SF-12® Health Survey and SF-12v2TM Health Survey (SF-12® / SF-12v2TM)

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:
Adolescent
Adult

[ 14+ years ]
Characteristics
  Type of instrument:
Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)

  Mode of administration:
Computer-administered
Interviewer-administered
Self-administered
Telephone-administered

  Number of items:
12

  Existence of database:
Yes

[ Identification form available in the restricted level ]

  Time recall:
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 may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Please check status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors)

SF-12 Standard/Acute

 Afrikaans
 Estonian
 Japanese¤
 Slovenian
 Bulgarian
 Finnish
 Korean¤
 Spanish
 Chinese for Hong Kong¤
 French
 Latvian¤
 Spanish for Argentina
 Chinese for Singapore¤
 French for Belgium
 Lithuanian¤
 Spanish for Chile
 Croatian
 French for Canada
 Malay for Malaysia
 Spanish for Mexico
 Czech
 French for Switzerland
 Malay for Singapore
 Spanish for Puerto Rico
 Danish
 German
 Malayalam
 Spanish for the USA
 Dutch
 German for Austria
 Marathi
 Swedish
 Dutch for Belgium
 German for Switzerland
 Norwegian
 Tagalog
 English for Australia
 Greek¤
 Polish
 Telugu
 English for Canada
 Gujarati
 Portuguese¤
 Thai
 English for Hong Kong
 Hebrew
 Portuguese for Brazil
 Turkish¤
 English for New Zealand
 Hungarian
 Romanian¤
 Ukrainian
 English for South Africa
 Italian
 Russian
 Xhosa
 English for the UK
 Italian for Switzerland
 Slovak
 Zulu

 ¤ translations available in the standard version only

SF-12 v2 Standard/Acute

 Afrikaans
 French for Belgium
 Malay for Malaysia
 Spanish for Guatemala
 Bulgarian
 French for Canada
 Malay for Singapore
 Spanish for Honduras
 Chinese for China
 French for Switzerland
 Malayalam
 Spanish for Mexico
 Chinese for Hong Kong
 German
 Marathi
 Spanish for Nicaragua
 Chinese for Singapore
 German for Austria
 Norwegian
 Spanish for Panama
 Chinese for Taiwan
 German for Switzerland
 Polish
 Spanish for Peru
 Croatian
 Greek
 Portuguese
 Spanish for Puerto Rico
 Czech¤
 Gujarati
 Portuguese for Brazil
 Spanish for the USA
 Danish
 Hebrew
 Romanian
 Spanish for Uruguay
 Dutch
 Hindi
 Russian
 Swedish
 Dutch for Belgium
 Hungarian
 Serbian
 Tagalog
 English for Australia
 Italian
 Slovak
 Telugu
 English for Canada
 Italian for Switzerland
 Slovenian
 Tamil
 English for New Zealand
 Japanese
 Spanish
 Thai
 English for South Africa
 Kannada
 Spanish for Argentina
 Turkish
 English for the UK
 Korean
 Spanish for Chile
 Ukrainian
 Estonian
 Latvian
 Spanish for Colombia
 Urdu for India
 Finnish
 Lithuanian
 Spanish for Costa Rica
 Urdu for Pakistan
 French
 
 
 

 ¤ translations available in the standard version only
 


Last update: March 2010
Last update in collaboration with the author: October 2006


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