sf12mcs_dv

SF-12 Mental Component Summary (MCS)

Datafile

• indresp

Index term

• Health and well-being -> Lifestyle and health -> Health status

Variable note:

SF-12 Mental Component Summary (MCS). This measure converts valid answers to the origin questions scsf1, scsf2a, scsf2b, scsf3a, scsf3b, scsf4a, scsf4b, scsf5, scsf6a, scsf6b, scsf6c and scsf7 into a single mental functioning score, resulting in a continuous scale with a range of 0 (low functioning) to 100 (high functioning). For complete details on scoring methods see Ware, J.E., Kosinski, M., Turner-Bowker, D.M. and Gandek, B. (2001), How to Score Version 2 of the SF-12 Health Survey (With a Supplement Documenting Version 1), Lincoln, RI, Quality Metric Incorporated. Stata-syntax for deriving sf12pcs_dv and sf12mcs_dv can be found here sf12pcs_dv.

See sf12pcs_dv.

Uses scsf1, scsf2a, scsf2b, scsf3a, scsf3b, scsf4a, scsf4b, scsf5, scsf6a, scsf6b, scsf6c and scsf7

Derived variable note:

SF-12 Mental Component Summary (MCS). This measure converts valid answers to the origin questions w_sf1 w_sf2a w_sf2b w_sf3a w_sf3b w_sf4a w_sf4b w_sf5 w_sf6a w_sf6b w_sf6c w_sf7 into a single mental functioning score, resulting in a continuous scale with a range of 0 (low functioning) to 100 (high functioning). For complete details on scoring methods see Ware, J.E., Kosinski, M., Turner-Bowker, D.M. and Gandek, B. (2001), How to Score Version 2 of the SF-12 Health Survey (With a Supplement Documenting Version 1), Lincoln, RI, Quality Metric Incorporated. Stata-syntax for deriving sf12pcs_dv and sf12mcs_dv.

See SF12PCS_DV

Derived variable note:

Uses SF1 SF2A SF2B SF3A SF3B SF4A SF4B SF5 SF6A SF6B SF6C SF7/