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Reliability and Validity of the SF-12 Health Survey Among People With Severe Mental Illness
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this work was to assess the reliability and validity of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 12-Item Health Survey (SF-12) in a large sample of people with severe mental illness (SMI). METHODS: We examined the internal factor structure of the SF-12, compared component scores for this sample with normative levels, examined test-retest reliability, and examined convergent and divergent validity by comparing SF-12 scores to other indexes of physical and mental health. RESULTS: The SF-12 distinguished this sample of people with SMI from the general population, was stable over a 1-week interval, consisted of 2 fairly distinct factors, and was related to physical and mental health indexes in expected ways. CONCLUSIONS: The SF-12 appears to be a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring health-related quality of life for people with SMI.
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- Authors
- Salyers, M. P., Bosworth, H. B., Swanson, J. W., Lamb-Pagone, J., & Osher, F. C.
- Affiliations
- Connecticut Valley Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Salyers, Michelle P.
- Venue
- Medical Care
- Published
- 2000-11
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1141-1150
- ISSN
- 0025-7079 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2092323433
- Cited by
- 390
- References
- 35
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- FWCI
- 10.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Medical Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01mh048103-08, 5r01mh050094-03)
- National Institute of Mental Health (P50MH043703, P50-MH43703, R01-MH-50094-03S2, R01-MH48103-05)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Health Education and Validation
- Keywords
- SF-12, health survey, severe mental illness, health-related quality of life, psychometric validation, reliability statistics, validity, factor structure, test-retest reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity, physical health, mental health
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Connecticut, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Maryland, Mental Health, Middle Aged, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Psychotic Disorders, Quality of Life, Severity of Illness Index
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