SF-12 · 12-Item Short Form Health Survey

Licensed — we carry the score, never the form

1 Before you use it

What it is

Metadata only. The 12-item SF-36, producing the two component summaries without the eight individual domains.

When to reach for it

When it appears in an existing dataset. No routine placement role.

Patterns it serves · 2

Hip Osteoarthritis Knee Osteoarthritis

2 Giving it

Scoring

Physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component summaries via the published algorithm. Higher is better.

What it doesn’t measure

Region-specific change.

3 Reading the score

Interpreting it

Is the change real?

No verified MCID or MDC is carried in our library for this measure, so the number on its own cannot tell you a change is real. Compare it to this patient's own baseline and say what changed functionally.

Student trap. Assuming the 12-item version is free because it's shorter. Same licence.

Licensed through coas.iqvia.com. We don't host the form.

Use instead: EQ-5D-5L — same construct, no licence.

This is a learning tool. It does not diagnose patients and does not replace your clinical educator.

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