Measuring Health in Patients With Cervical and Lumbosacral Spinal Disorders: Is the 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey a Valid Alternative for the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 829-833

  Lee, C Ellen ^a   Browell, Lisa M ^b   Jones, Dina L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Genesis Elder Care   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Lumbosacral region; Patient outcome assessment; Rehabilitation; Validity of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 42649126363     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.056     Document Type: Article

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