12-Item Short Form Health Survey.

SF-12

What it measures

Brief generic HRQoL; reproduces the SF-36 Physical (PCS-12) and Mental (MCS-12) component summary scores

Length and format

12 items. mixed 2-, 3- and 5-point response scales; scored to PCS-12 / MCS-12 (mean 50, SD 10) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

100+ language versions (subset of the SF-36/IQOLA translations)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - commercial

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Reference

Ware, J. E., Kosinski, M., & Keller, S. D. (1996). A 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey: construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity. Medical Care, 34(3), 220-233.