Use of SF-36 and SF-12 Health Status Measures: A Quantitative Comparison for Groups Versus Individual Patients

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 867-878

  Riddle, Daniel L ^c   Lee, Kang T ^a   Stratford, Paul W ^b  

^a Millennium Rehab Services   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Responsiveness; Sensitivity to change; SF 36, sf 12, health status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0035432880     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200108000-00012     Document Type: Article

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