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

Department of Health Management, The Hebrew University, POB 12272 Jerusalem, Israel,ashmueli{at}md2.huji.ac.il

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 inMedical 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.

Key Words: VAS • SF-36 • Israel

Medical Decision Making, Vol. 24, No. 1, 61-63 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X03261562


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