"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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| 1995 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1996 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 1997 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 1998 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 1999 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2000 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2001 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2002 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2003 | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 2005 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 2006 | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| 2007 | 12 | 32 | 44 |
| 2008 | 21 | 29 | 50 |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| 2010 | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 2011 | 16 | 26 | 42 |
| 2012 | 18 | 24 | 42 |
| 2013 | 12 | 29 | 41 |
| 2014 | 19 | 30 | 49 |
| 2015 | 28 | 32 | 60 |
| 2016 | 22 | 46 | 68 |
| 2017 | 25 | 40 | 65 |
| 2018 | 40 | 38 | 78 |
| 2019 | 22 | 32 | 54 |
| 2020 | 24 | 65 | 89 |
| 2021 | 26 | 50 | 76 |
| 2022 | 12 | 91 | 103 |
| 2023 | 19 | 71 | 90 |
| 2024 | 26 | 35 | 61 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Quality of Life" by people in Profiles.
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Inhaled Reliever Therapies for Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA. 2025 Jan 14; 333(2):143-152.
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Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Jan 01; 155(1):213e-227e.
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Quality of life outcomes in patients participating in the CALGB 30610 trial (CALGB 70702): Alliance. Cancer. 2025 Jan 01; 131(1):e35663.
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Quality of Life in Subcutaneous or Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Patients: A Secondary Analysis of the PRAETORIAN Trial. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2024 11; 17(11):e010822.
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Keep it Movin': Design and methods of a church-based physical activity program to improve physical function among midlife and older black adults. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Dec; 147:107742.
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Multidisciplinary care in nonmalignant central airway obstruction. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2025 Jan 01; 31(1):11-18.
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The Disease Severity Index for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is a Valid Instrument that Predicts Complicated Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 Nov 04; 30(11):2064-2075.
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Public perceptions of opioid misuse recovery and related resources in a nationally representative sample of United States adults. Addiction. 2025 Feb; 120(2):253-265.
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Interrupting inflammatory bowel disease therapy: why, who, when and how to consider medication holidays. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 Oct; 18(10):587-596.
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Non-small-cell lung cancer. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2024 Sep 26; 10(1):71.