SF-36v2® Health Survey (SF-36v2®)
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General Information
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| Author/s or Creator/s |
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John E. Ware, Jr., PhD, et al.
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| Objectives |
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To measure generic health concepts relevant across age, disease, and treatment groups.
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| Category of Outcome Measure |
Functional
Health-Related Quality of Life
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| Disease Type |
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Used |
Validated |
| Peripheral Nerve |
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X |
| Neuromuscular Junction |
X |
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| Muscle |
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| Generic |
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X |
| Respiratory |
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X |
| Cardiac |
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X |
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| Chronology of Development |
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The SF-36v2® Health Survey is a multi-purpose, 36-item health survey yielding a profile of two health component summary measures and eight health domain scales. It can be used across all adult patient and non-patient populations for a variety of purposes, such as screening individual patients, monitoring the results of care, comparing the relative burden of diseases, and comparing the benefits of different treatments.
In the early 1990's, studies were initiated to address problems with meaning of words in some items and address well-documented shortcomings of the two role functioning scales, in version 1 of the tool. The result of the efforts was the development of the SF-36v2® Health Survey.
Without increasing the number of questions, the SF-36v2® Health Survey improvements substantially increase the reliability and validity of scores and make the survey easier to understand and complete. Further, the norm-based scoring (NBS) algorithms make it possible to compare results across both versions of the SF-36v2® Health Surveys, eliminating concerns about loss of comparability.
The NBS algorithms are useful to interpret scores across the eight health domain scales of the SF-36v2®, to compare those domains with the two component summary measures, and to compare these scores with the US general population averages.
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| Mode of Assessment |
Self administered on site
Self administered off site
Administered by trained evaluator
Web based
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) - via telephone
Static (Paper/Pencil)
Interviewer Script
Dynamic Health Assessment (Computerize Adaptive Testing)
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| Age Group |
Adults (Generally 18 and Over)
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| Languages |
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Original |
Definitive Validated Translation |
Informal Translation |
| English US |
X |
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| 120 Translations Availble |
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X |
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| Conditions of Use and Contact Information |
| Conditions of Use |
Payment of Academic/Non Profit Research Fee
Subject to Written Contract
Payment of Profit Fee (Commercial/Pharmaceutical)
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| Copyright Owner |
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Medical Outcomes Trust & QualityMetric Incorporated
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| Organisation Name |
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QualityMetric Incorporated
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| Postal Address |
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24 Albion Road
Building 400
Lincoln, RI 02865
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Questionnaire/Scale
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| Domain Name / Number of Items |
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Physical Functioning (PF) (10 items)
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Role-physical (RP) (4 items)
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Bodily Pain (BP) (2 items)
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General Health (GH) (5 items)
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Social Functioning (SF) (2 items)
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Role-emotional (RE) (3 items)
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Mental Health (MH) (5 items)
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Reported Health Transition (HT) (1 item)
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| Additional Format Information |
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The PCS (Physical Component Summary)and MCS (Mental Component Summary) scores provide, as their labels suggest, a summary of the respondent's health status from both broad physical health perspective and a broad mental health perspective. Results on the PCS and MCS measures should serve as a starting place for determining whether functional limitations exist in either of the two major components of health; if so, the health domains contributing greatest to the affected dimension(s) and the items they comprise require further examination to ascertain their potential contribution to the respondent's impaired functioning.
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| Question Types and Usage |
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3-point Likert scale (10 items)
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5-point Likert scale (25 items)
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6-point Likert scale (1 items)
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| Total Score |
No - total score is not calculated.
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| Total Score - Range/Direction |
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| Sub-Score |
Yes - sub-score is calculated.
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| Sub-Score Range/Direction |
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Higher score indicates better HRQOL
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Reference 1
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| Reference Details |
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Ware J.E., Jr., Kosinski M., Bjorner J.B., Turner-Bowker, D.M., Gandek, B. and Maruish, M.E. (2007) User's Manual for the SF-36v2TM Health Survey (2nd Ed). Lincoln, RI, QualityMetric Incorporated.
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Reference 2
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| Reference Details |
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Ware JE Jr. SF-36 health survey update. Spine. 2000;25:3130-3139.
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Reference 3
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Luc Laberge, Yves Dauvilliers, Paul Bégin, Louis Richer, Stéphane Jean, Jean Mathieu.; (2009) Fatigue and daytime sleepiness in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1: To lump or split?; Neuromuscular Disorders; June; Vol. 19; Iss. 6; pp 397-402
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