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Short Form 36 (Sf-36) Assessment Overview Assessment Interpretability

Short Form 36 (SF-36)

Assessment Overview

Assessment Area

Summary

ICF Domain:

The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) is a generic health

Quality of Life

status measure that was introduced in 1992, and has been translated

into various languages. The SF-36 assesses health-related quality of life

using 8 domains, regarding either physical or mental functioning, both of

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which can also be summarized into a composite score: the physical (PCS)

and mental (MCS) component summary. The SF-36 can be administered

Length:

36 items

by interviewer or self-administered.

Scoring:

• Raw score is transformed to 0-

100 scoring system (Algorithm

available in the manual, which

must be purchased)

• Score is norm-based; the mean

score for the general

population is 50 with a

standard deviation of 10

• Higher score indicates better

Availability

health status

• The SF-36 can also be scored

https://

using two norm-based

surveys/sf-36v2-health-survey.html (Registration required)

summary scores, a physical and

Languages: 50+ languages

a mental component score (PCS

& MCS).

Assessment Interpretability

Minimal Clinically Important

Statistical Error

Typical Values

Difference

Minimal Detectable Change:

Mean (SD) Scores:

Not established in SCI, but for a

Physical functioning=21.4

Physical functioning: 61.2(39.8)

sample of patients with

Role physical=14.7

Role physical: 62.7(44.4)

osteoarthritis:

Bodily pain=7.4

Bodily pain: 67.5(20.6)

Worsening:

General health=7.9

General health: 52.5(20.3)

Physical functioning = 5.3

Vitality=4.6

Vitality: 57.0(17.3)

Bodily pain = 7.2

Social functioning=5.9

Social functioning: 71.8(22.2)

PCS = 2.0

Role emotional=4.1

Role emotional: 71.8(40.9)

Improving:

Mental health=7.4

Mental health: 63.5(15.5)

Physical functioning = 3.3

Bodily pain = 7.8

(Lin 2007; N=187, 151 male, traumatic SCI;

PCS = 2.0

mixed injury types, mean time since injury =

7.4 years)

(Angst et al., 2001; N=122, 71% female, mean

Threshold Values:

age 65)

Not established in SCI. But in the

general population:

Mental health (MH) score of ≤ 52

Short Form 36 (Sf-36) Assessment Overview Assessment Interpretability

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