A 36item shortform sf36 was constructed to survey health status in the. The sf36 is a practical and widelytested instrument for measuring health status. Using the 12 item short form health survey sf 12 to measure quality of life among older people ulf jakobsson phd 1 aging clinical and experimental research volume 19, pages 457 464 2007 cite this article. The sf36 includes one multiitem scale that assesses eight health concepts. Validity and reliability of mos short form health survey. Validation of a frenchlanguage version of the mos 36 item short form health survey sf 36 in young healthy adults. It is often used as a quality of life measure the sf12 is a shortened version of its predecessor, the sf 36, which itself evolved from the medical outcomes study. Tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, and reliability across diverse patient groups. The 36item short form health survey sf36 is a set of generic, coherent, and easily. Brazilian normative data for the short form 36 questionnaire. Scoring and interpretation instructions can be found in the users manual. The sf36 is a wellresearched, reliable and valid broadbased, sophisticated instrument with population norms and normative data for a wide variety of medical.
Table 2 from the mos 36item shortform health survey sf. Health assessment lab, new england medical center, 1997. The sf 36 is a practical and widelytested instrument for measuring health status and medical outcomes. Rand developed the 36item short form health survey sf36 as part of the medical outcomes study mso, a multiyear, multisite study to explain variations in patient outcomes. Medical outcomes study questionnaire short form 36 health survey this survey asks for your views about your health. Construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity article pdf available in medical care 343. A 36item shortform sf36 was constructed to survey health status in the medical outcomes study. Conceptual framework and item selection created date. Sf 36 is a set of generic, coherent, and easily administered qualityoflife measures. Hrqol was assessed using the 36item short form health survey sf36 23,24. The authors test the reliability and validity of the medical outcomes study short form 36 item health survey sf 36 as a written, selfadministered survey in outpatients with chronic schizophrenia.
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. It is one of the most widely used generic measures of health related quality of life and has been shown to discriminate between subjects with different chronic conditions and between subjects with different. Sep 20, 2015 the medical outcomes study short form 36 ff 36 measures health related quality of life in various populations. Short form 36 sf 36 pdf the 36 item short form health survey sf 36 is a set of generic, coherent, and. These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4 weeks.
The ahq33japan and the medical outcomes study shortform 36item health survey sf36 were completed simultaneously by 126 japanese patients with asthma 48 men, 78 women. This information will help keep track of how you feel and how well you are able to do your usual activities. Comparison of the asthma health questionnaire33japan and. Medical outcome short form 36 health survey questionnaire availability.
The sf 36 questionnaire provides a concise method that is mainly used to check the health status of members of the general population aged 14 years or over 1. The wsib acknowledges that the rand 36 item short form health survey was developed at rand as part of the medical outcomes study. Culturespecific data are required to calculate sf 36 normbased scores. The sf 36 includes one multi item scale that assesses eight health concepts. The sf 36 was designed for use in clinical practice and research, health policy evaluations, and. The sf36 was designed for use in clinical practice and. Users manual for the medical outcomes study mos core measures of health related quality of life. Conceptual framework and item selection find, read and cite all the research. Analyses were conducted among 3,445 patients and were replicated across 24 subgroups differing in sociodemographic characteristics, diagnosis, and disease severity.
Recently, ware and sherbourne 1 published a new short. A 12 item short form health survey construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity john e. The sf12 is a selfreported outcome measure assessing the impact of health on an individuals everyday life. Mos 36item shortform health survey and to monitor transitions in health status over time for diverse groups.
The short form health survey is a 36 item, patientreported survey of patient health. To obtain utilities, scores on the eight scales were transformed into a single eq5d utility score using the mapping algorithm of ara and brazier 25. Scoring the rand 36item health survey is a twostep process. During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other regular daily activities as a result of your physical health. Pdf a 36item shortform sf36 was constructed to survey health status in the medical outcomes study. It is a shortform derived from a larger 149item instrument and is more precise than its predecessor the sf20.
The sf 36 was designed for use in clinical practice and research, health policy evaluations, and general population surveys. The short form 36 was derived from the general health survey of the medical outcomes study by stewart and colleagues 1988. The aim of the study is to assess the psychometric properties of the 36 item short form health survey sf 36 in medical students in mainland of china. The medical outcomes study short form 36 ff 36 measures health related quality of life in various populations. In addition to the total sample, analyses were conducted among 24 subgroups differing in sociodemographic characteristics, diagnosis, and disease severity. Pdf the mos 36item shortform health status survey sf. Noteworthy improvements include the addition of items tapping vitality, better representation of the domain of general health perceptions.
The 36 item short form health survey sf 36 is widely validated and popularly used in assessing the subjective quality of life qol of patients and the general public. The 36 item short form health survey sf 36 questionnaire was developed by the boston health research institute in the united states. Evaluation of the shortform 36item questionnaire to measure. The purpose of the present study was to apply the sf36 questionnaire in patients with copd and no comorbidity. Im international quality of life assessment project iqola, einer arbeitsgruppe, zusammengesetzt aus forschern. The shortform sf36 health survey national center for. Thirtysix schizophrenic outpatients completed a written and oral form of the sf 36. In order to use the sf36, permission must be obtained from qualitymetric. The analysis by disease severity was limited to the sample. Testretest reliability and minimal detectable change on balance and ambulation tests, the 36 item short form health survey, and the unified parkinson disease rating scale in people with parkinsonism. The short form 36 health survey is a 36 item, patientreported survey of patient health. Sf36 is a set of generic, coherent, and easily administered qualityoflife measures. The german sf 36 health survey translation and psychometric testing of a generic instrument for the assessment of health related quality of life.
Jr ware and others published the mos 36 item short form health status survey sf 36, i. The aim of the study is to assess the psychometric properties of the 36item short form health survey sf 36 in medical students in mainland of china. The article is a conceptual analysis of the sf 36, from the viewpoint of four models of health. Questionnaire is available here in html format a pdf version of the sf36 is also available here, for ease of administration it fits on 2 pages. The sf 36 is a measure of health status and an abbreviated variant of it, the sf6d, is commonly used in health economics as a variable in the qualityadjusted life year calculation to determine the costeffectiveness of a health treatment. This article is not a critique of the sf 36, rather, it underscores its viability as an instr. It can be administered by interview, online, by fax, and using traditional pencil and paper. Mos 36item short form survey instrument sf36 arabic pdf. Based on a much longer survey developed in the 1980s by ware, j. Crosssectional data from the medical outcomes study mos were analyzed to test the validity of the mos 36 item short form health survey sf 36 scales as measures of physical and mental health constructs. Validity and reliability of mos short form health survey sf. Table 1 from the mos 36item shortform health survey sf36. Table 1 from the mos 36item shortform health survey sf.
The resulting shortform survey instrument provides a solution to the problem faced by many investigators who must restrict survey length. The 36item short form survey sf 36 is an oftused, wellresearched, selfreported measure of health. Medical outcomes study short form 36 rehabmeasures database. Sf36 short form 36 heartbeat medical patient reported. It stems from a study called the medical outcomes study. Rand rand health surveys rand medical outcomes study 36item short form survey sf36. As part of the medical outcomes study mos, a multiyear, multisite study to explain variations in patient outcomes, rand developed the 36 item short form health survey sf 36.
Scoring instructions html scoring instructions pdf. The sf 36 is a measure of health status and an abbreviated variant of it, the sf6d, is commonly used in. For each of the following questions, please circle. First, precoded numeric values are recoded per the scoring key given in table 1. Key method the survey was constructed for selfadministration by persons 14 years of age and older, and for administration by a trained interviewer in person or by telephone. Keller, phd regression methods were used to select and score 12 items from the medical outcomes study 36 item short form health survey sf 36 to reproduce. Crosssectional data from the medical outcomes study mos were analyzed to test the validity of the mos 36item shortform health survey sf36 scales as measures of physical and mental health constructs. The mos 36 item short form health survey sf 36 was constructed to broaden the health concepts measured and improve measurement precision for each concept over that achieved by the sf20. The 36item short form health survey sf 36 is widely validated and popularly used in assessing the subjective quality of life qol of patients and the general public. The sf36 health survey developed out of work on the medical outcomes study or rand health insurance experiment. The standardized short form health survey 36 sf 36 is an important tool for the assessment of quality of life 1, and the comprehensiveness of its use in population surveys and in studies that analyze public policies and health status of patients 26 can be verified by the references available in bibliographic data bases 7 and the increasing.
For each scale, item completion rates were high across all groups 88%. Medical outcomes study questionnaire short form 36 health. German translation and psychometric testing of the sf 36 health survey. Sf 36 short form 36 the sf 36 questionnaire short form health 36 version 1 is a further development of the short form 20 score from the medical outcomes study mos in 1988. The sf 36 is a multipurpose survey designed to capture adult patients perceptions of their own health and wellbeing. The sf36 was designed for use in clinical practice and research, health policy evaluations, and general population surveys. The mos 36item shortform health survey sf36 was constructed to broaden the health concepts measured and improve measurement precision for each concept over that achieved by the sf20. Medical outcomes study 36item shortform health survey sf36. Results from traditional psychometric and clinical tests of validity were compared.
Development and testing of the medical outcomes study 36item short form health survey summary scale scores in the united kingdom. It comprises 36 questions which cover eight domains of health. Medical outcomes study questionnaire short form 36. Rand developed the 36 item short form health survey sf 36 as part of the medical outcomes study mso, a multiyear, multisite study to explain variations in patient outcomes. Evaluating the sf 36 health survey version 2 in older vietnamese americans2008. Medical outcome short form 36 health survey clintools. Article information, pdf download for the mos 36item short form health. Medical outcomes study questionnaire short form 36 health survey sf36 about. The sf 36 includes one multi item scale that assesses eight health conce. Mos 36 item short form health survey line questionnaire which included items used to construct the sf 36 survey. The short form 36 health survey rand corporation and john e. The mos 36item shortform health survey sf36 a 36item shortform sf36 was constructed to survey health status in the medical outcomes study. A 36 item short form sf 36 was constructed to survey health status in the medical outcomes study.
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