36-item Short-Form General Health Survey(English)

• composed of 8 multi-item scales (35 items) assessing physical function (10 items), role limitations due to physical health problems (4 items), bodily pain (2 items), general health (5 items), vitality (4 items), social functioning (2 items), role limitations due to emotional problems (3 items) and emotional well-being (5 items). These eight scales can be aggregated into two summary measures: the Physical (PCS) and Mental (MCS) Component Summary scores. The 36th item, which asks about health change, is not included in the scale or summary scores. The SF-12 is a 12-item subset of the SF-36 that has two summary measures: the Physical (PCS-12) and Mental (MCS-12) Component Summary scores. Higher scores represent better health
• SF-12, BIoH, MODEMS, JHS, HRQoL, MCS, PCS
• Questionnaire, Mental health
• https://doi.org…/1477-7525-5-54