Validation of a French-language version of the MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) in young healthy adults

doi:10.1016/0895-4356(94)00227-H

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volume 48, Issue 8, August 1995, Pages 1051-1060

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Abstract

The MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) is designed to measure 8 dimensions of health in clinical and general population settings. The main aim of this paper was to examine the reliability and validity of this instrument in young adults. A secondary aim was to document the results of a rapid translation procedure of the instrument, to be compared later to the more thorough official French adaptation. The translated survey was answered in 1992 by 1007 residents of Geneva, Switzerland, 18–44 years old, identified from health insurance rolls (82% response rate). Completion rate for all 8 dimensions of health was 95.5%. The instrument demonstrated excellent covergent (100%) and discriminant (98%) validity against pre-set criteria. Interval scaling of responses could be verified in some, but not all, items. Cronbach α (reliability) coefficients ranged from 0.76 to 0.92. Factorial analysis yielded 2 principal components, corresponding to mental and physical health. Thirteen of 16 correlations between health dimensions and principal components were within a pre-established range. Validation by independent clinical variables was also, with few exceptions, consistent with theory. Thus the SF-36 retained excellent psychometric properties even when used in a generally very healthy group. The careful but rapid translation procedure used in this study may be an effective alternative to full-scale cultural adaptations when resources are limited.

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Original articleValidation of a French-language version of the MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) in young healthy adults

Abstract

J Clin Epidemiol

J Clin Epidemiol

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N Engl J Med

SF-36 Health Survey

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Med Care

The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36): II. psychometric and clinical tests of validity in measuring physical and mental health constructs

Med Care

The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36): III. Tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, and reliability across diverse patient groups

Med Care

The RAND 36-item Health Survey 1.0

Health Econ

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Br Med J

The SF-36 health survey questionnaire: an outcome measure suitable for routine use within the NHS?

Br Med J

Original article
Validation of a French-language version of the MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) in young healthy adults