Thai SF-36 health survey: tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability and validity in healthy men and women [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Since its translation to Thai in 2000, the SF-36 Health Survey has been used extensively in many different clinical settings in Thailand. Its popularity has increased despite the absence of published evidence that the translated instrument ...
Lim, Lynette +2 more
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A Comparison of Quality of Life Measures in Husbands of Women with Breast Cancer [PDF]
The Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB-SA) and Medical Outcome Study SF-36 short form (SF-36) are popular health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment tools; however, it is unclear whether these measures overlap enough to be interchangeable, and if ...
Bigatti, Silvia M., Wagner, Christina D.
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Using the SF-36 with older adults: a cross-sectional community-based survey [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To assess the practicality and validity of using the SF-36 in a community-dwelling population over 65 years old, and obtain population scores in this age group.
Brazier, J.E. +2 more
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The Validity, Reliability, Measurement Error, and Minimum Detectable Change of the 30‐Second Fast‐Paced Walk Test in Persons with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Novel Test of Short‐Distance Walking Ability [PDF]
Objective To develop and establish the reliability, validity, measurement error, and minimum detectable change of a novel 30‐second fast‐paced walk test (30SFW) in persons with knee osteoarthritis (OA) that is easy to administer and can quantify walking ...
Folkins, DPT, Erik +3 more
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Health-related quality of life in people with aphasia: Implications for fluency disorders quality of life research [PDF]
It is increasingly important that clinicians address the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of adults with communication disorders in clinical practice.
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Objective We compare the reliability and validity of the Short Form 36 (version 1, SF-36) and the Short Form 12 (version 1, SF-12) in adolescence, the period of life when a child develops into an adult, i.e., the period from puberty to maturity ...
Yanwei Lin +4 more
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The estimation of a preference-based measure of health from the SF-36 [PDF]
This paper reports on the findings of a study to derive a preference-based measure of health from the SF-36 for use in economic evaluation. The SF-36 was revised into a six-dimensional health state classification called the SF-6D.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of ETTH on HRQoL in a sample of employees of a Brazilian public hospital. METHOD: Three hundred and sixty Mário Gatti Hospital employees were asked about headache occurrence in the previous 6 months and completed a SF-36
Hilton Mariano Silva Jr +4 more
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Qualidade de vida de caminhoneiros Quality of life of road truck drivers
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a qualidade de vida (QV) de caminhoneiros brasileiros. MÉTODOS: O método foi exploratório-descritivo, comparativo e de corte transversal. Aplicaram-se um questionário sociodemográfico e o Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form (SF-36)
José Carlos Souza +2 more
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Estimating a preference-based index from the Japanese SF-36 [PDF]
Objective: The main objective of the study was to estimate a preference-bascd Short Form (SF)-6D index from the SF-36 for Japan and compare it with the UK results. Study Design and Setting: The SF-6D was translated into Japanese. Two hundred and forty-
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