Health-Related Quality of Life Measures

In medical research and clinical practices, there is an increasing interest in instruments used to measure health-related quality of life in general population surveys. The 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) is one of the most widely used screening device for measuring physical, mental and social well-being to assess social heterogeneity in self-reported health status. This book examines the psychometric properties of the Tunisian version of SF-12 in terms of the measurement and conceptual model, sensitivity, "known groups" construct validity, convergent validity and, hence, to increase confidence in using the SF-12 in Tunisian studies as an alternative to the more time-demanding SF-36.

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Moheddine Younsi, PhD in Economics, Associate professor at Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Sfax, Tunisia, member of the working group on health economics at URDE since 2008. Mohamed Chakroun, PhD, currently Associate professor at Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.