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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of score distributions for SF-36 scales: combined sample [14]

From: The Malay version of SF-36 health survey instrument: testing data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability and validity in post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery patients at the National Heart Institute (Institut Jantung Negara—IJN), Kuala Lumpur

 

PF

RP

BP

GH

VT

SF

RE

MH

Mean

77.1

66.6

67.3

57.2

62.7

79.2

60.5

65.7

SD

25.0

42.1

31.5

20.0

26.9

46.2

24.4

24.4

Minimum

5

0

0

5

5

0

04

4

Maximum

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

% floor

0

22

0.5

0

0

0.5

33

0

% ceiling

28

55

39

3

8

49

65

6

  1. PF physical functioning, RP role limitation—physical, BP bodily pain, GH general health, VT vitality, SF social functioning, RE role limitation—emotional, MH mental health