Open AccessA Comparison of SF-36 and SF-12 Composite Scores and Subsequent Hospitalization and Mortality Risks in Long-Term Dialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Eduardo Lacson,
Jianglin Xu,
Shu-Fang Lin,
Sandie Guerra Dean,
J. Michael Lazarus,
Raymond M. Hakim
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.07231009
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , dialysis , sf 36 , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , intraclass correlation , confidence interval , disease , health related quality of life , psychometrics , clinical psychology
The Short Form 12 (SF-12) has not been validated for long-term dialysis patients. The study compared physical and mental component summary (PCS/MCS) scores from the SF-36 with those from the embedded SF-12 in a national cohort of dialysis patients.