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SF-12^® Health Survey and SF-12v2^TM Health Survey (SF-12^® / SF-12v2^TM)

[ Derived from the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) in 1996 (SF-12v1) - Modified in 2000 (SF-12v2 - version currently used) ]

	Author(s)
Ware John E

Purpose

Pathology:

Generic

Disease:

All

Objective:

Developed to be a much shorter, yet valid, alternative to the SF-36 for use in large surveys of general and specific populations as well as large longitudinal studies of health outcomes

Population for intended use:

Adolescent
Adult

[ 14+ years ]

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)

Administration mode:

Computer-administered
Electronic version
IVR-version
Interviewer-administered
Self-administered
Telephone-administered

Number of items:

Existence of database:

No

[ Identification form available in the restricted level ]

Recall/Observation period:

The past 4 weeks (standard version) / The past week (acute version)

Language(s)

Original language:

English for the USA

List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.

This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors

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SF-12v2 Standard

Afrikaans	English for Singapore	Korean	Spanish for Chile
Arabic for Algeria	English for South Africa	Latvian	Spanish for Colombia
Arabic for Israel	English for Thailand	Lithuanian	Spanish for Guatemala
Arabic for Morocco	English for UK	Malay	Spanish for Honduras
Arabic for Tunisia	English for USA	Malay for Singapore	Spanish for Mexico
Bahasa for Indonesia	Estonian	Malayalam for India	Spanish for Nicaragua
Bengali for India	Finnish	Marathi for India	Spanish for Panama
Bosnian	French	Norwegian	Spanish for Peru
Bulgarian	French for Belgium	Odia for India	Spanish for Puerto Rico
Cebuano for Philippines	French for Canada	Polish	Spanish for Uruguay
Chinese for Hong Kong	French for Morocco	Portuguese	Spanish for USA
Chinese for Malaysia	French for Switzerland	Portuguese for Brazil	Spanish for Venezuela
Chinese for Singapore	French for Tunisia	Punjabi for India	Swedish
Chinese for Taiwan	Georgian	Romanian	Swedish for Finland
Chinese for USA	German	Romanian for Moldova	Tagalog for Philippines
Croatian	German for Austria	Russian	Tamil for India
Czech	German for Switzerland	Russian for Belarus	Tamil for Malaysia
Danish	Greek	Russian for Israel	Tamil for Singapore
Dutch	Gujarati for India	Russian for Kazakhstan	Telugu
Dutch for Belgium	Hebrew for Israel	Russian for Latvia	Thai
English for Australia	Hindi	Russian for Lithuania	Turkish
English for Canada	Hungarian	Russian for Ukraine	Ukrainian
English for Hong Kong	Icelandic	Serbian	Urdu for India
English for India	Italian	Sesotho for South Africa	Urdu for Pakistan
English for Israel	Italian for Switzerland	Slovak	Vietnamese for USA
English for Malaysia	Japanese	Slovenian	Xhosa for South Africa
English for New Zealand	Kannada	Spanish	Zulu for South Africa
English for Philippines	Kazakh	Spanish for Argentina

SF-12v2 Acute

Afrikaans	English for Singapore	Korean	Spanish for Argentina
Arabic for Algeria	English for South Africa	Latvian	Spanish for Chile
Arabic for Israel	English for Thailand	Lithuanian	Spanish for Colombia
Arabic for Morocco	English for UK	Malay	Spanish for Guatemala
Arabic for Tunisia	English for USA	Malay for Singapore	Spanish for Honduras
Bahasa for Indonesia	Estonian	Malayalam for India	Spanish for Mexico
Bengali for India	Finnish	Marathi for India	Spanish for Panama
Bosnian	French	Norwegian	Spanish for Peru
Bulgarian	French for Belgium	Odia for India	Spanish for Puerto Rico
Cebuano for Philippines	French for Canada	Polish	Spanish for Uruguay
Chinese for Hong Kong	French for Morocco	Portuguese	Spanish for USA
Chinese for Malaysia	French for Switzerland	Portuguese for Brazil	Spanish for Venezuela
Chinese for Singapore	French for Tunisia	Punjabi for India	Swedish
Chinese for Taiwan	Georgian	Romanian	Swedish for Finland
Chinese for USA	German	Romanian for Moldova	Tagalog for Philippines
Croatian	German for Austria	Russian	Tamil for India
Czech	German for Switzerland	Russian for Belarus	Tamil for Malaysia
Danish	Greek	Russian for Estonia	Tamil for Singapore
Dutch	Gujarati for India	Russian for Israel	Telugu
Dutch for Belgium	Hebrew for Israel	Russian for Kazakhstan	Thai
English for Australia	Hindi	Russian for Latvia	Turkish
English for Canada	Hungarian	Russian for Lithuania	Ukrainian
English for Hong Kong	Icelandic	Russian for Ukraine	Urdu for India
English for India	Italian	Serbian	Urdu for Pakistan
English for Israel	Italian for Switzerland	Sesotho for South Africa	Vietnamese for USA
English for Malaysia	Japanese	Slovak	Xhosa for South Africa
English for New Zealand	Kannada	Slovenian	Zulu for South Africa
English for Philippines	Kazakh	Spanish

More information on SF-12v2 available languages on QualityMetric Website

Last update: December 2011
Last update in collaboration with the author: October 2006

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