Assessing the reliability of the short form 12 (SF-12) health survey in adults with mental health conditions: a report from the wellness incentive and navigation (WIN) study

Huo, Tianyao; Guo, Yi; Shenkman, Elizabeth; Muller, Keith E.

doi:10.1186/s12955-018-0858-2

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“…The SF‐12 physical health and mental health composite scores assess how physical health (e.g., pain) and affective symptoms (e.g., feeling depressed or anxious) have influenced functioning in daily life, respectively. The SF‐12 has been shown to have good internal consistency (e.g., Huo et al, 2018), and in COMBINE, the SF‐12 had an internal consistency reliability of α = 0.91. The World Health Organization Quality‐of‐Life Scale‐BREF (WHOQOL‐BREF; WHOQOL Group, 1998) was used to assess participants’ perceived quality of life in the past 4 weeks in physical health, psychological, social, and environmental (e.g., home environment, finances, safe/security) domains of functioning.…”

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confidence: 99%

Can Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery Include Some Heavy Drinking? A Replication and Extension up to 9 Years Following Treatment

Witkiewitz

Pearson

Wilson

et al. 2020

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background Recent research indicates some individuals who engage in heavy drinking following treatment for alcohol use disorder fare as well as those who abstain with respect to psychosocial functioning, employment, life satisfaction, and mental health. The current study evaluated whether these findings replicated in an independent sample and examined associations between recovery profiles and functioning up to 6 years later. Methods Data were from the 3‐year and 7‐ to 9‐year follow‐ups of subsamples initially recruited for the COMBINE study (3‐year follow‐up: n = 694; 30.1% female, 21.0% non‐White; 7‐ to 9‐year follow‐up: n = 127; 38.9% female, 27.8% non‐White). Recovery at 3 years was defined by latent profile analyses including measures of health functioning, quality of life, employment, alcohol consumption, and cannabis and other drug use. Functioning at the 7‐ to 9‐year follow‐up was assessed using single items of self‐rated general health, hospitalizations, and alcohol consumption. Results We identified 4 profiles at the 3‐year follow‐up: (i) low‐functioning frequent heavy drinkers (13.9%), (ii) low‐functioning infrequent heavy drinkers (15.8%), (iii) high‐functioning heavy drinkers (19.4%), and (iv) high‐functioning infrequent drinkers (50.9%). At the 7‐ to 9‐year follow‐up, the 2 high‐functioning profiles had the best self‐rated health, and the high‐functioning heavy drinking profile had significantly fewer hospitalizations than the low‐functioning frequent heavy drinking profile. Conclusions Previous findings showing heterogeneity in recovery outcomes were replicated. Most treatment recipients functioned well for years after treatment, and a subset who achieved stable recovery engaged in heavy drinking and reported good health outcomes up to 9 years after treatment. Results question the long‐standing emphasis on drinking practices as a primary outcome, as well as abstinence as a recovery criterion in epidemiologic and treatment outcome research and among stakeholder groups and funding/regulatory agencies. Findings support an expanded recovery research agenda that considers drinking patterns, health, life satisfaction, and functioning.

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confidence: 99%

Can Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery Include Some Heavy Drinking? A Replication and Extension up to 9 Years Following Treatment

Witkiewitz

Pearson

Wilson

et al. 2020

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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“…The Short Form (SF)-12 is derived from the SF-36 instrument that is designed to measure generic quality of life [30]. The SF-12 has been validated across a number of chronic conditions and populations, including people with mental conditions and in Asian settings [31][32][33]. It generates scores across eight domains of health: physical function (PF), role-physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health (GH), vitality (VT), social function (SF), roleemotion (RE), and mental health (MH) which are then used to generate two summary scores -physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS).…”

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Understanding the relationships between mental disorders, self-reported health outcomes and positive mental health: findings from a national survey

Vaingankar

Chong

Abdin

et al. 2020

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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Background: The link between mental illness and mental health is gaining focus in research and practice. This study aimed to investigate the association of mental disorders with positive mental health (PMH), overall health and quality of life. In addition, the role of PMH in mediating the relationships between mental disorders and health outcomes was assessed. Methods: The study sample comprised 2270 residents aged 18 years and above who participated in a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey estimating the lifetime prevalence of mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders, and health outcomes (self-reported overall health, quality of life and PMH) in Singapore. The Positive Mental Health Instrument was used to estimate the level of Total PMH among the respondents with and without mental disorders. Associations between mental disorders and health outcomes were assessed through regression models. Path analyses were conducted to investigate mediating role of PMH. Results: Total PMH (Mean ± SD) was significantly lower among individuals having any of the studied lifetime mental disorders (4.23 ± 0.64 versus 4.50 ± 0.67 among those without these disorders). Although having a mood or anxiety disorder was associated with significantly lower Total PMH even after controlling for socio-demographic characteristics, similar relationship was not observed for alcohol use disorders. History of any mental disorders was also associated with lower overall health and quality of life. Total PMH mediated the relationships between mental disorders and overall health and quality of life by reducing the effect sizes for the associations between mental disorders and these health outcomes. Conclusions: Mental disorders were associated with poor health outcomes in affected individuals. This study showed that PMH can mediate the relationships between mental disorders and health outcomes, and act as an underlying mechanism to improve overall health and quality of life in individuals with mental disorders. Findings thus highlight the significance of incorporating mental health promotion and interventions in clinical populations.

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“…Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better health. The SF-12 has demonstrated reliability among populations with mental illness and co-occurring medical conditions [41], as well as validity among those who have experienced both homelessness and mental illness [42].…”

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Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Health-Related Quality of Life among People with Serious Mental Illness in Supportive Housing

Stefancic

Wang

et al. 2020

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Background: Given indications of widening disparities in mortality for people with serious mental illness, understanding and reducing their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and improving health-related quality of life is an urgent public health priority. This study examined CVD risk factor clustering, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and their correlates among people with SMI who were overweight/obese (i.e., BMI ≥ 25) and living in supportive housing. Methods: Baseline data were used from participants enrolled in a clinical trial examining the effectiveness of a peer-led healthy lifestyle program. univariate analyses were used to describe the distribution of individual risk factors and the cumulative number of CVD risk factors. Bivariate and regression analyses were used to explore correlates of individual CVD risk factors, the cumulative number of risk factors, and HRQoL Physical and Mental Health Composite Scores. Results: Participants were 48.7 years old, on average (sd = 11.6) and the majority identified as male (57.3%) and as racial/ethnic minorities (82%; primarily non-Hispanic black). Most participants (75.4%) had at least two co-occurring CVD risk factors and almost half (46.7%) had three or more, most commonly obesity, smoking, and hypertension. Prevalence of individual risk factors, particularly smoking and diabetes, varied by demographic and clinical characteristics. Identifying as female, older age, and taking second generation antipsychotic medication were associated with having more co-occurring CVD risk factors, while having completed high school was associated with fewer risks. Number of co-occurring CVD risk factors, identifying as female, and greater psychiatric symptoms were negatively associated with physical HRQoL. Older age, lower psychiatric symptoms, and greater internal locus of control were positively associated with mental HRQoL.Conclusion: Even when compared to other studies examining CVD risk among individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, our study sample generally had higher rates of clustering of multiple risk factors, highlighting the need for urgent intervention among those living in supportive housing. Demographic and clinical factors further identify those who may have the highest risk as well as factors that may adversely affect perceived health status and functioning. Reducing CVD risk and improving HRQoL will likely require expanding access to quality care, adapting intervention approaches to subpopulations, and providing increased support to facilitate health behavior change and perceived control for modifiable risk factors.Trial Registration: This trial was registered through ClinicalTrials.gov on June 26, 2014. The registration number is NCT02175641.

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Assessing the reliability of the short form 12 (SF-12) health survey in adults with mental health conditions: a report from the wellness incentive and navigation (WIN) study

Cited by 171 publications

References 18 publications

Can Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery Include Some Heavy Drinking? A Replication and Extension up to 9 Years Following Treatment

Can Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery Include Some Heavy Drinking? A Replication and Extension up to 9 Years Following Treatment

Understanding the relationships between mental disorders, self-reported health outcomes and positive mental health: findings from a national survey

Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Health-Related Quality of Life among People with Serious Mental Illness in Supportive Housing

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