SF-36 questionnaire population quality of life indices Objective

Authors :: V N Amirdjanova
D V Goryachev
N I Korshunov
A P Rebrov
V N Sorotskaya
Source :: Научно-практическая ревматология, Vol 46, Iss 1, Pp 36-48 (2008)
Publication Year :: 2008
Publisher :: IMA PRESS LLC, 2008.
Abstract: To standardize general quality of life (QL) questionnaire SF-36 scales and calculate population scale measures depending on respondents sex and age. Material and methods. Standardized QL measures of all SF-36 questionnaire scales were calculated in 3400 respondents of 5 centers of Russian Federation stratified according to sex and age. Results. Male population had better QL measures than female (p