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Table 2 SF-12 v2 items and descriptive statistics (n =1000)

From: Assessment of psychometric properties of the Korean SF-12 v2 in the general population

Item description (scale)

Mean

SD

Item response category frequency (%)

   

1

2

3

4

5

Moderate activities (PF)

2.85

0.40

1.6

11.6

86.8

NA

NA

Climb several flights of stairs (PF)

2.81

0.45

2.4

14.5

83.1

NA

NA

Accomplished less, physical (RP)

4.53

0.84

0.8

3.6

7.4

18.1

70.1

Limited in kind of work (RP)

4.72

0.69

0.4

2.3

4.6

10.4

82.3

Pain-interference (BP)*

4.70

0.68

0.7

1.2

5.1

13.4

79.6

Health in general (GH)*

3.73

0.81

0.6

9.4

46.9

36.2

6.9

Energy (VT)*

3.71

0.90

2.1

8.4

21.6

52.4

15.5

Social time (SF)

4.76

0.61

0.3

1.1

4.1

11.5

83.0

Accomplished less, emotional (RE)

4.61

0.73

0.3

2.2

6.5

18.2

72.8

Did work less carefully (RE)

4.67

0.66

0.0

1.6

6.0

16.6

75.8

Calm and peaceful (MH)*

3.92

0.76

1.4

5.0

10.1

67.7

15.8

Downhearted and blue (MH)

4.38

0.81

0.5

2.6

10.0

32.3

54.6

  1. NA: Not applicable because these two items have only three response options.
  2. *Item recoded; hence, higher scores indicate a better condition.