The SF-36v2 and SF-12v2 health surveys in New Zealand: Norms, scoring coefficients and cross-country comparisons

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-31

  Frieling, Margreet A ^a   Davis, Walter R ^b   Chiang, Grace ^a  

^a Statistics New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Population norms; Scoring coefficients; Self reported health; SF 12; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873644720     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12006     Document Type: Article

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