Research article
Canadian normative data for the SF-36 health survey
Wilma M. Hopman, Tanveer Towheed, Tassos Anastassiades, Alan Tenenhouse, Suzette Poliquin, Claudie Berger, Lawrence Joseph, Jacques P. Brown, Timothy M. Murray, Jonathan D. Adachi, David A. Hanley, Emmanuel Papadimitropoulos and The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study Research Group
CMAJ August 08, 2000 163 (3) 265-271;
Wilma M. Hopman
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Tanveer Towheed
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Tassos Anastassiades
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Alan Tenenhouse
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Suzette Poliquin
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Claudie Berger
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Lawrence Joseph
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Jacques P. Brown
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Timothy M. Murray
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Jonathan D. Adachi
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
David A. Hanley
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
Emmanuel Papadimitropoulos
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
From *the MacKenzie Health Services Research Group and †the Division of Rheumatology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.; ‡the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) National Coordinating Centre and §the CaMos Analysis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; ¶the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; the Departments of Medicine at **Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que., ††the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., ‡‡McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., and §§the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; and ¶¶Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Toronto, Ont.***The list of CaMos investigators appears at the end of this article. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal (coordinating centre): Alan Tenenhouse (principal investigator), Suzette Poliquin (national coordinator), Lawrence Joseph (study statistician), Lucie Blondeau (statistician), Claudie Berger (statistician), Suzanne Lefebvre (administrative assistant); University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Jerilynn C. Prior (centre director), Brian Lentle (Radiology Study consultant), Yvette Vigna (centre coordinator); University of Alberta, Edmonton: Stuart Jackson (medical physicist), Loralee Robertson (research assistant); University of Calgary: David A. Hanley (centre director), Jane Allan (centre coordinator); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon: Wojciech P. Olszynski (centre director), and Pat Krutzen and Jola Kedra (centre coordinators); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.: Jonathan D. Adachi (centre director), Laura Pickard (centre coordinator); University of Toronto: Nancy Kreiger (study epidemiologist), Timothy M. Murray (centre director), Barbara Gardner-Bray (centre coordinator); Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.: Tassos Anastassiades (centre director), and Pamela Hartman and Barbara Matthews (centre coordinators); Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Que.: Jacques P. Brown (centre director), and Nathalie Migneault-Roy and Evelyne Lejeune (centre coordinators); Dalhousie University, Halifax: Roger S. Rittmaster (centre director), Susan Kirkland (epidemiologist), Barbara Stanfield (centre coordinator); and Memorial University, St. John's: Carol Joyce (centre director), Minnie Parsons (centre coordinator)
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Canadian normative data for the SF-36 health survey
Wilma M. Hopman, Tanveer Towheed, Tassos Anastassiades, Alan Tenenhouse, Suzette Poliquin, Claudie Berger, Lawrence Joseph, Jacques P. Brown, Timothy M. Murray, Jonathan D. Adachi, David A. Hanley, Emmanuel Papadimitropoulos, The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study Research Group
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Canadian normative data for the SF-36 health survey
Wilma M. Hopman, Tanveer Towheed, Tassos Anastassiades, Alan Tenenhouse, Suzette Poliquin, Claudie Berger, Lawrence Joseph, Jacques P. Brown, Timothy M. Murray, Jonathan D. Adachi, David A. Hanley, Emmanuel Papadimitropoulos, The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study Research Group
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- Predicting the Longer-term Outcomes of Total Hip Replacement
- Functional impairment in chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and multiple chemical sensitivity
- A Comparison of Quality of Life and Travel-Related Factors between In-center and Satellite-Based Hemodialysis Patients
- Lateral compression fractures of the superior pubic ramus with intra-articular extension
- Prospective Study of Neuropsychiatric Events in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Validation of a New Simple Scale to Measure Symptoms in Atrial Fibrillation: The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Severity in Atrial Fibrillation Scale
- The Role of Pantalar Arthrodesis in the Treatment of Paralytic Foot Deformities: A Long-Term Follow-up Study
- Impact of Caring for a Child With Cancer on Parents' Health-Related Quality of Life
- Residents quality of life during an orthopedic trauma rotation: a multicentre prospective observational study
- Outcomes Following Plate Fixation of Fractures of Both Bones of the Forearm in Adults
- Determination of patient quality of life following severe acute pancreatitis
- Older women's health priorities and perceptions of care delivery: results of the WOW health survey
- Randomised trial of ambulatory oxygen in oxygen-dependent COPD
- Leg-ulcer care in the community, before and after implementation of an evidence-based service
- Quality of Life During and After Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation
- Effect of Arthroscopic Debridement for Osteoarthritis of the Knee on Health-Related Quality of Life
- Function and Health Status Outcomes in a Randomized Trial Comparing Preoperative and Postoperative Radiotherapy in Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Health-related quality of life and mobility of patients awaiting elective total hip arthroplasty: a prospective study
- Comparison of Early and Delayed Fixation of Subcapital Hip Fractures in Patients Sixty Years of Age or Less
- Femoral Intramedullary Nailing: Comparison of Fracture-Table and Manual Traction: A Prospective, Randomized Study
- A Comparison of Five Low Back Disability Questionnaires: Reliability and Responsiveness
- The Canadian SF-36 health survey: Normative data add to its value