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. 2015 Feb 13;24(8):2015–2023. doi: 10.1007/s11136-015-0929-3

Table 5.

Normative data for the SMFA-NL

N Mean (SD) 95% CI
Indices
Function Index
 18–24 121 90.0 (12.2) 87.8–92.2
 25–34 112 89.8 (12.7) 87.4–92.2
 35–44 113 89.3 (13.3) 86.8–91.8
 45–54 98 87.6 (14.1) 84.7–90.4
 55–64 106 86.5 (12.7) 84.1–89.0
 65–75 83 87.1 (13.5) 84.1–90.0
 Males 321 90.2 (11.2) 88.9–91.4
 Females 296 86.6 (14.7) 84.9–88.3
 Total 643 88.5 (13.2) 87.4–89.5
Bother index
 18–24 141 91.3 (14.2) 88.9–93.6
 25–34 137 90.6 (14.8) 88.1–93.1
 35–44 142 87.0 (19.3) 83.8–90.2
 45–54 135 84.6 (18.6) 81.5–87.8
 55–64 134 83.1 (17.7) 80.1–86.1
 65–75 133 84.7 (18.7) 81.5–87.9
 Males 401 88.8 (15.2) 87.3–90.3
 Females 398 84.7 (19.5) 82.8–86.7
 Total 832 87.0 (17.5) 85.8–88.2
Subscales
Upper extremity dysfunction
 Males
  18–24 47 98.4 (7.6) 96.2–100.0
  25–34 53 96.2 (12.2) 92.9–99.6
  35–44 57 96.8 (9.2) 94.3–99.2
  45–54 76 96.9 (7.2) 95.3–98.6
  55–64 86 95.4 (9.2) 93.5–97.5
  65–75 83 96.1 (10.1) 93.9–98.3
  Total 403 96.5 (9.3) 95.6–97.4
 Females
  18–24 87 95.8 (10.1) 93.7–98.0
  25–34 75 96.6 (10.3) 94.3–99.1
  35–44 81 94.1 (15.0) 90.9–97.5
  45–54 57 94.2 (13.8) 90.6–97.9
  55–64 49 89.2 (13.7) 85.3–93.2
  65–75 52 89.5 (17.5) 84.6–94.4
  Total 405 93.8 (13.6) 95.4–95.1
Lower extremity dysfunction
 18–24 131 92.0 (13.5) 89.6–94.3
 25–34 126 92.9 (12.3) 90.7–95.1
 35–44 135 90.9 (14.6) 88.4–93.4
 45–54 117 89.0 (14.7) 86.3–81.7
 55–64 120 87.6 (13.8) 85.1–90.1
 65–75 112 86.4 (14.8) 83.6–89.1
 Males 369 90.9 (12.8) 90.9–92.2
 Females 353 88.8 (15.4) 87.2–90.4
 Total 751 89.9 (14.2) 88.8–90.9
Problems with daily activities
 18–24 132 91.4 (14.5) 88.6–93.9
 25–34 124 90.5 (15.4) 87.7–93.2
 35–44 123 88.7 (16.9) 85.7–91.7
 45–54 112 85.2 (19.6) 81.5–88.8
 55–64 115 83.9 (17.9) 80.6–87.2
 65–75 100 86.0 (17.3) 82.6–89.4
 Males 357 89.6 (14.7) 89.6–91.1
 Females 329 85.5 (19.3) 83.4–87.6
 Total 717 87.8 (17.1) 86.5–89.0
Mental and emotional problems
 18–24 141 78.5 (16.0) 75.9–81.2
 25–34 138 79.5 (17.2) 76.6–82.4
 35–44 144 77.8 (20.1) 74.5–81.1
 45–54 133 78.1 (17.6) 75.1–81.2
 55–64 138 78.0 (15.3) 75.4–80.6
 65–75 137 80.2 (17.1) 77.3–83.1
 Males 407 81.9 (15.1) 80.4–83.4
 Females 401 75.2 (18.7) 73.3–77.0
 Total 841 78.7 (17.2) 77.6–79.9