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The SF-12® Health Survey (SF-12) (Ware et al. 1996) is a 12-item questionnaire used to assess generic health outcomes from the patient’s perspective. Generic patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures like the SF-12 assess general health and well-being [or health-related quality of life (HRQOL)], including the impact of any and all illnesses on a broad range of functional domains. The SF-12 consists of a subset of 12 items from the SF-36® Health Survey (SF-36) (Ware and Sherbourne 1992; Ware et al. 1993) covering the same eight domains of health outcomes, including physical functioning (PF), role-physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health (GH), vitality (VT), social functioning (SF), role-emotional (RE), and mental health (MH). Version 2 of the SF-36 (Ware et al. 2007, 2008) and SF-12 (Ware et al. 2002) measures the same domains but contains improvements in wording and response choices to cover a wider range of health. The SF-12 and SF-36 are part of the...
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Turner-Bowker, D., Hogue, S.J. (2023). Short Form 12 Health Survey (SF-12). In: Maggino, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_2698
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