Observed agreement problems between sub-scales and summary components of the SF-36 version 2 - an alternative scoring method can correct the problem.

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Published in PLoS One on April 12, 2013

Authors

Graeme Tucker1, Robert Adams, David Wilson

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1: SA Department of Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Graeme.Tucker@health.sa.gov.au

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