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Instrument Title

A health status questionnaire using 30 items from the medical outcomes study

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Source Article

Wu, A. W., Rubin, H. R., Mathews, W. C., Ware Jr, J. E., Brysk, L. T., Hardy, W. D., et al. (1991). A health status questionnaire using 30 items from the medical outcomes study. Medical Care, 29(8), 786-798.

Response Options

Survey Items

Internal Reliability

Cronbach's alpha was >0.78 for all but role functioning scale

Validity

Discriminant validity

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Wu, A. W., Rubin, H. R., Mathews, W. C., Ware Jr, J. E., Brysk, L. T., Hardy, W. D., et al. (1991). A health status questionnaire using 30 items from the medical outcomes study. Medical Care, 29(8), 786-798.

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.