^sf36v2^ program ___________________ sf36v2 calculates the ^SF36 version 2 score^ (SF36) from your records ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^DISCLAIMER^: Terms and Conditions for Using the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey apply In order to use the SF-36 Health Survey and scoring algorithms you must register at: http://www.qualitymetric.com/DefaultPermissions/RequestInformation/tabid/233/Default.aspx Every effort is made to test code as thoroughly as possible but user must accept responsibility for use ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Syntax: ^sf36v2^ , acute ref(population) fsc(year) details suffix(text) ^acute^ specifies that the data refer to acute (1 week recall) form of the SF36 score If this option is not specified, the score is used assuming that the data have been collected using the standard (4 week recall) form ^ref(^population^)^ can be used to specify the reference population and year default reference population is US 1998. The program supports US 1998 and JP 2002 reference populations ^fsc(^year^) can be used to specify which factor score coefficients have to be used for the computation of the physical and mental component score. Default coefficients are 1990 coefficients ^details^ will produce a table with the norms and factor score coeffients which have been used for the calculation ^suffix(^text^)^ allows use of suffixes to the variable names specified below Examples: ^sf36v2^, ref(US 1998) ^sf36v2^, acute d ^sf36v2^, ref(JP 2002) FCS(1995) suf(1y) Note: The variables containing the information for the calculation need first to be named as defined below. Suffixes may be specified as wished (see options above). PF01-PF10: Physical Functioning Questions 1-10 RP01-RP04: Role-Physical Questions 1-4 BP01-BP02: Bodily Pain Questions 1-2 GH01-GH05: General Health Questions 1-5 VT01-VT04: Vitality Questions 1-4 SF01-SF02: Social Functioning Questions 1-2 RE01-RE03: Role-Emotional Questions 1-3 MH01-MH05: Mental Health Questions 1-5 HT: Reported Health Transition Treatment of Missing Data: A scale score is calculated if a respondent answered at least half of the items in a multi-item scale (or half plus one in case of odd nr. of items) References and norms: US norms according to: Ware JE, Kosinski M, Dewey JE. How to Score Version 2 of the SF-36 (R) Health Survey. Lincon, RI: QualityMetric Incorporated, 2000. Japanese norms according to: Fukuhara S, Suzukamo Y. Manual of SF-36v2 Japanese version: Institute for Health Outcomes & Process Evaluation Research, Kyoto, 2004 ________________________________________________________ AO Clinical Investigation and Documentation Program author: Monica Daigl Date: 22.09.2010