Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey questionnaire: which normative data should be used? Comparisons between the norms provided by the omnibus survey in Britain, the Health Survey for England and the Oxford Healthy Life Survey
Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey questionnaire: which normative data should be used? Comparisons between the norms provided by the omnibus survey in Britain, the Health Survey for England and the Oxford Healthy Life Survey
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10.1093/pubmed/21.3.255
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1999-09-01
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Lamping, DL
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Bowling, A;Bond, M;Lamping, DL
背景测量量表中包含的属性的人群规范需要提供一个标准，可以与其他研究人群的评分进行比较。本研究的目的是获得人口规范的简表36（SF-36）健康调查问卷，来自随机抽样的人口在英国谁是在家里接受采访，并与其他常用normals.Methods方法进行比较是一个面对面的随机抽样的2056成年人生活在英国（响应率78%）。SF-36得分来自这个样本进行了比较与英国健康调查和牛津健康生活Survey.Results控制年龄和性别，许多SF-36维度的平均得分不同的三个数据集之间。英国受访样本在身体功能、社会功能、心理健康、能量/活力和一般健康感知方面的总平均值更好。英格兰的健康（访谈）调查在身体功能、社会功能、角色限制（身体）、身体疼痛和健康感知方面的总平均分最低（最差）。在英格兰中部的邮政样本有最低（最差）的总平均分的角色限制（情绪），心理健康和能源/vitility.Conclusion获得的回应采访方法可能会遭受更多的社会期望偏差（导致膨胀的SF-36分数）比邮政调查。调查之间SF-36平均值的差异也可能反映了问卷的问题顺序和背景效应。这表明为各种问卷管理方法提供特定模式的人口规范的重要性。
Background Population norms for the attributes included in measurement scales are required to provide a standard with which scores from other study populations can be compared. This study aimed to obtain population norms for the Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey Questionnaire, derived from a random sample of the population in Britain who were interviewed at home, and to make comparisons with other commonly used norms.Methods The method was a face-to-face interview survey of a random sample of 2056 adults living at home in Britain (response rate 78 per cent). Comparisons of the SF-36 scores derived from this sample were made with the Health Survey for England and the Oxford Healthy Life Survey.Results Controlling for age and sex, many of mean scores on the SF-36 dimensions differed between the three datasets. The British interview sample had better total means for Physical Functioning, Social Functioning, Mental Health, Energy/Vitality, and General Health Perceptions. The Health (interview) Survey for England had the lowest (worst) total mean scores for Physical Functioning, Social Functioning, Role Limitations (physical) Bodily Pain, and Health Perceptions. The postal sample in central England had the lowest (worst) total mean scores for Role Limitations (emotional), Mental Health and Energy/Vitality.Conclusion Responses obtained from interview methods may suffer more from social desirability bias (resulting in inflated SF-36 scores) than postal surveys. Differences in SF-36 means between surveys are also likely to reflect question order and contextual effects of the questionnaires. This indicates the importance of providing mode-specific population norms for the various methods of questionnaire administration.