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. 2023 Feb 9;12(1):15–25. doi: 10.4103/gmit.gmit_102_22
Scale Sum Item Values Lowest and Highest Possible Raw Scores Possible Raw Score Range

Symptom Severity Sum 1 – 8 8, 40 32

Transformation for Symptom Severity raw scores ONLY:
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For the HRQL subscales (concern, activities, energy/mood, control, self-conscious, and sexual function), create summed scores of the items listed below for each individual subscale. To calculate the HRQL total score, sum the value of each individual subscale (do not sum individual items). Use the formula below the table to transform all values. Higher scores will be indicative of better HRQL (high = good).

Scale Sum Item Values Lowest and Highest Possible Raw Scores Possible Raw Score Range

Concern 9+15+22+28+32 5, 25 20
Activities 10+11+13+19+20+27+29 7, 35 28
Energy/mood 12+17+23+24+25+31+35 7, 35 28
Control 14+16+26+30+34 5, 25 20
Self-conscious 18+21+33 3, 15 12
Sexual function 36+37 2, 10 8
HRQL TOTAL Sum of 6 Subscale Scores 29, 145 116

Formula for transformation of HRQL raw scores ONLY:
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Missing Items
For the subscale analyses, if < 50% of the scale items are missing, the scale should be retained with the mean scale score of the items present used to impute a score for the missing items. If ≥ 50% of the items are missing, no scale score should be calculated, the subscale score should be considered missing. If a subscale score is missing, the HRQL total cannot be calculated.