The Argentine–Spanish SF-36 Health Survey was successfully validated for local outcome research

Augustovski, Federico; Lewin, Gabriela; Elorrio, Ezequiel García; Rubinstein, Adolfo

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.05.004

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“…Our findings demonstrated less pronounced age differences in health status scores with increasing age compared with previous studies [23,37,38]. The plateau in healthrelated quality of life may be characteristic of the Dutch population.…”

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Normative data of the SF-12 health survey with validation using postmyocardial infarction patients in the Dutch population

2009

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Objective To gain Dutch population norms for the Short Form-12 (SF-12), a generic health status questionnaire, in a random sample of the general population and to validate these in postmyocardial infarction (MI) patients. Methods 2,301 respondents from the general population and 459 post-MI patients completed the Short Form-36 (SF-36), which was used to calculate SF-12 scores. Results The SF-12 summary scores correlated highly with SF-36 summary scores, demonstrating that these scores explain the same amount of variance in health status. Significant sex differences (P \ .001) existed for both the physical component summary (PCS) and the mental component summary (MCS). Multivariate analysis of variance showed a main effect of age in oblique (PCS-12: P \ .001; MCS-12: P \ .001) and orthogonally rotated PCS scores (PCS-12_uc: P \ .001; MCS-12_uc: P = .07). As expected, post-MI patients reported statistically significant and clinically relevant poorer mental (P \ .001) and physical functioning (P \ .001). Differences were less pronounced for MCS and PCS derived from orthogonal rotation data. When controlling for covariates, MI did not significantly affect PCS-12_uc anymore in orthogonally rotated data, while PCS-12_uc was affected by fewer covariates compared with PCS-12. Conclusions This study presents Dutch population norms for the SF-12 in a large random population sample obtained from both oblique and orthogonal PCA rotation methods, revealing systematic differences between the results based on these two methods. Furthermore, this study demonstrates the discriminative validity of the SF-12 by showing that post-MI patients differ significantly from the normative population on PCS-12 scores.

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Normative data of the SF-12 health survey with validation using postmyocardial infarction patients in the Dutch population

2009

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“…The reliability and validity of the SF-36 have been extensively studied in general and diseased populations [18] . The SF-36 has been validated successfully in Argentina [20] .…”

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“…Figure 1 shows the SF-36 mean scores for each scale and the summary scales. For comparison, the Argentinean population norms are also shown [20] . The HRQoL of the study sample was lower, particularly in the mental health-related scales and summary score.…”

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“…1. SF-36 scale and summary scores: study population and Argentinean population norms [20]. PF = Physical functioning; RP = role limitations due to physical health; BP = bodily pain; GH = general health perceptions; VT = vitality; SF = social functioning; RE = role limitations due to emotional problems; MH = mental health; PCS = physical component summary; MCS = mental component summary.…”

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Validity and Reliability of the SF-36 Administered to Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidence from a South American Sample

Machnicki

Allegri

Ranalli

et al. 2009

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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Background: Being a caregiver of a patient with Alzheimer’s disease is associated with impaired health status and declines in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This paper evaluates the reliability and validity of the Argentinean version of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) among caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Methods: Forty-eight caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients completed the SF-36, the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Patients were evaluated for dementia severity using the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) and for cognitive status using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). Results: The SF-36 scales demonstrated adequate-to-strong internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha range: 0.72 to 0.92). Correlations between the SF-36 scales and the ZBI were moderate to strong (range: –0.19 to –0.79, all p < 0.01 expect for physical function). Significant correlations between the SF-36 scales and the CDR, MMSE and NPI were lower (range: –0.30 to –0.40, p < 0.001) and strongest in mental health-related scales of the SF-36. The SF-36 demonstrated good factorial validity. Conclusions: The Argentinean translation of the SF-36 is reliable and valid for use to measure the HRQoL of caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

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“…Hitherto, such analyses are rare. Admittedly, there are several statistical analyses that refer solely to the classification system of the SF-36, from which the classification system of the SF-6D is constructed [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]. There are, however, only a few studies in which the relations between the SF-36 and one or more different instruments have been investigated [55][56][57][58], and in only one of these analyses is a further generic instrument for measuring HRQoL considered [55].…”

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The classification systems of the EQ-5D, the HUI II and the SF-6D: what do they have in common?

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The Argentine–Spanish SF-36 Health Survey was successfully validated for local outcome research

Cited by 53 publications

References 23 publications

Normative data of the SF-12 health survey with validation using postmyocardial infarction patients in the Dutch population

Normative data of the SF-12 health survey with validation using postmyocardial infarction patients in the Dutch population

Validity and Reliability of the SF-36 Administered to Caregivers of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidence from a South American Sample

The classification systems of the EQ-5D, the HUI II and the SF-6D: what do they have in common?

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