The Short-Form 36 and older people: some problems encountered when using postal administration

The Short-Form 36 and older people: some problems encountered when using postal administration.

OBJECTIVE To explore some of the problems encountered in the postal administration of the Short-Form 36 (SF-36). Questions that seem to present particular difficulties for the group are identified. In addition some of the written comments from the questionnaires and people's responses to questions on how difficult they found the SF-36 are discussed. DESIGN The study group were asked to comple...

The Short-form-36 Health Survey

Sample sizes for studies using the short form 36 (SF-36)

When designing a study to compare the outcomes of an intervention, an essential step is the calculation of sample sizes that will allow a reasonable chance (power) of detecting a predetermined difference (effect size) in the outcome variable, at a given level of significance. Sample size is critically dependent on the proposed effect size: half the effect size and the sample size is quadrupled....

Some problems encountered in administering Head Start.

The local, federally-funded Project Head Start is designed primarily t o prepare the pre-school children of Washtenaw County’s low-income families t o enter kindergarten. In addition t o instruction in the verbal, cognitive, and social skills that the children need t o become successful in school, the program provides a nourishing hot lunch, complete dental and medical examinations, and the nec...

Comparison between telephone and self-administration of Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36).

OBJECTIVE The characteristics of the 36 item Medical Outcome Short Form Health Study Survey (SF-36) questionnaire, designed as a generic indicator of health status for the general population, allow it to be self-administered or used in personal or telephone interviews. The main objective of the study was to compare the telephone and self-administered modes of SF-36 for a population from Girona ...