A 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey: Construction of Scales and Preliminary Tests of Reliability and Validity

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 220-233

  Ware Jr , John E ^a,b,c   Kosinski, Mark ^a   Keller, Susan D ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status assessment; Health survey; Health related quality of life; Medical Outcomes Study; SF 12; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030096228     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199603000-00003     Document Type: Article

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