8-Item Short Form Health Survey.

SF-8

What it measures

Single-item-per-domain generic HRQoL; one item for each of the 8 SF-36 domains, yielding PCS-8 and MCS-8 summaries

Length and format

8 (one per SF-36 domain). 5- or 6-point category scales; norm-based scoring (mean 50, SD 10) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Numerous languages (part of the SF family translation program)

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., Dewey, J. E., & Gandek, B. (2001). How to Score and Interpret Single-Item Health Status Measures: A Manual for Users of the SF-8 Health Survey. Lincoln, RI: QualityMetric.