TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relationship between the Visual Analog Scale and the SF-36 Scales in the General Population
T2 - An Update
AU - Shmueli, Amir
PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Israel
KW - SF-36
KW - VAS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1642484489&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0272989X03261562
DO - 10.1177/0272989X03261562
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C2 - 15005955
AN - SCOPUS:1642484489
SN - 0272-989X
VL - 24
SP - 61
EP - 63
JO - Medical Decision Making
JF - Medical Decision Making
IS - 1
ER -