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: 36   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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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