Consequences of using SF-12 and RAND-12 when examining levels of well-being and psychological distress

References

• Smith DM, Langa KM, Kabeto MU, Ubel PA. Health, wealth, and happiness: financial resources buffer subjective well-being after the onset of a disability. Psychol Sci 2005; 16: 663–666
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Diener E, Emmons RA, Larsen RJ, Griffin S. The Satisfaction with Life Scale. J Pers Assess 1985; 49: 71–75
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pavot W, Diener E. Review of the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Psychol Assess 1993; 5: 164–172
   Google Scholar
• Bosch AM, Tybout W, van Spronsen FJ, de Valk HW, Wijburg FA, Grootenhuis MA. The course of life and quality of life of early and continuously treated Dutch patients with phenylketonuria. J Inherit Metab Dis 2007; 30: 29–34
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Painter PL, Luetkemeier MJ, Moore GE, et al. Health-related fitness and quality of life in organ transplant recipients. Transplantation 1997; 64: 1795–1800
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Simon GE, Revicki DA, Grothaus LMA, Vonkorff M. SF-36 summary scores: are physical and mental health truly distinct. Med Care 1998; 36: 567–572
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ware JEJ, Kosinski M, Keller SD. A 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey: construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity. Med Care 1996; 34: 220–233
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ware JEJ, Kosinski M, Keller SD. SF-12; How to score the SF-12 Physical and Mental Health Summary Scales. QualityMetric Incorporated, Lincoln, RI 1998
   Google Scholar
• Ware JE, Jr, Sherbourne CD. The MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36): I. conceptual framework and item selection. Med Care 1992; 30: 473–483
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kessler R, Morczek D. Final version of our Non-Specific Psychological Distress Scale. Survey Research Centre Institute for Social Research University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1994
   Google Scholar
• Kessler RC, Andrews G, Colpe LJ, et al. Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress. Psychol Med 2002; 32: 959–976
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Andrews G, Slade T. Interpreting scores on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Aust N Z J Public Health 2001; 25: 494–497
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Furukawa TA, Kessler RC, Slade T, Andrews G. The performance of the K6 and K10 screening scales for psychological distress in the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being. Psychol Med 2003; 33: 357–362
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arrindell WA, Heesink J, Feij JA. The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS): appraisal with 1700 healthy young adults in The Netherlands. Pers Individ Differ 1999; 26: 815–826
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hart T, Hanks R, Bogner JA, Millis S, Esselman P. Blame attribution in intentional and unintentional traumatic brain injury: longitudinal changes and impact on subjective well-being. Rehabil Psychol 2007; 52: 152–161
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jenkinson C, Wright L, Coulter A. Criterion validity and reliability of the SF-36 in a population sample. Qual Life Res 1994; 3: 7–12
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johnson JA, Maddigan SL. Performance of the RAND-12 and SF-12 summary scores in type 2 diabetes. Qual Life Res 2004; 13: 449–456
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nortvedt MW, Riise T, Myhr K-M, Nyland HI. Performance of the SF-36, SF-12, and RAND-36 summary scales in a multiple sclerosis population. Med Care 2000; 38: 1022–1028
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ware JE, Kosinski M, Bayliss MS, et al. Comparison of methods for the scoring and statistical analysis of SF-36 health profile and summary measures: summary of results from the Medical Outcomes Study. Med Care 1995; 33(Suppl 4)AS279–AS264
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilson D, Parsons J, Tucker G. The SF-36 summary scales: problems and solutions. Soc Prev Med 2000; 45: 239–246
   Google Scholar
• Taft C, Karlsson J, Sullivan M. Do SF-36 summary component scores accurately summarize subscale scores?. Qual Life Res 2001; 10: 395–404
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hays RD. RAND-36 Health Status Inventory. The Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, TX 1998
   Google Scholar
• Windsor TD, Rodgers B, Butterworth P, Anstey KJ, Jorm AF. Measuring physical and mental health using the SF-12: implications for community surveys of mental health. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2006; 40: 797–803
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nunnaly JC, Bernstein IH. Psychometric theory. McGraw-Hill, New York 1994
   Google Scholar
• Andrews G. Outcome measures suitable for patients with mental disorders seen in general practice. Sydney: CRUFAD, 2003. [cited 1 October 2007.] Available from URL: http://www.crufad.com/phc/outcome.htm.
   Google Scholar
• Dupont WD, Plummer WD. Density distribution sunflower plots. J Stat Soft 2003; 8: 1–5
   Google Scholar
• Cleveland WS. Robust locally weighted regression and smoothing scatterplots. J Am Stat Assoc 1979; 74: 829–836
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rose G. Sick individuals and sick populations. Int J Epidemiol Assoc 1985; 30: 427–432
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar