Table 2.

Methods for calculating SF-36 Total/Global/Overall Score in 172 articles.

Method for calculating SF-36 Total Score	n	Reference
Not specified	129	9–137
Not specified, but referred to studies by the SF-36 developers or others	13	138,a 139,b 140,c 141,d 142,e,f 143,g 144,h 145,b 146,b 147,i 148,b 149,j 150k,l
Sum of the eight SF-36 domain scores	7	151–157
Sum of the two domains	1	158 m
Sum of the eight SF-36 domains and the health transition item scores	1	159
“Sum of subcategories scores functional status, well being and overall health evaluation”	1	160
Arithmetic averaging
(a) The eight SF-36 domains	16	161,n 162,o 163–176
(b) The Physical and Mental Component Summaries	3	177,e 178,p 179
Adding a third second-order factor (well-being) to the eight SF-36 domains and to the Physical and Mental Component Summaries	1	180

^aCited Kosinski et al.¹⁸¹

^bCited Ware and Sherbourne.¹⁸²

^cCited Ware and Sherbourne¹⁸² and McHorney et al.¹⁸³

^dCited Ware.¹⁸⁴

^eCited Ware and Gandek.¹⁸⁵

^fCited Ware et al.¹⁸⁶

^gCited Kalantar-Zadeh et al.¹⁶⁷

^hCited Hays and Sherbourne.¹⁸⁷

ⁱCited Alonso et al.¹⁸⁸

^jCited Ware et al.¹⁸⁹

^kCited Brazier et al.¹⁹⁰

^lCited Brazier et al.¹⁹¹

^mCited Zabel et al.¹⁹²

ⁿCited Brazier et al.¹⁹³

^oCited Bronfort and Bouter.¹⁵⁹

^pCited Ware et al.¹⁹⁴