PhD Scientific Days 2024

Poster Session S - Health Sciences 2.

Mental and Physical Health Composite Summary Scores for the Hungarian SF-36 Generic Health Status Measure

Előadó neve

Mr. Bató, Alex

Neptun code

hgx6wi

Előadó munkahelye

Semmelweis University

Előadó telefonszáma

+36307013335

Előadó e-mail címe

bato.alex@phd.semmelweis.hu

Az előadás címe

Mental and Physical Health Composite Summary Scores for the Hungarian SF-36 Generic Health Status Measure

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Alex Bató¹, Valentin Brodszky², Fanni Rencz²

1: Doctoral School, Semmelweis University and Department of Health Policy, Corvinus University of Budapest
2: Department of Health Policy, Corvinus University of Budapest

Bemutatás módja

Poszter

Szekció

Poster Session S - Health Sciences 2.

Language of the presentation

Hungarian

Preferred session

Health Sciences

Összefoglaló szövege

Introduction: The 36-item short-form survey (SF-36) is a generic health status measure covering eight health domains. SF-36 allows to generate two summary scores, namely mental health composite (MHC) and physical health composite (PHC) summary scores based on the health domains.
Aims: This study aimed to develop age- and gender-specific summary scores for the Hungarian SF-36 MHC and PHC using data representative of the Hungarian general population.
Method: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among the Hungarian adult general population in November 2020. Overall, 1700 respondents completed the SF-36v1 measure. SF-36 physical functioning (PF), social functioning (SF), role-physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), mental health (MH), role-emotional (RE), vitality (VT), general health (GH) mean domain values were calculated. MHC and PHC summary scores were calculated by multiplying the age- and gender-specific z-score of each SF-36 domain by its respective scoring coefficient. Factor scoring coefficients were generated from an obliquely rotated two-factor model. Regression models were performed to explore the relationship of sociodemographic and health-related variables with the SF-36 domain values and summary scores.
Results: The sample exhibited good representativeness regarding age groups, gender, employment, marital status, region, place of residence, and prevalence of chronic health conditions. The MHC summary scores ranged from 43.21 (18-24 age group) to 57.32 (65+ age group) and PHC summary scores ranged from 42.55 (65+ age group) to 58.65 (18-24 age group). Males reported better health status than females in MHC and PHC summary scores, and in all domains except GH (p < 0.001). Lower PHC summary scores were associated with advancing age (p < 0.001). Respondents with higher level of education had higher MHC and PHC summary scores (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: This study provided age- and gender-specific summary scores for the SF-36 mental health composite and physical health composite. Overall, the results of this study contribute to help clinicians and policy makers to interpret patients' SF-36 responses in Hungary.
Funding: Alex Bató’s work was supported by the ÚNKP-23-3 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Culture and Innovation from the source of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund.

University

Semmelweis University

Supervisor

Fanni Rencz

Publication of my abstract

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Kind

Szabad

Status

elfogadva

Accepted presentation method

poszter

Előadás fájl jóváhagyás

nem rendelkezett róla

Előadó

8071

Start

16:25

End

16:28