Interpreting the SF-36 Health Survey
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چکیده
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 becomes less abstract when it is associated with a cold feeling outside and rain turning to snow. Similarly, health status scores obtain meaning when they can be interpreted in relation to clinically and socially relevant variables.
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