SF-12 MCS

What conditions is it intended to measure
see Depression

Based On
Not Known

Derived Work
Not Known

The mental component of the short-form 12 health survey (SF-12) as a measure of depressive disorders in the general population: results with three alternative scoring methods.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23796290

The SF-12 yielded acceptable results for detecting both active and recent depressive disorders in general population samples, suggesting that the questionnaire could be used as a useful screening tool for monitoring the prevalence of affective disorders and for targeting treatment and prevention.

population: approx 10k