The Relationship between the Visual Analog Scale and the SF-36 Scales in the General Population: An Update

Amir Shmueli

Medical Decision Making, 2004, vol. 24, issue 1, 61-63

Abstract: Objective. To update the 1993 relationship between the visual analog scale (VAS) and the 8 SF-36 scales found in the Israeli Jewish urban population aged 45 to 75 years and reported in Medical Decision Making (1999;19:122–7). Methods. Interviews with a sample of 2505 persons representing the same population in 2000 were used to estimate the above relationship. Results. The distributions of the VAS and the SF-36 8 scales were similar in 1993 and in 2000. In 2000, the Role-Emotional scale was not associated with the VAS, while the General Health scale proved to be its major determinant. Generally, the effects of the SF-36 scales on the VAS did not change between 1993 and 2000. Discussion. The relationship between the VAS and the SF-36 scales was found generally stable in the general population between 1993 and 2000, controlling for sociodemographic changes. The estimated relationship might be useful in predicting VAS scores from SF-36 scales in the general population.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/0272989X03261562

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