•Assesses function and well-being in any
patient population with chronic disease
•Easy
to administer
•Age-specific normative data are available
for most countries
•Norms established for a number of chronic
disease states
•Each scale ranges 0 to 100
•Higher score indicates better function
Medical
College of Wisconsin website. February
26, 2003.
The
SF-36 Health Survey. March 18, 2003.