Translation and adaptation of the German version of the Veterans Rand—36/12 Item Health Survey

Table 3 Distribution properties of PCS and MCS by instrument and version

Instrument	n	M ± SD	Min–Max	Kurtosis	Excess	K–S-Test
PCS_VR-36	155	38.50 ± 10.15	11.7–67.8	0.151	− 0.226	0.200
MCS_VR-36	155	36.18 ± 14.21	12.9–66.6	0.437	− 0.817	0.049
PCS_VR-12	173	36.30 ± 11.55	12.7–59.3	0.141	− 0.969	0.057
MCS_VR-12	173	37.23 ± 13.82	8.4–70.2	0.389	− 0.527	0.001
PCS_SF-12	150	36.95 ± 10.95	15.5–61.6	0.27	− 0.724	0.060
MCS_SF-12	150	39.04 ± 12.33	17.6–65.4	0.268	− 1.001	0.002
PCS_SF-36	168	37.50 ± 11.67	13.8–66.1	0.289	− 0.465	0.097
MCS_SF-36	168	39.03 ± 15.62	2.04–73.2	0.055	− 0.989	0.005

K-S-Test Kolmogorov-Smirnov-Test, M mean, SD standard deviation, n sample size

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