US Norms for Six Generic Health-Related Quality-of-Life Indexes From the National Health Measurement Study

Abstract

Background-A number of indexes measuring self-reported generic health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) using preference-weighted scoring are used widely in population surveys and clinical studies in the U.S.

Sleep duration and health status self-assessment (SF-36) in the elderly: a population-based study (ISA-Camp 2008)

“…As the self-assessment of health is significantly associated with clinical conditions and mortality 4,50 , beyond the results of objective measures 5,51 , and considers different health dimensions, studies on the association between self-assessed health and sleep duration can provide important information for health management in the elderly. The present study is one of the first to describe this association and broaden knowledge on the relationship between long sleep duration patterns and health outcomes, an area which merits further research.…”

“…A number of studies report a strong correlation between the health dimensions addressed by the SF-36 and the presence of health conditions and clinical symptoms 2,3 and also suggest that self-assessment may serve to predict mortality 4 . The measurement of health status dimensions provides useful indicators of health conditions and wellbeing that may complement evaluations of illness and mortality indicators 1,5 .…”

Natural History of Vanishing White Matter

“…To analyze the evolution of HUI scores over time, we gave each patient a baseline score at disease onset, corresponding to the age‐matched reference scores from HUI3 reference population data 25, 26. For individuals younger than 5 years, for whom no reference scores are available, we applied the reference score of 0.92 for age 5 years.…”

Gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität bei Erwachsenen in Deutschland

“…Die Version 2 des SF-36 (SF-36V2) misst die gleichen Bereiche wie die Version 1, enthält aber teilweise Veränderungen in der Sprache und den Antwortkategorien und soll verständlicher sein und eine noch bessere interkulturelle Vergleichbarkeit gewährleisten [14,15,16]. Mittlerweile wurde der SF-36V2 außer in den USA [17,18,19,20] in weiteren englischsprachigen Ländern wie Australien [13], Neuseeland [21] und Großbritannien [14] und in nicht-englischsprachigen Ländern wie Brasilien [22], China [23], Schweden [24] und Spanien [25] angewendet. In Deutschland wurde er erstmalig im Jahr 2002 eingesetzt [26].…”