Table 1.

Items used in the scoring of SF-36

Domain	Item numbers	Total number of items
General-health	1, 11a,11b, 11c,11d,	5
Physical- functioning	3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, 3j	10
Pain	7, 8	2
Role-limitation-physical	4a, 4b, 4c, 4d	4
Role-limitation-emotional	5a, 5b, 5c	3
Vitality	9a, 9e, 9g, 9i	4
Social-functioning	6, 10	2
Emotional- wellbeing	9b, 9c, 9d, 9f, 9h	5