How to score version 2 of the SF-12(R) health survey (with a supplement documenting version 1)

By J. Ware, M. Kosinski, D. Turner-Bowker, B. Gandek, Susan D. Keller, M. Konsiński. 2005

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Burnout and Medical Errors Among American Surgeons (2010, methodology): “The average mental and physical QOL summary scores for the US population are 50 (scale, 0–100; standard deviation 10).(33) Recent, self-perceived medical errors were evaluated by asking surgeons, “Are you concerned you have made any major medical error in the last 3 months?” The question was based o”
Epidemiology of major depressive disorder: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcoholism and Related Conditions. (2005, methodology): “In addition, validity of 12-month and lifetime MDD diagnoses was assessed using the Mental Component, Social Functioning, Role Emotional Functioning, and Mental Health scores of the Short Form-12v2, a reliable and valid impairment measure in population surveys.(68) Linear regression analyses of NESA”
Relational Well-being: An Indigenous Perspective and Measure (2013, methodology): “Respondents use a 5-point Likert scale ranging from all of the time to none of the time (Ware et al., 2002).”
Special report: suicidal ideation among American surgeons. (2011, methodology): “The mean (SD) mental and physical QOL summary scores for the US population are 50 (10) (range, 0-100).(16) Recent SI was evaluated by asking surgeons, “Have you ever had thoughts of taking your own life, even if you would not really do it?” as well as “During the past 12 months have you had thoughts”
Expenditures and health status among adults with back and neck problems. (2008, methodology): “Weconverted2000-2002 version 1 scores to the version 2 equivalents,becauseversion2wasadministered after 2002.(18) Respondents could be surveyedmorethanonceayearforsomemeasures; we used data from the last survey in each year.”
Burnout and Career Satisfaction Among American Surgeons (2009, methodology): “population are 49 (scale 0–100; standard deviation 10).(18) Additional questions were developed to explore demographic factors and professional characteristics.”