Developing Sf-6d-V2: Examining The Dimensionality Of The Sf-36 Using Large Multinational Datasets

Interpreting the SF-36 Health Survey

One of the most frequently asked questions about health surveys such as the SF-36® is "what do the numbers mean"? Health status scores are abstractions, which obtain meaning through knowledge of how the scores are related to other variables. Although we may not think about it, this is also true for more commonly used measures. For example, a temperature of 0°C is an abstract number, which becom...

Measuring Quality of Life After Stroke Using the SF-36

The SF-36 is the most widely used generic instrument for measuring quality of life (QOL). The instrument is translated into numerous languages, and the validity of the 8 subscales is confirmed in general populations and in a wide variety of patient groups in more than 2000 articles. In an article published in this issue of Stroke, Hobart et al1 report the psychometric properties of the SF-36 in...

Measuring quality of life after stroke using the SF-36.

The SF-36 is the most widely used generic instrument for measuring quality of life (QOL). The instrument is translated into numerous languages, and the validity of the 8 subscales is confirmed in general populations and in a wide variety of patient groups in more than 2000 articles. In an article published in this issue of Stroke, Hobart et al1 report the psychometric properties of the SF-36 in...

Assessing health status with the SF-36.

A Comparative Analysis of the SF-12 and the SF-36 among Ischaemic Heart Disease Patients.

This paper investigated whether the SF-12 could replace the SF-36 in the measurement of health status among ischaemic heart disease patients. The SF-36 and SF-12 were administered to 105 cardiac patients. The SF-36 summary scores were strongly correlated and similar to the SF-12 summary scores. Also, the SF-12 scores were as powerful as the SF-36 summary scores in discriminating between subgrou...