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Table 2 Mean and confidence intervals (CI 95%) of SF-36 v.2 items. PDSD, 2008

From: Psychometric evaluation of the SF-36 (v.2) questionnaire in a probability sample of Brazilian households: results of the survey Pesquisa Dimensões Sociais das Desigualdades (PDSD), Brazil, 2008

Scale

SF-36 Item

Mean (CI 95%)

Physical functioning (PF)

3A. Vigorous activities, such as running, lifting heavy objects, or participating in strenuous sports

2.28 (2.27 - 2.29)

 

3B. Moderate activities, such as moving a table, pushing a vacuum cleaner, dancing ou swimming

2.48 (2.46 - 2.49)

 

3C. Lifting or carrying groceries

2.49 (2.47 - 2.50)

 

3D. Climbing several flights of stairs

2.44 (2.42 - 2.45)

 

3E. Climbing one flight of stairs

2.54 (2.53 - 2.56)

 

3F. Bending, kneeling, or stooping

2.50 (2.48 - 2.51)

 

3G. Walking more than a kilometer

2.49 (2.48 - 2.51)

 

3H. Walking several hubdreds of meters

2.53 (2.51 - 2.54)

 

3I. Walking one hundred meters

2.61 (2.60 - 2.62)

 

3J. Bathing or dressing oneself

2.74 (2.73 - 2.75)

Role physical (RF)

4A. Cut down the amount of time one spent on work or other activities

4.11 (4.09 - 4.13)

 

4B. Accomplished less than you would like

4.06 (4.04 - 4.09)

 

4C. Limited in kind of work or other activites

4.11 (4.09 - 4.14)

 

4D. Had difficulty performing work or other activities (i.g., took extra effort)

4.11 (4.09 - 4.13)

Bodily pain (BP)

7. Intensity of bodily pain

4.60 (4.58 - 4.63)

 

8. Extent pain interfered with normal work

5.07 (5.05 - 5.10)

General health (GH)

1A. Is your health: excellent, very good, good, fair, poor.

3.05 (3.03 - 3.07)

 

11A. Seem to get sick a little easier than other people

4.14 (4.12 - 4.16)

 

11B. As healthy as anybody I know

3.93 (3.91 - 3.96)

 

11C. Expect my health to get worse

4.05 (4.03 - 4.08)

 

11D. Health is excellent

3.86 (3.84 - 3.89)

Vitality (VT)

9A. Feel full of life

4.10 (4.08 - 4.12)

 

9E. Have a lot of energy

3.97 (3.95 - 3.99)

 

9G. Feel worn out

3.93 (3.91 - 3.95)

 

9I. Feel tired

3.50 (3.48 - 3.52)

Social functioning (SF)

6. Extent health problems interfered with normal social activities

4.42 (4.40 - 3.42)

 

10. Frequency health problems interfered with social activities

4.29 (4.27 - 4.31)

Role emotional (RE)

5A. Cut down the amount of time one spent on work or other activities

4.25 (4.23 - 4.27)

 

5B. Accomplished less than you would like

4.22 (4.20 - 4.24)

 

5C. Did work or other activities less carefully than usual

4.34 (4.32 - 4.36)

Mental health (MH)

9B. Been very nervous

3.53 (3.51 - 3.55)

 

9C. Felt so down in the dumps that nothing could cheer you up

4.22 (4.20 - 4.24)

 

9D. Felt calm and peaceful

3.77 (3.75 - 3.79)

 

9F. Felt downhearted and depressed

4.11 (4.09 - 4.13)

 

9H. Been happy

4.27 (4.25 - 4.29)

Health transition

2.How health is now compared to 1 year ago

2.90 (2.88 - 2.91)