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SF-36^® Health Survey and SF-36v2^TM Health Survey (SF-36^® / SF-36v2^TM)

[ Developed in 1990 (SF-36v1) - Modified in 1998 (SF-36v2 - version currently used)
A short form (SF-12) was developed in 1996 ]

	Author(s)
Sherbourne Cathy D Ware John E

Purpose

Pathology:

Generic

Disease:

All

Objective:

The SF-36 was developed during the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) to measure generic health concepts relevant across age, disease, and treatment groups

Population for intended use:

Adolescent
Adult

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

[ Note: Interviewer-administered by a trained interviewer in person or by telephone ]

Number of items:

Existence of database:

Yes

[ Identification form available in the restricted level ]

Recall/Observation period:

The last 4 weeks (standard version) / The last 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-36v2 Standard:

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

SF-36v2 Acute:

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

More information on SF-36v2 available languages on QualityMetric Website

Last update: January 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: July 2008

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