Evaluating clinical and demographic influences on health perception: A translation of the SF-12 for use with NHANES.

ABSTRACT: Improving public health depends on an intricate understanding of the factors that influence how individuals perceive and self-report their personal health. Self-perceived health is an independent predictor of future health-related outcomes, but capturing self-perception of health is complex due to the intricate relationship between clinical and perceived health. A commonly used measure of self-perceived health is the Short Form 12 (SF-12), developed in the 1990s. In this study, we aim to evaluate clinical and demographic influences on self-perceived health among American adults using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). While NHANES captures information on a number of domains of health, including clinical assessments, it does not include SF-12 items necessary to m

SUBMITTER: Covert EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8976134 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature