title: [The version 2.0 of the SF-36 Health Survey: results of a population-representative study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The SF-36 is an internationally approved instrument to assess subjective health. In its second version the SF-36 contains modifications to version 1.0 in several item formulations and response categories. The second version is translated in German but a psychometric analysis and standardisation are still lacking.
  
  
  METHODS
  The SF-36, version 2.0, was administered in a representative German sample (n = 2043), analysed concerning its scale structure, reliability, dissemination characteristics and differences in traits of populations and compared to version 1.0 (German health survey).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Version 2.0 shows high reliability in subscales and has a scale structure which is comparable to that of version 1.0. The scale values in the actual population-representative sample survey are rather distributed obliquely and effects of sex, age and residence (Eastern/Western Germany) have been found in regression analyses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The psychometric comparability of both versions is given but should interpreted with caution as regards content because of the different enquiry periods. Though the expected gain in psychometric quality and discrimination of version 2.0 to version 1.0 is evident, but does not justify a preference to version 2.0.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Psychosoziale Medizin, Institut und Poliklinik für Medizinische Psychologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Deutschland. morfeld@uke.uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morfeld
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bullinger
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nantke
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brähler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires