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

	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:

Adolescent
Adult

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

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

Mode of administration:

Computer-administered
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 ]

Time recall:

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

SF-36 Standard/Acute:

Afrikaans	English for New Zealand	Italian	Spanish for Argentina
Arabic for Qatar	English for the Philippines¤	Italian for Switzerland	Spanish for Chile
Arabic for Saudi Arabia	English for Singapore	Japanese	Spanish for Colombia
Arabic for Tunisia	English for South Africa	Kannada	Spanish for Costa Rica
Armenian	English for Taiwan¤	Korean	Spanish for Guatemala
Bengali for India	English for the UK	Latvian	Spanish for Honduras
Bulgarian	Estonian	Lithuanian	Spanish for Mexico
Cebuano	Finnish	Malay for Malaysia	Spanish for Peru
Chinese for Hong Kong¤	French	Malay for Singapore¤	Spanish for Puerto Rico
Chinese for Malaysia	French for Belgium	Malayalam	Spanish for the USA
Chinese for Singapore	French for Canada	Maltese	Spanish for Uruguay¤
Chinese for Taiwan¤	French for Switzerland	Marathi	Spanish for Venezuela
Chinese for the USA¤	German	Norwegian	Swedish
Croatian	German for Austria	Polish	Tagalog
Czech	German for Switzerland	Portuguese	Tamil
Danish	Greek	Portuguese for Brazil	Telugu
Dutch	Gujarati	Punjabi	Thai
Dutch for Belgium	Hebrew	Romanian	Turkish
English for Australia	Hindi	Russian	Ukrainian
English for Canada	Hungarian	Serbian	Urdu for India
English for Hong Kong	Icelandic¤	Slovak	Vietnamese
English for India¤	Indonesian	Slovenian	Xhosa
English for Malaysia¤	Iranian	Spanish	Zulu

SF-36 v2 Standard/Acute:

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

¤ translations available in the standard version only
# translations available in the acute version only

Last update: February 2010
Last update in collaboration with the author: 2001