The First Report of Test for the Self rated Health Measurement Scale

AS SRHMS is a new scale which is adaptable in our country.It is necessary to evaluate its reliability,validity,responsiveness and sciodemographic factors.500 individuals received SRHMS assessment.In normal people,clinical patients with physical disease in department of recuperation and psychiatric patients during recuperation,the re-test reliability are 0.714,0.939,0.866 respetively,and the Cronbachαcoefficient are 0.870,0.919,0.911 respectively.The 9 factors generated by factor analysis are consistence with theory frame of SRHMS.The criterion validity with SF236 is 0.522;physical,mental,social subscale scores and SRHMS score are significantly related to each item for assessing their self-rated health.SRHMS can also discriminate that self-rated health is significantly differential in different people,age,family income per person,educational level and profession and residence.The scale can reflect the change of individuals'self-rated health.The results showed that SRHMS is reliable,valid,and sensitive.