Evaluating the SF-36 Health Survey (Version 2) in Older Vietnamese Americans

Normative Data for the Singapore English and Chinese SF-36 Version 2 Health Survey.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to report normative data for the Short-Form 36 version 2 (SF-36v2) for assessing health-related quality of life, in the Singapore general population. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data for English and Chinese-speaking participants of the Singapore Prospective Study Programme were analysed. The SF-36v2 scores were norm-based with the English-speaking Singapore gen...

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...

Population based norming of the Chinese (HK) version of the SF-36 health survey

The Iranian SF-12 Health Survey Version 2 (SF-12v2): Factorial and Convergent Validity, Internal Consistency and Test-Retest in a Healthy Sample

Objectives: Within the context of Health-Related Quality of Life studies, it was necessary to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the SF-12 Health Survey version 2. The aim of this study was to investigate the factorial structure, convergent validity and reliability of this instrument in a healthy Iranian sample, following translation and establishment of content and face vali...

The Medical Outcomes Study 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36).