Objective: To investigate the psychometric performance and clinical validity of the 36-Item Short Form (SF-36) health survey when completed by asymptomatic HIV-positive Italian patients and to compare their health profile with a representative sample of 2031 Italian citizens (the Italian norm)....

Interest in measuring qualitative aspects of life that are most closely related to health and healthcare has increased in recent years. Methods of describing patients' subjective health status now incorporate standardised measures, and several psychometric measures are available. Despite the...