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Item percent missing, item means and standard deviations (SD)a |
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| Scale |
SF-36 Item |
% Missing |
Mean |
SD |
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| Physical Functioning (PF) |
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| Vigorous activities |
PF1 |
1.1 |
1.99 |
0.64 |
|
| Walking more than a kilometer |
PF7 |
1.0 |
2.22 |
0.73 |
|
| Climbing several flights of stairs |
PF4 |
1.0 |
2.51 |
0.63 |
|
| Bending, kneeling, stooping |
PF6 |
1.0 |
2.56 |
0.59 |
|
| Lifting or carrying groceries |
PF3 |
1.2 |
2.56 |
0.61 |
|
| Moderate activities |
PF2 |
0.5 |
2.58 |
0.57 |
|
| Walking more than 100 m |
PF8 |
0.7 |
2.65 |
0.58 |
|
| Climbing one flight of stairs |
PF5 |
1.3 |
2.74 |
0.50 |
|
| Walking 100 m |
PF9 |
1.3 |
2.76 |
0.50 |
|
| Bathing or dressing |
PF10 |
0.5 |
2.90 |
0.33 |
|
| Role-Physical (RP) |
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| Accomplished less than would like |
RP2 |
0.1 |
1.82 |
0.38 |
|
| Difficulty performing work/activities |
RP4 |
0.2 |
1.76 |
0.43 |
|
| Cut down time spent on work |
RP1 |
0.2 |
1.83 |
0.38 |
|
| Limited in kind of work/activities |
RP3 |
0.2 |
1.88 |
0.33 |
|
| Bodily Pain (BP) |
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| Intensity of bodily pain |
BP1 |
0.3 |
4.51 |
1.11 |
|
| Extent pain interfered with work |
BP2 |
0.7 |
4.24 |
0.76 |
|
| General Health (GH) |
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| Rating of general health |
GH1 |
0.0 |
3.07 |
0.78 |
|
| My health is excellent |
GH5 |
0.7 |
3.58 |
1.09 |
|
| I seem as healthy as anyone I know |
GH3 |
0.3 |
3.96 |
0.98 |
|
| I seem to get sick easier than others |
GH2 |
0.7 |
3.76 |
1.12 |
|
| I expect my health to get worse |
GH4 |
0.7 |
3.80 |
1.12 |
|
| Vitality (VT) |
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| Have a lot of energy |
VT2 |
0.5 |
3.62 |
0.98 |
|
| Full of life |
VT1 |
0.5 |
3.75 |
0.93 |
|
| Feel worn out |
VT3 |
0.6 |
4.52 |
0.88 |
|
| Feel tired |
VT4 |
0.2 |
4.55 |
0.91 |
|
| Social Functioning (SF) |
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| Extent health problems interfered |
SF1 |
0.5 |
4.31 |
0.75 |
|
| Frequency health problems interfered |
SF2 |
0.7 |
3.94 |
0.98 |
|
| Role-Emotional (RE) |
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| Accomplished less than would like |
RE2 |
0.5 |
1.77 |
0.42 |
|
| Cut down time spent on work |
RE1 |
0.4 |
1.78 |
0.42 |
|
| Work not done as carefully as usual |
RE3 |
0.5 |
1.87 |
0.34 |
|
| Mental Health (MH) |
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| Felt calm and peaceful |
MH3 |
0.5 |
3.30 |
0.93 |
|
| Been a happy person |
MH5 |
0.6 |
4.11 |
0.98 |
|
| Been a very nervous person |
MH1 |
0.2 |
4.35 |
0.85 |
|
| Felt down hearted and blue |
MH4 |
0.5 |
4.85 |
0.92 |
|
| Felt down in the dumps |
MH2 |
0.5 |
4.92 |
0.92 |
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| Health Transition (HT) |
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| Change in health from one year ago |
HT |
0.2 |
2.88 |
0.84 |
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aItems within a scale are ordered according to their relative expected means[20], with items having the highest expected mean at the top. | |||||
Lim et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6:52 doi:10.1186/1477-7525-6-52 |
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