Mitchell, P., Wriedt, C., Graves, S., Staples, M. P. and Murphy, B. (2009). "A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures." New England Journal of Medicine 361(6): 557-568.

Buchbinder, R., Osborne, R. H., Ebeling, P. R., Wark, J. D., Mitchell, P., Wriedt, C. J., Wengier, L., Connell, D., Graves, S. E., Staples, M. P. and Murphy, B. (2008). "Efficacy and safety of vertebroplasty for treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a randomised controlled trial [ACTRN012605000079640]." Bmc Musculoskeletal Disorders 9.

Buchbinder, R., Youd, J. M., Green, S., Stein, A., Forbes, A., Harris, A., Bennell, K., Bell, S. and Wright, W. J. L. (2007). "Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of physiotherapy following glenohumeral joint distension for adhesive capsulitis: A Randomized trial." Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research 57(6): 1027-1037.

Cadilhac, D. A., Dewey, H. M., Vos, T., Carter, R. and Thrift, A. G. (2010). "The health loss from ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage: evidence from the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 8: 8.

Campbell, N., Conaglen, P., Martin, K. and Antippa, P. (2009). "Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures Using Inion OTPS Wraps-Techniques and Quality of Life Follow-Up." Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care 67(3): 596-601.

Chou, S. L., Misajon, R., Gallo, J. and Keeffe, J. E. (2003). "Measurement of indirect costs for people with vision impairment." Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 31(4): 336-340.

Chua, R., Keogh, A. M., Byth, K. and O'Loughlin, A. (2006). "Comparison and validation of three measures of quality of life in patients with pulmonary hypertension." Internal Medicine Journal 36(11): 705-710.

Cooper, B. A., Branley, P., Bulfone, L., Collins, J. F., Craig, J. C., Dempster, J., Fraenkel, M. B., Harris, A., Harris, D. C., Johnson, D. W., Kesselhut, J., Luxton, G., Pilmore, A., Pollock, C. A., Tiller, D. J. and Comm, I. S. S. (2004). "The initiating dialysis early and late (ideal) study: Study rationale and design." Peritoneal Dialysis International 24(2): 176-181.

Crotty, M., Prendergast, J., Baftersby, M. W., Rowett, D., Graves, S. E., Leach, G. and Giles, L. C. (2009). "Self-management and peer support among people with arthritis on a hospital joint replacement waiting list: a randomised controlled trial." Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 17(11): 1428-1433.

Crotty, M., Whitehead, C. H., Wundke, R., Giles, L. C., Ben-Tovim, D. and Phillips, P. A. (2005). "Transitional care facility for elderly people in hospital awaiting a long term care bed: randomised controlled trial." British Medical Journal 331(7525): 1110-1113.

Crowley, S., Tognarini, D., Desmond, P., Lees, M. and Saal, G. (2002). "Introduction of lamivudine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: Expected clinical and economic outcomes based on 4-year clinical trial data." Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 17(2): 153-164.

Crowley, S. J., Tognarini, D., Desmond, P. V. and Lees, M. (2000). "Cost-effectiveness analysis of lamivudine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B." Pharmacoeconomics 17(5): 409-427.

Fisher, L. J., Goldney, R. D., Dal Grande, E., Taylor, A. W. and Hawthorne, G. (2007). "Bipolar disorders in Australia - A population-based study of excess costs." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 42(2): 105-109.

Foley, A., Hillier, S. and Barnard, R. (2009). "Evaluation of a geriatric day rehabilitation centre: subjective and objective outcomes in community-dwelling older adults." Australian Journal of Primary Health 15(2): 117-122.

Frawley, H. C., Phillips, B. A., Bo, K. and Galea, M. P. (2010). "Physiotherapy as an Adjunct to Prolapse Surgery: An Assessor-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial." Neurourology and Urodynamics 29(5): 719-725.

Galea, M. P., Levinger, P., Lythgo, N., Cimoli, C., Weller, R., Tully, E., McMeeken, J. and Westh, R. (2008). "A targeted home- and center-based exercise program for people after total hip replacement: A randomized clinical trial." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 89(8): 1442-1447.

Gibson, P. R., Weston, A. R., Shann, A., Florin, T. H. J., Lawrance, I. C., Macrae, F. A. and Radford-Smith, G. (2007). "Relationship between disease severity, quality of life and health-care resource use in a cross-section of Australian patients with Crohn's disease." Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 22(8): 1306-1312.

Giles, L. C., Hawthorne, G. and Crotty, M. (2009). "Health-related Quality of Life among hospitalized older people awaiting residential aged care." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 7.

Goldney, R. D. and Bain, M. A. (2006). "Double depression: its morbidity and management in a community setting." Acta Neuropsychiatrica 18(5): 210-215.

Goldney, R. D. and Fisher, L. J. (2004). "Double depression in an Australian population." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 39(11): 921-926.

Goldney, R. D., Fisher, L. J., Dal Grande, E. and Taylor, A. W. (2004). "Subsyndromal depression: prevalence, use of health services and quality of life in an Australian population." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 39(4): 293-298.

Goldney, R. D., Fisher, L. J., Dal Grande, E., Taylor, A. W. and Hawthorne, G. (2007). "Have education and publicity about depression made a difference? Comparison of prevalence, service use and excess costs in South Australia: 1998 and 2004." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 41(1): 38-53.

Goldney, R. D., Fisher, L. J., Grande, E. D., Taylor, A. W. and Hawthorne, G. (2005). "Bipolar I and II disorders in a random and representative Australian population." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 39(8): 726-729.

Goldney, R. D., Fisher, L. J., Wilson, D. H. and Cheok, F. (2000). "Major depression and its associated morbidity and quality of life in a random, representative Australian community sample." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 34(6): 1022-1029.

Goldney, R. D., Fisher, L. J., Wilson, D. H. and Cheok, F. (2001). "Suicidal ideation and health-related quality of life in the community." Medical Journal of Australia 175(10): 546-549.

Goldney, R. D., Taylor, A. W. and Bain, M. A. (2007). "Depression and remoteness from health services in South Australia." Australian Journal of Rural Health 15(3): 201-210.

Halton, K. A., Cook, D. A., Whitby, M., Paterson, D. L. and Graves, N. (2009). "Cost effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: addressing uncertainty in the decision." Critical Care 13(2).

Harris A.H., Cooper B.A., Li J.J., Bulfone L., Branley, P. et al. (2011). "Cost effectiveness of initiating dialysis early: A randomized controlled trial." American Journal of Kidney Disease 57(5):707-715.

Harris, A. H., Gospodarevskaya, E. and Ritter, A. J. (2005). "A randomised trial of the cost effectiveness of buprenorphine as an alternative to methadone maintenance treatment. for heroin dependence in a primary care setting." Pharmacoeconomics 23(1): 77-91.

Hawthorne, G. (2003). "The effect of different methods of collecting data: Mail, telephone and filter data collection issues in utility measurement." Quality of Life Research 12(8): 1081-1088.

Hawthorne, G., Gruen, R. L. and Kaye, A. H. (2009). "Traumatic Brain Injury and Long-Term Quality of Life: Findings from an Australian Study." Journal of Neurotrauma 26(10): 1623-1633.

Hawthorne, G. and Hogan, A. (2002). "Measuring disability-specific patient benefit in cochlear implant programs: developing a short form of the Glasgow Health Status Inventory, the Hearing Participation Scale." International Journal of Audiology 41(8): 535-544.

Hawthorne, G., Hogan, A., Giles, E., Stewart, M., Kethel, L., White, K., Plaith, B., Pedley, K., Rushbrooke, E. and Taylor, A. (2004). "Evaluating the health-related quality of life effects of cochlear implants: a prospective study of an adult cochlear implant program." International Journal of Audiology 43(4): 183-192.

Hay, P. (2003). "Quality of life and bulimic eating disorder behaviors: Findings from a community-based sample." International Journal of Eating Disorders 33(4): 434-442.

Haywood, K. L., Garratt, A. M., Lall, R., Smith, J. F. and Lamb, S. E. (2008). "EuroQol EQ-5D and condition-specific measures of health outcome in women with urinary incontinence: reliability, validity and responsiveness." Quality of Life Research 17(3): 475-483.

Herrman, H., Hawthorne, G. and Thomas, R. (2002). "Quality of life assessment in people living with psychosis." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 37(11): 510-518.

Hill, K., Smith, R., Fearn, M., Rydberg, M. and Oliphant, R. (2007). "Physical and psychological outcomes of a supported physical activity program for older carers." Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 15(3): 257-271.

Hillier, S., Comans, T., Sutton, M., Amsters, D. and Kendall, M. (2010). "Development of a participatory process to address fragmented application of outcome measurement for rehabilitation in community settings." Disability and Rehabilitation 32(6): 511-520.

Holland, R., Smith, R. D., Harvey, I., Swift, L. and Lenaghan, E. (2004). "Assessing quality of life in the elderly: a direct comparison of the EQ-5D and AQoL." Health Economics 13(8): 793-805.

Joubert, J., Joubert, L., Reid, C., Barton, D., Cumming, T., Mitchell, P., House, M., Heng, R., Meadows, G., Walterfang, M., Pantelis, C., Ames, D. and Davis, S. (2008). "The positive effect of integrated care on depressive symptoms in stroke survivors." Cerebrovascular Diseases 26(2): 199-205.

Joubert, J., Reid, C., Barton, D., Cumming, T., McLean, A., Joubert, L., Barlow, J., Ames, D. and Davis, S. (2009). "Integrated care improves risk-factor modification after stroke: initial results of the Integrated Care for the Reduction of Secondary Stroke model." Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 80(3): 279-284.

Katalinic, O. M., Harvey, L. A., Herbert, R. D., Moseley, A. M., Lannin, N. A. and Schurr, K. (2010). "Stretch for the treatment and prevention of contractures." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews(9).

Keogh, A. M., McNeil, K. D., Wlodarczyk, J., Gabbay, E. and Williams, T. J. (2007). "Quality of life in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Improvement and maintenance with bosentan." Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 26(2): 181-187.

Khan, F., McPhail, T., Brand, C., Turner-Stokes, L. and Kilpatrick, T. (2006). "Multiple sclerosis: Disability profile and quality of life in an Australian community cohort." International Journal of Rehabilitation Research 29(2): 87-96.

Khan, F. and Pallant, J. (2007). "Chronic pain in multiple sclerosis: Prevalence, characteristics, and impact on quality of life in an Australian community Cohort." Journal of Pain 8(8): 614-623.

Khan, F., Pallant, J. and Brand, C. (2007). "Caregiver strain and factors associated with caregiver self-efficacy and quality of life in a community cohort with multiple sclerosis." Disability and Rehabilitation 29(16): 1241-1250.

Kulkarni, J., de Castella, A. R., Filia, K. M., Filia, S. L., Marston, N., Montgomery, W., Christova, L. and Fitzgerald, P. B. (2007). "Australian schizophrenia care and assessment programme: real-world schizophrenia: outcomes." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 41(12): 969-979.

Lim, K. T., Davis, M. J. E., Powell, A., Arnolda, L., Moulden, K., Bulsara, M. and Weerasooriya, R. (2007). "Ablate and pace strategy for atrial fibrillationo: long-term outcome of AIRCRAFT trial." Europace 9(7): 498-505.

Lim, W. K., Lambert, S. F. and Gray, L. C. (2003). "Effectiveness of case management and post-acute services in older people after hospital discharge." Medical Journal of Australia 178(6): 262.

Lin, C. C., Moseley, A. M., Refshauge, K. M., Haas, M. and Herbert, R. D. (2006). "Effectiveness of joint mobilisation after cast immobilisation for ankle fracture: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial." Bmc Musculoskeletal Disorders 7.

Lin, C. W. C., Haas, M., Moseley, A. M., Herbert, R. D. and Refshauge, K. M. (2008). "Cost and utilisation of healthcare resources during rehabilitation after ankle fracture are not linked to health insurance, income, gender, or pain: an observational study." Australian Journal of Physiotherapy 54(3): 201-208.

Manser, R. L., Wright, G., Byrnes, G., Hart, D., Conron, M., Carter, R., McLachlan, S. A. and Campbell, D. A. (2006). "Validity of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) utility instrument in patients with operable and inoperable lung cancer." Lung Cancer 53(2): 217-229.

McCrory, P., Turner-Stokes, L., Baguley, I. J., De Graaff, S., Katrak, P., Sandanam, J., Davies, L., Munns, M. and Hughes, A. (2009). "Botulinum toxin a for treatment of upper limb spasticity following stroke: a multi-centre randomized placebo-controlled study of the effects on quality of life and other person-centred outcomes." Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 41(7): 536-544.

Miller, M., Wong, W. K., Wu, J., Cavenett, S., Daniels, L. and Crotty, M. (2008). "Upper-Arm Anthropometry: An Alternative Indicator of Nutritional Health to Body Mass Index in Unilateral Lower-Extremity Amputees?" Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 89(10): 2031-2033.

Mortimer, D., Segal, L. and Sturm, J. (2009). "Can we derive an 'exchange rate' between descriptive and preference-based outcome measures for stroke? Results from the transfer to utility (TTU) technique." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 7.

Murray, K. J., Hill, K., Phillips, B. and Waterston, J. (2005). "A pilot study of falls risk and vestibular dysfunction in older fallers presenting to hospital Emergency Departments." Disability and Rehabilitation 27(9): 499-506.

Neumann, S. A., Miller, M. D., Daniels, L. and Crotty, M. (2005). "Nutritional status and clinical outcomes of older patients in rehabilitation." Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 18(2): 129-136.

Osborne, R. H., Buchbinder, R. and Ackerman, I. N. (2006). "Can a disease-specific education program augment self-management skills and improve Health-Related Quality of Life in people with hip or knee osteoarthritis?" Bmc Musculoskeletal Disorders 7.

Paul, S. L., Sturm, J. W., Dewey, H. M., Donnan, G. A., Macdonell, R. A. L. and Thrift, A. G. (2005). "Long-term outcome in the north east Melbourne stroke incidence study - Predictors of quality of life at 5 years after stroke." Stroke 36(10): 2082-2086.

Sangster, J., Furber, S., Allman-Farinelli, M., Haas, M., Phongsavan, P., Mark, A. and Bauman, A. (2010). "A population-based lifestyle intervention to promote healthy weight and physical activity in people with cardiac disease: The PANACHE (Physical Activity, Nutrition And Cardiac HEalth) study protocol." Bmc Cardiovascular Disorders 10.

Sims, J., Galea, M., Taylor, N., Dodd, K., Jespersen, S., Joubert, L. and Joubert, J. (2009). "Regenerate: assessing the feasibility of a strength-training program to enhance the physical and mental health of chronic post stroke patients with depression." International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 24(1): 76-83.

Sturm, J. W., Donnan, G. A., Dewey, H. M., Macdonell, R. A. L., Gilligan, A. K., Srikanth, V. and Thrift, A. G. (2004). "Quality of life after stroke - The North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)." Stroke 35(10): 2340-2345.

Teoh, V., Sims, J. and Milgrom, J. (2009). "Psychosocial Predictors of Quality of Life in a Sample of Community-Dwelling Stroke Survivors: A Longitudinal Study." Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 16(2): 157-166.

Turner-Stokes, L., Baguley, I. J., De Graaff, S., Katrak, P., Davies, L., McCrory, P. and Hughes, A. (2010). "Goal attainment scaling in the evaluation of treatment of upper limb spasticity with botulinum toxin: a secondary analysis from a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial." Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 42(1): 81-89.

Tyedin, K., Cumming, T. B. and Bernhardt, J. (2010). "Quality of life: An important outcome measure in a trial of very early mobilisation after stroke." Disability and Rehabilitation 32(11): 875-884.

Vrantsidis, F., Hill, K. D., Moore, K., Webb, R., Hunt, S. and Dowson, L. (2009). "Getting Grounded Gracefully(C): Effectiveness and Acceptability of Feldenkrais in Improving Balance." Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 17(1): 57-76.

Vu T., Harris A.H., Duncan G., Sussman G. (2007). "Cost effectiveness of multidisciplinary wound care in nursing homes: a pseudo-randomised pragmatic cluster trial." Family Practice 24: 372-379.

Watson, W. L., Ozanne-Smith, J. and Richardson, J. (2007). "Retrospective baseline measurement of self-reported health status and health-related quality of life versus population norms in the evaluation of post-injury losses." Injury Prevention 13(1): 45-50.

Whitfield, K., Buchbinder, R., Segal, L. and Osborne, R. H. (2006). "Parsimonious and efficient assessment of health-related quality of life in osteoarthritis research: validation of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 4.

Wlodarczyk, J. H., Brodaty, H. and Hawthorne, G. (2004). "The relationship between quality of life, Mini-Mental State Examination, and the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in patients with Alzheimer's disease." Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 39(1): 25-33.

Young, N. L., Rochon, T. G., McCormick, A., Law, M., Wedge, J. H. and Fehlings, D. (2010). "The Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Among Youth and Young Adults With Cerebral Palsy." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 91(1): 143-148.

AQoL-6D

Allen, J, Inder, KJ, Lewin, TJ, Attia J, Kelly BJ. (2013). "Construct validity of the Assessment of Quality of Life - 6D (AQoL-6D) in community samples." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 11(61).

de Silva-Sanigorski, A. M., K. Bolton, et al. (2010). "Scaling up community-based obesity prevention in Australia: Background and evaluation design of the Health Promoting Communities: Being Active Eating Well initiative." BMC Public Health 10.

Delbaere, K., J. C. T. Close, et al. (2010). "A Multifactorial Approach to Understanding Fall Risk in Older People." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 58(9): 1679-1685.

Kelly, B. J., H. J. Stain, et al. (2010). "Mental health and well-being within rural communities: The Australian Rural Mental Health Study." Australian Journal of Rural Health 18(1): 16-24.

Keating C, Moodie M, Richardson J, Keating C, Moodie M, Richardson J, Swinburne B. (2011). "Utility-based quality of life of overweight and obese adolescents." Value in Health 14(5): 752-758.

Moodie M, Richardson J, Rankin B, Iezzi A, Sinha K. (2010). "Predicting time trade-off health state valuations of adolescent in four Pacific countries using the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL-6D) instrument." Value in Health, 13(8): 2014-2027.

AQoL-7D

Chen, C. Y., J. E. Keeffe, et al. (2007). "Vision-related quality of life comparison for emmetropes, myopes after refractive surgery, and myopes wearing spectacles or contact lenses." Journal of Refractive Surgery 23(8): 752-759.

AQoL-8

Lau, R., K. Stewart, et al. (2010). "Evaluation of a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving patient adherence to antihypertensives: a randomised controlled trial." Bmc Health Services Research 10.