Table 1.
SF-8 item and summary descriptive statistics (N = 1206)
| SF-8 item | Mean (SD) | Response option frequencies (%) | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 1 | General health | 39.98 (7.44) | 1.99 | 6.88 | 26.2 | 38.81 | 21.89 | 4.23 |
| 2 | Physical functioning | 44.11 (11.14) | 35.42 | 29.68 | 10.28 | 13.76 | 10.86 | - |
| 3 | Role – physical | 41.44 (11.50) | 30.18 | 24.96 | 14.10 | 16.91 | 13.85 | - |
| 4 | Bodily pain | 44.59 (11.33) | 21.08 | 12.27 | 15.75 | 23.71 | 21.72 | 5.47 |
| 5 | Vitality | 42.57 (8.12) | 2.32 | 14.76 | 39.39 | 37.64 | 5.89 | - |
| 6 | Social functioning | 44.46 (11.25) | 38.64 | 18.24 | 15.84 | 21.14 | 6.14 | - |
| 7 | Role – emotional | 39.68 (10.92) | 27.69 | 24.21 | 9.95 | 27.12 | 11.03 | - |
| 8 | Mental health | 40.50 (12.06) | 21.64 | 19.24 | 12.44 | 34.41 | 12.27 | - |
| Overall PCS score | 42.21 (11.93) | |||||||
| Overall MCS score | 39.27 (12.83) | |||||||
Abbreviations: MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary; SD, Standard deviation