| Translation Methodology Himmelberger, D.U. Cultural adaptation: should we do it? Pros and cons. Quality of Life Research 12(7): 726 (2003) Himmelberger, D.U. and Sturua, N. Certification of translated quality of life questionnaires: Is it pssible? Quality of Life Research 10(3): 224 (2001) Himmelberger, D.U. and Sturua, N. Global evaluation - cultural differences and universality. Quality of Life Research 11(7): 699 (2002) Himmelberger, D.U. and Kallich J.D. Linguistic validation of a daily quality of life questionnaire for multinational clinical trials. Quality of Life Research 6(7/8): 657-658 (1997) Himmelberger, D.U. and Irmscher, M. Feedback: Adding flexibility to the translation process in the production of cross-cultural quality of life questionnaires? Quality of Life Research 4(4): 747 (1995) Quality of Life Studies Nelsen, L.M., Himmelberger, D.U., et al. Quality-of-life questionnaire for patients taking antihypertensive medication. Clinical Therapeutics 21(10), 1771-1787 (1999) Budd, D., Himmelberger, D.U., Rhodes, T., Cash, T.F., and Girman, C.J. The effects of hair loss in European men: a survey in four countries. Eur J Dermatol 2000; 10: 122-7. Himmelberger, D.U. Simultaneous global development: a new methodology for questionnaire development. Quality of Life Research 12(7): 797 (2003) Epidemiologic Studies Himmelberger, D.U. and Lydick, E. Acute pain associated with herpes zoster and its impact on quality of life: Singles is a pain. Cutaneous Infection and Therapy edited by Raza Aly, Karl R. Beutner and Howard Maibach, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California: 429-440 (2001) Lydick, E., Epstein, R.S., Himmelberger, D.U., and White, C.J. Herpes zoster and quality of life. Neurology 45 (suppl 8): S52-S53 (1995) Himmelberger, D.U., Brown, B.W. and Cohen, E.N. Cigarette smoking during pregnancy and the occurrence of spontaneous abortion and congenital abnormality. American Journal of Epidemiology 108(6), 470-479 (1978) Spence, A.A., Cohen, E.N., Brown, B.W., et al. Occupational hazards for operating room-based physicians. Journal of the American Medical Association 238(9), 955-959 (1977) Cohen, E.N., Brown, B.W., Bruce, D.L., et al. A survey of anesthetic health hazards among dentists. Journal of the American Dental Association 90, 1291-1296 (1974) Cohen, E.N., Brown, B.W., Bruce, D.L., et al. Occupational disease among operating room personnel, a national study. Anesthesiology 41, 321-340 (1974) | Statistical Validation of Questionnaires Himmelberger, D.U. and Silvers, A. Equivalence of the performance characteristics of the Japanese and North American versions of the WOMAC. Submitted for publication in the Journal of Orthopaedic Science. Himmelberger, D.S. and Himmelberger, D.U. Differential response of Japanese and North American patients with osteoarthritis: what are the implications for pooling data? Quality of Life Research 12(7): 770 (2003) Statistical Methodology Himmelberger, D.U., Budd D.W., Nelson, L., and Markson, L.E. Reducing the number of questions in a quality of life questionnaire: how to select good questions. Quality of Life Research 8(7): 747 (1999) Himmelberger, D.U. and Budd D.W. Robustness of the Merit Method for reducing patient burden and increasing the efficiency of quality of life questionnaires. Quality of Life Research 6(7/8): 658 (1997) Lydick, E., Epstein, R.S., Himmelberger, D.U., White, C.J. Area under the curve: a metric for patient subjective responses in episodic diseases. Quality of Life Research 4(1): 41-45 (1995) Himmelberger, D.U. and Lydick, E. Estimating the sample size and determining the optimum design of a phase III clinical trial with quality of life as the primary outcome. Quality of Life Research 3(1): 52 (1994) Himmelberger, D.U. The use of ordered categorical scales in international clinical trials. Drug Information Journal 27, 849-79 (1993) Economic Evaluations Himmelberger, D.U., Kirby, R. Quality of life and resource consumption among men undergoing surgery for acute urinary retention (AUR) compared with men undergoing elective surgery for BPH and men experiencing an acute episode of renal colic in the United Kingdom Himmelberger, D.U. and Antonicelli, L. The relationship between resource consumption and asthma severity among asthmatic outpatients in three European countries. Quality of Life Research 10(3): 201 (2001) |