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Table 2 Descriptive statistic and features of the RAND-36 score distribution (n = 3422)

From: The Swedish RAND-36: psychometric characteristics and reference data from the Mid-Swed Health Survey

 

Physical functioning (PF)

Role-functioning/physical (RP)

Pain (P)

General health (GH)

Energy/fatigue (EF)

Social functioning (SF)

Role-functioning/emotional (SF)

Emotional well-being (SF)

Mean (SD)a

78.9 (26.4)

70.4 (40.3)

72.6 (23.4)

66.1 (21.8)

61.0 (22.6)

81.7 (24.2)

74.7 (87.5)

76.2 (19.0)

CI 95%b

78.0–79.8

69.1–71.8

71.7–73.5

65.4–66.8

60.2–61.8

80.9–82.5

73.5–76.0

75.5–76-8

Median

90.0

100

77.5

70.0

65.0

100

77.5

80.0

Skewness

−1.345

−.895

−.736

−.554

−.446

−1.270

− 1.079

−.945

Kurtosis

.768

−.931

−.441

−.323

−.379

.793

−.468

.505

Range

1–100

1–100

1–100

1–100

1–100

1–100

1–100

1100

Floor (%)c

1.1

18.7

1.4

0.1

0.8

0.8

13.6

0.1

Ceiling (%)d

30.3

58.5

28.7

4.8

3.5

51.3

64.2

8.9

Computable scale scores (%)e

98.8

97.5

98.8

98.4

98.6

99.0

97.1

98.5

  1. aUnweighted means. Higher scores indicate better HRQoL
  2. b95% confidence interval
  3. cPercentage of subjects with lowest possible score
  4. dPercentage of subjects with highest possible score
  5. ePercentage computable scale scores