Publications

Selected Publications on the IWQOL-Lite 

Kolotkin RL, Crosby RD, Kosloski KD, Williams GR. Development of a brief measure to assess quality of life in obesity. Obesity Research. 2001;9:102-111. 

Kolotkin RL, Crosby RD. Psychometric evaluation of the Impact Of Weight On Quality Of Life-Lite Questionnaire (IWQOL-Lite) in a community sample. Quality of Life Research. 2002;11:157-171.  

Kolotkin RL, Crosby RD, Williams GR. Assessing weight-related quality of life in obese persons with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2003;61:125-32.  

Kolotkin R, Crosby R, Corey-Lisle P, Li H, Swanson J. Performance of a weight-related measure of quality of life in a psychiatric sample. Quality of Life Research 2006; 15: 587-596. 

Engel SG, Crosby RD, Kolotkin RL, Hartley GG, Williams GR, Wonderlich SA, Mitchell JE. The Impact of Weight Loss and Regain on Obesity-Specific Quality of Life: Mirror Image or Differential Effect. Obesity Research. 2003;11:1207-1213. 

Kolotkin, RL, Corey-Lisle, PK, Crosby, RD, Swanson, JM, Tuomari, V, L’Italien, G, Mitchell, JE. Impact of obesity on health-related quality of life in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Obesity, in press. 

Lustig RH, Greenway F, Velasquez-Mieyer P, et al. A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding trial of a long-acting formulation of octreotide in promoting weight loss in obese adults with insulin hypersecretion. International Journal of Obesity (London) 2006;30:331-341. 

Di Francesco V, Sacco T, Zamboni M, et al. Weight Loss and Quality of Life Improvement in Obese Subjects Treated with Sibutramine: A Double-Blind Randomized Multicenter Study. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2007; 51:75-81. 

Crosby RD, Kolotkin RL, Williams GR. An integrated method to determine meaningful changes in health-related quality of life. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2004;57:1153-60. 

Kolotkin, RL, Corey-Lisle, PK, Crosby, RD, Kan, HJ, McQuade, R. Changes in weight and weight-related quality of life in a multicentre, randomized trial of aripiprazole versus standard of care. European Psychiatry, in press. 

Kolotkin R L, Binks M, Crosby R D, Ostbye T, Gress R E, Adams T D. Obesity and sexual quality of life. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2006; 14: 472-479. 

Kolotkin RL, Crosby RD, Williams GR. Health-related quality of life varies among obese subgroups. Obesity Research. 2002;10:748-756. 

Kolotkin, R.L., Westman, E.C., Østbye, T., Crosby, R.D., Binks, M., Eisenson, H.E. Weight-related Quality of Life in Obese Persons With and Without Binge Eating Disorder. Obesity Research. 2004;12:999-1005. 

White, M.A., O'Neil, P. M, Kolotkin, R.L, Byrne, T.K. Gender, Race, and Obesity-Related Quality of Life at Extreme Levels of Obesity. Obesity Research. 2004;12:949-955. 

Boan J, Kolotkin RL, Westman EC, McMahon RL, Grant JP. Binge Eating, Quality of Life and Physical Activity Improve After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) for Morbid Obesity. Obesity Surgery. 2004;14:341-348.