Psychometric properties of the kidney disease quality of. Rand 36 item short form health survey sf36 ahrq academy. A 36item short form sf36 was constructed to survey health status in the medical outcomes study. Reliability and validity of the medical outcomes study, a 36 item short form health survey, mos sf36 after oneyear hospital discharge of hip fracture patient in a public hospital. Aggregate scores are compiled as a percentage of the total points possible, using the rand scoring table step i chart. 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. The sf 12 is a shorter version of the sf 36 containing 12 items. Mos 36item short form survey instrument sf36 arabic pdf. The shortform sf36 health survey national center for. Burden of kidney disease, symptoms and problems of kidney. The original sf36 stemmed from the medical outcome study, mos. The short form 36 health survey is a 36item, patientreported survey of patient health. The 36item short form survey sf36 is an oftused, wellresearched.
Terms and conditions for using the 36item short form survey. Rand 36 score calculator rand 36item health survey v1. The 36item short form of the medical outcomes study questionnaire sf36 was designed as a generic indicator of health status for use in population surveys. Pdf a 36item shortform sf36 was constructed to survey health status in the medical outcomes study. The sf36 is a measure of health status and an abbreviated variant of. Medical outcomes study short form 36 rehabmeasures database. Responsiveness of the 36item short form health survey and. All questions are scored on a scale from 0 to 100, with 100 representing the highest level of functioning possible. It stems from a study called the medical outcomes study. It has been validated, is used widely across medical disciplines, and can be selfadministered by the patient with reliability. Medical outcomes study questionnaire short form 36. Rand rand health surveys rand medical outcomes study 36item short form survey sf36.
Sf36 total score as a single measure of healthrelated. Fill in the rand 36 questionnaire, the rand 36 result score will be automatically calculated. The medical outcomes study 36item short form sf36 is a general healthbased survey of quality of life. The sf36 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. Medical outcomes study short form 36 rehabmeasures. The sf36 was designed for use in clinical practice and research, health policy evaluations, and. As part of the medical outcomes studya multiyear, multisite study to explain variations in patient outcomesrand developed the 36item short form health survey sf36. Crosssectional data from the medical outcomes study mos were analyzed to test the validity of the mos 36item shortform health survey sf 36 scales as measures of physical and mental health constructs. Rand recommends the following straightforward approach to scoring the rand 36 item health survey. The sf36 was designed for use in clinical practice and research, health policy evaluations, and general population surveys. The following items are about activities you might do during a typical day. Sf36 includes one multiitem scale that assesses eight health concepts.
Short form 36item health survey or sf36 is a patientreported health measure that assesses healthrelated quality of life in 8 areas. Scoring the rand 36item health survey is a twostep process. Terms and conditions for using the 36item short form. Set of generic, coherent, and easily administered qualityoflife measures. The primary instrument used for this purpose is the kidney disease quality of life 36item short form survey kdqol36, which includes the sf12 as its generic core and 3 kidney diseasetargeted scales. The 36item short form health survey sf36 is widely validated and popularly used in assessing the subjective quality of life qol of patients and the general public. Psychometric and clinical tests of validity in measuring physical and mental health constructs. The sf 12 is beginning to be more commonly used in the tbi population. The 36item short form health survey sf36 is a set of generic, coherent, and easily. It comprises 36 questions which cover eight domains of health.
Medical outcomes study questionnaire short form 36 health. Medical outcomes study questionnaire short form 36 health survey sf36 about. Recently, ware and sherbourne published a new short form health survey, the mos 36item short form health survey sf36, consisting of 36 items included in long form measures developed for the. Lamonte, phd,e bertha chen, md,f hoda antonculver, phd,g oleg zaslavsky. Use of the sf36 quality of life scale to assess the.
The 36item short form health survey sf36 is a set of generic, coherent, and easily administered qualityoflife measures. Conceptual framework and item selection created date. Recently, ware and sherbourne 1 published a new short. Psychometric and clinical tests of validity in measuring physical and mental health constructs colleen a. Please answer the 36 questions of the health survey completely, honestly, and. The kdqol36 was derived from the original 4item kdqol instrument4 and the 79item kidney disease qualityoflifeshortformsurveykdqolsf. Does your health now limit you in these activities. Health assessment lab, new england medical center, 1997. Disease quality of life 36item short form survey kdqol36.
The short form 36 health survey rand corporation and john e. B r i c s n i n r 3 6 i t e m s h o r t f o r m h e a l. The aim of the study is to assess the psychometric properties of the 36item short form health survey sf36 in medical students in mainland of china. Results from traditional psychometric and clinical tests of validity were compared. The sf36 includes one multiitem scale that assesses eight health concepts. Patients or individuals are asked to fill out the questionnaire tick boxes by. Pdf reliability and validity of the medical outcomes. First, precoded numeric values are recoded per the scoring key given in table 1. The 36item short form survey sf 36 is an oftused, wellresearched, selfreported measure of health.
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