RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0.

RAND-36

What it measures

Generic HRQoL across the same 8 domains as the SF-36 (physical functioning, role limitations physical and emotional, energy/fatigue, emotional wellbeing, social functioning, pain, general health)

Length and format

36 (identical item set to SF-36 v1). mixed Likert + yes/no; 0-100 domain transformation (different pain and general-health scoring from Ware's SF-36) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Inherits the SF-36 translation base (used internationally; many country adaptations)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

public-domain / open

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Reference

Hays, R. D., Sherbourne, C. D., & Mazel, R. M. (1993). The RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0. Health Economics, 2(3), 217-227.