Luciane Nascimento Cruz|Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck|Michele Rosana Oliveira|Suzi Alves Camey|Juliana Feliciati Hoffmann|Ângela Maria Bagattini|Carísi Anne Polanczyk
Health-related quality of life in Brazil: normative data for the SF-36 in a general population sample in the south of the country
Instituto de Saúde|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul|Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
objective study provide normative sf36 scores general population sample brazil describe differences mean scores according sociodemographic characteristics sf36 questionnaire distributed randomly selected sample general population porto alegre state rio grande sul response rate 68 755 subjects included 38 male 62 female lower health status revealed among females 30 44 year age bracket lower income class less education selfreported chronic medical conditions results percentiles scores sf36 reported normative data general population sf36 acceptable practical instrument measuring healthrelated quality life sample brazilians results study useful researchers using sf36 questionnaire groups compare scores normative data sf36 may prove valuable tool discovering vulnerable groups epidemiological studies due ability discriminate different population subgroups