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SF-36

Page history last edited by PBworks 17 years ago

Functional Assessment Instrument Attributes

 

    1. Description:
    2. Author/Sponsor:
    3. Prevalence:
    4. Population:
    5. Subject:
    6. Provider Setting:
    7. Derived:
    8. Validity and Reliability Testing:
    9. Specific vs Multiple Domain:
    10. Verbal or Observation based:
    11. Are calculated scores included:
    12. Extended use:
    13. Versions:
    14. Public Domain:
    15. References:
    16. Comments:

 

Description:

 

Generic (non-condition specific) health-realted quality of life (HRQL) measure. It is used widely to evaluate HRQL across various populations

 

Author/Sponsor:

 

Who maintains it? The instrument was originally created for the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a quasi-experimental study of the variations in physician practice styles and patient outcomes in different health care delivery systems. It spanned the decade of the 1980's. Stewart and Ware, 1992 edited a text that provides a comprehensive account of the measures developed for the Medical Outcomes Study. The Medical Outcomes Trust (MOT), Health Assessment Lab (HAL) and QualityMetric Incorporated, co-copyright holders of all SF-36®, SF-12® and SF-8™ Health Surveys, have merged their licensing and user registration programs, with the objectives of simplifying licensing and user registration and better meeting the needs of the many new academic, commercial, and other licensees.

 

Prevalence:

 

The instrument is widely used and disseminated.

 

Population:

 

Adult patients

 

Subject:

 

Adult patients in a variety of provider settings.

 

Provider Setting:

 

It can be used in a variety of provider settings.

 

Derived:

 

Is this insrument derived from or a component of another instrument?

 

Validity and Reliability Testing:

 

Yes, numerous publications have addressed validity and reliability testing in various settings and with various types of patients.

 

Specific vs Multiple Domain:

 

Physical functioning; role limiations due to physical health provlems; bodily pain; social functioning; general mental health; role limitations due to emotional problems; vitality; energy or fatigue; general health perceptions.

 

Verbal or Observation based:

 

The items are self-reported by the patients.

 

Are calculated scores included:

 

The questionnaire is scored according to published scoring guidelines

 

Extended use:

 

The instrument has been validated and used in many different populations.

 

Versions:

 

Sometimes the different versions have different # of questions. Shorter versions of the SF-36 have been tested and are available (SF-12 and the SF-8)

 

Public Domain:

 

No, users must be licensed.

 

References:

 

http://www.sf-36.org/

 

 

Comments:

 

Submitted by Jennie Harvell: Discussions concerning authorship/sponsorship and availability in the public domain would be more accurate if it was noted that: MOT asserts that it has an ownership interest in the SF-36®, SF-12® and SF-8™ instruments, which are all derived from an instrument that was originally funded by the U.S. Government and several non-profit organizations. MOT asserts that users must be licensed.

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