Health and health care; personal characteristics

Table explanation

Description topics

SF-12 health measure, 12 plus

The 'Short Format 12' or SF-12 questionnaire is a selection of 12 questions from the SF-36 (Ware et al., 1995 *). The SF-12 is a widely used international standard of a generic health measure. The SF-12 measures eight health aspects, namely physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health problems, physical pain, general health, vitality (energy / fatigue), social functioning, role limitations due to emotional problems and mental health. Based on the 12 questions, two partial scales can be calculated; a summary measure for physical health (norm score physical) and a summary measure for psychological health (norm score psychological).
These norm scores are calculated for people aged 12 or older.
*Ware J.E., Kosinski M., Keller S.D. SF-12: How to score the SF-12 Physical and Mental Health Summary Scales. Boston, MA: The Health Institute, New England Medical Center, Second Edition, 1995.

Separate items

A lot of energy

Respondents aged 12 or older were asked how they have felt in the past 4 weeks:
Would you like to answer each question that best reflects how you have felt? Did you have a lot of energy
1. Constantly
2. Mostly
3. Often
4. Sometimes
5. Rarely
6. Never

Constantly

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘constantly’ answer the question ‘Did you have a lot of energy?’’

Mostly

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘mostly’ answer the question ‘Did you have a lot of energy?’

Often

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘often’ answer the question ‘Did you have a lot of energy?’

Sometimes

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘sometimes’ answer the question ‘Did you have a lot of energy?’

Rarely

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘rarely’ answer the question ‘Did you have a lot of energy?’

Never

Percentage of people 12 years of age or older who ‘never’ answer the question ‘Did you have a lot of energy?’