Normative data and discriminative properties of short form 36 (SF-36) in Turkish urban population

Normative data and discriminative properties of short form 36 (SF-36) in Turkish urban population

BACKGROUND SF-36 has been both translated into different languages and adapted to different cultures to obtain comparable data on health status internationally. However there have been only a limited number of studies focused on the discriminative ability of SF-36 regarding social and disease status in developing countries. The aim of this study was to obtain population norms of the short form ...

Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey Questionnaire: normative data for Wales.

BACKGROUND The Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) is used to indicate the health status of particular populations, to help with service planning and to measure the impact of clinical and social interventions. Culture-specific data are required to calculate SF-36 norm-based scores. Currently, in the UK normative sources are nearly two decades old, Anglocentric and lack data on the...

South Australian Population Norms for the Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Status questionnaire

Measurement properties and normative data for the Norwegian SF-36: results from a general population survey

BACKGROUND The interpretation of the SF-36 in Norwegian populations largely uses normative data from 1996. This study presents data for the general population from 2002-2003 which has been used for comparative purposes but has not been assessed for measurement properties. METHODS As part of the Norwegian Level of Living Survey 2002-2003, a postal survey was conducted comprising 9,164 members ...

The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36). I. Conceptual framework and item selection.

A 36-item short-form (SF-36) was constructed to survey health status in the Medical Outcomes Study. The SF-36 was designed for use in clinical practice and research, health policy evaluations, and general population surveys. The SF-36 includes one multi-item scale that assesses eight health concepts: 1) limitations in physical activities because of health problems; 2) limitations in social acti...