Cultural Issues in Using the SF-36 Health Survey in Asia: Results from Taiwan

Table 3 Reliabilty Statistics and Correlations between SF-36 Scales

Scale	PF	RP	BP	GH	VT	SF	RE	MH
PF – Physical Functioning	(0.83)
RP – Role–Physical	0.47	(0.79)
BP – Bodily Pain	0.39	0.39	(0.70)
GH – General Health	0.34	0.40	0.43	(0.78)
VT – Vitality	0.25	0.26	0.31	0.51	(0.75)
SF – Social Functioning	0.26	0.37	0.38	0.35	0.44	(0.57)
RE – Role–Emotional	0.18	0.34	0.23	0.25	0.33	0.41	(0.75)
MH – Mental Health	0.17	0.17	0.27	0.43	0.69	0.49	0.38	(0.78)

Note. Scale reliability was represented on the diagonal. Internal consistency reliability lower than recommended level of 0.70 were shown with underlined entries.

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