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We are unable to provide further information on permission requests. Interpretation of SF Health Survey scores needs to account for cultural differences. Draugalis , Ron D. Additional studies need to be conducted in a sample of the Saudi population to further assess the psychometric properties of the Arabic version.

For those interested in information about the physical and mental health summary scores and the work done to create a single score, we suggest the following articles:. Anita Stewart , John E. Walking several blocks 1 2 3 Walking one block 1 2 3 Bathing or dressing yourself 1 2 3. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks All of the time Most of the time A good bit of the time Some of the time A little of the time None of the time Did you feel full of pep?

Have you been a very nervous person? Have you felt so down in the dumps that nothing could cheer you up? Have you felt calm and peaceful? Did you have a lot of energy? First, precoded numeric values are recoded per the scoring key given in Table 1. Note that all items are scored so that a high score defines a more favorable health state. In addition, each item is scored on a 0 to range so that the lowest and highest possible scores are 0 and , respectively.

Scores represent the percentage of total possible score achieved. In step 2, items in the same scale are averaged together to create the 8 scale scores. Table 2 lists the items averaged together to create each scale.