A vast array of questionnaires has been used to measure HRQoL in diabetes patients, contributing to the difficulty of selecting instruments for future research.
Selection of instruments for future research will therefore require careful evaluation of study design and objectives, population characteristics, the presence of disease-related factors, and outcomes of interest.
Finally this study provides a basis for the selection of preference-based HRQL instruments for future research in HIV population.
Such an investigation would provide an evidence-base that will aid the selection of instruments in future research and clinical practice.
The rosacea quality-of-life instrument has been recently reviewed in addition to the DLQI and a generic health-related quality-of-life instrument, the SF-36, in rosacea, and may be a suitable instrument for future research.
The large variety makes it difficult to compare results of different studies and choose an instrument for future research.
Validating the instrument in future research and testing its generalisability with similar and diverse population groups would be desirable.
The recently developed Beck Anxiety Inventory-Trait (BAIT) may be a useful survey instrument for future research [ 48].
The FCQ can be a useful instrument for future research with school-based adolescents in the Philippines.
This provided a means to shorten the measure and, consequently, avoid burdening older women with a lengthy instrument in future research in this area.
