SynthesisQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2018
Psychometric validation of the SF-36
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Development of updated population norms for the SF-36 for Hungary and comparison with 1997-1998 norms.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Article
- The Short Form 6 Dimensions (SF-6D): Development and Evolution.Applied health economics and health policy · 2025Review
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- Quality of life among family caregivers of cancer patients: an investigation of SF-36 domains.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Mirikizumab Improves Quality of Life in Patients With Moderately-to-Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis: Results From the Phase 3 LUCENT-1 Induction and LUCENT-2 Maintenance Studies.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2023Article
- Evaluation and correlation analysis of ocular surface disorders and quality of life in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a cross-sectional study.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Ocular surface disorders affect quality of life in patients with autoimmune blistering skin diseases: a cross-sectional study.BMC ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Impact of Bowel Urgency on Quality of Life and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2022Article
- Health-related quality of life in patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis in remission.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo conduct a systematic literature review of the reliability, construct validity, and responsiveness of the SF-36
methodsWe performed a systematic search of electronic medical databases to identify published peer-reviewed studies which reported scores from the eight scales and/or two summary measures of the SF-36 collected from adult patients with UC. Study findings relevant to reliability, construct validity, and responsiveness were reviewed.
resultsData were extracted and summarized from 43 articles meeting inclusion criteria. Convergent validity was supported by findings that 83% (197/236) of correlations between SF-36 scales and measures of disease symptoms, disease activity, and functioning exceeded the prespecified threshold (r ≥ |0.40|). Known-groups validity was supported by findings of clinically meaningful differences in SF-36 scores between subgroups of patients when classified by disease activity (i.e., active versus inactive), symptom status, and comorbidity status. Responsiveness was supported by findings of clinically meaningful changes in SF-36 scores following treatment in non-comparative trials, and by meaningfully larger improvements in SF-36 scores in treatment arms relative to controls in randomized controlled trials. The sole study of SF-36 reliability found evidence supporting internal consistency (Cronbach's α ≥ 0.70) for all SF-36 scales and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient ≥0.70) for six of eight scales.
conclusionsEvidence from this systematic literature review indicates that the SF-36 is reliable, valid, and responsive when used with UC patients, supporting the inclusion of the SF-36 as an endpoint in clinical trials for this patient population.
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