Overview of the SF-36 Health Survey and the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project.
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Summary
Information is presented about the development and evaluation of the SF-36 Health Survey, a 36-item generic measure of health status, that summarizes studies of reliability and validity and provides administrative and interpretation guidelines for theSF-36.
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- 1998-11-01
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Keywords
Reliability (semiconductor), Quality of life (healthcare), Validity, Psychology, Environmental health
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