John E. Ware

Research topics

• Health disparities and outcomes · 3 papers
• Health and Wellbeing Research · 2 papers
• Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · 1 paper
• Psychometric Methodologies and Testing · 1 paper
• Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · 1 paper
• Healthcare Policy and Management · 1 paper

Frequent co-authors

• Cathy Donald Sherbourne · 2 papers
• Mark R. Kosinski · 1 paper
• Susan Keller · 1 paper
• Colleen A. McHorney · 1 paper

Papers

1. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)Medical Care · 1992 · 30,301 citations

   A 36-item short-form (SF-36) was constructed to survey health status in the Medical Outcomes Study. The SF-36 was designed for use in clinical practice and research, health policy evaluations, and general population surveys. The SF-36 includes one multi-item scale that…

2. A 12-Item Short-Form Health SurveyMedical Care · 1996 · 17,614 citations

   Regression methods were used to select and score 12 items from the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) to reproduce the Physical Component Summary and Mental Component Summary scales in the general US population (n=2,333). The resulting 12-item…

3. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36): III. Tests of Data Quality, Scaling Assumptions, and Reliability Across Diverse Patient GroupsMedical Care · 1994 · 4,494 citations

   The widespread use of standardized health surveys is predicated on the largely untested assumption that scales constructed from those surveys will satisfy minimum psychometric requirements across diverse population groups. Data from the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) were used to evaluate…