Table 1.
Item percent missing, item means and standard deviations (SD)a
| Scale | SF-36 Item | % Missing | Mean | SD | |
| Physical Functioning (PF) | |||||
| Vigorous activities | PF1 | 1.1 | 1.99 | 0.64 | |
| Walking more than a kilometer | PF7 | 1.0 | 2.22 | 0.73 | |
| Climbing several flights of stairs | PF4 | 1.0 | 2.51 | 0.63 | |
| Bending, kneeling, stooping | PF6 | 1.0 | 2.56 | 0.59 | |
| Lifting or carrying groceries | PF3 | 1.2 | 2.56 | 0.61 | |
| Moderate activities | PF2 | 0.5 | 2.58 | 0.57 | |
| Walking more than 100 m | PF8 | 0.7 | 2.65 | 0.58 | |
| Climbing one flight of stairs | PF5 | 1.3 | 2.74 | 0.50 | |
| Walking 100 m | PF9 | 1.3 | 2.76 | 0.50 | |
| Bathing or dressing | PF10 | 0.5 | 2.90 | 0.33 | |
| Role-Physical (RP) | |||||
| Accomplished less than would like | RP2 | 0.1 | 1.82 | 0.38 | |
| Difficulty performing work/activities | RP4 | 0.2 | 1.76 | 0.43 | |
| Cut down time spent on work | RP1 | 0.2 | 1.83 | 0.38 | |
| Limited in kind of work/activities | RP3 | 0.2 | 1.88 | 0.33 | |
| Bodily Pain (BP) | |||||
| Intensity of bodily pain | BP1 | 0.3 | 4.51 | 1.11 | |
| Extent pain interfered with work | BP2 | 0.7 | 4.24 | 0.76 | |
| General Health (GH) | |||||
| Rating of general health | GH1 | 0.0 | 3.07 | 0.78 | |
| My health is excellent | GH5 | 0.7 | 3.58 | 1.09 | |
| I seem as healthy as anyone I know | GH3 | 0.3 | 3.96 | 0.98 | |
| I seem to get sick easier than others | GH2 | 0.7 | 3.76 | 1.12 | |
| I expect my health to get worse | GH4 | 0.7 | 3.80 | 1.12 | |
| Vitality (VT) | |||||
| Have a lot of energy | VT2 | 0.5 | 3.62 | 0.98 | |
| Full of life | VT1 | 0.5 | 3.75 | 0.93 | |
| Feel worn out | VT3 | 0.6 | 4.52 | 0.88 | |
| Feel tired | VT4 | 0.2 | 4.55 | 0.91 | |
| Social Functioning (SF) | |||||
| Extent health problems interfered | SF1 | 0.5 | 4.31 | 0.75 | |
| Frequency health problems interfered | SF2 | 0.7 | 3.94 | 0.98 | |
| Role-Emotional (RE) | |||||
| Accomplished less than would like | RE2 | 0.5 | 1.77 | 0.42 | |
| Cut down time spent on work | RE1 | 0.4 | 1.78 | 0.42 | |
| Work not done as carefully as usual | RE3 | 0.5 | 1.87 | 0.34 | |
| Mental Health (MH) | |||||
| Felt calm and peaceful | MH3 | 0.5 | 3.30 | 0.93 | |
| Been a happy person | MH5 | 0.6 | 4.11 | 0.98 | |
| Been a very nervous person | MH1 | 0.2 | 4.35 | 0.85 | |
| Felt down hearted and blue | MH4 | 0.5 | 4.85 | 0.92 | |
| Felt down in the dumps | MH2 | 0.5 | 4.92 | 0.92 | |
| Health Transition (HT) | |||||
| Change in health from one year ago | HT | 0.2 | 2.88 | 0.84 |
aItems within a scale are ordered according to their relative expected means[20], with items having the highest expected mean at the top.