8-Item Short Form Health Survey.
SF-8
Single-item-per-domain generic HRQoL; one item for each of the 8 SF-36 domains, yielding PCS-8 and MCS-8 summaries
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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)
- 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.
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