SF-36 Health Survey Update

By J. Ware. Spine, 2000

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Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis (2003, methodology): “[28] Fatigue subscales contained within quality of life measures include the vitality subscale of the SF-36 (this subscale is inversely correlated with fatigue),[31,32] a fatigue– inertia subscale [33] of the Profile of Mood States, and a sleep–rest subscale [26] in the Sickness Impact Profile.”
The Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale (ISLES): Development and Initial Validation of a New Measure (2010, neutral): “Furthermore, predictive studies of validity have linked the SF-36 scales to important outcomes such as use of health care services, depression, loss of employment, and mortality (see Ware, 2004, for a review).”
Outcomes following endovascular vs open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: a randomized trial. (2009, methodology): “The SF-36 evaluates 8 health dimensions that have been aggregated into 2 summary measures, a mental component summary and a physical component summary.(6) We also computed the physical component transformed with deaths included.”
Reliability and validity of the visual analogue scale for disability in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (2008, methodology): “An assessment instrument widely used in patients with musculoskeletal pain is the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) (Ware, 2000; Hays et al., 2002).”