RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0 (RAND-36)
Choose one option for each questionnaire item.
The following items are about activities you might do during a typical day. Does your health now limit you in these activities? If so, how much?
During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other regular daily activities as a result of your physical health?
During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other regular daily activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4 weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been feeling.
How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...
How TRUE or FALSE is each of the following statements for you.
The RAND36-Item Health Survey was developed at RAND as part of the Medical Outcomes Study. MindEven adapted the response layout to accessible controls and requires all35 domain-scored responses; original question wording and RAND domain scoring retained. Use is subject to RAND’s instrument-specific terms: https://www.rand.org/health/surveys/mos/36-item-short-form/terms.html .
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About this scale and references
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- 2026-10-26
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- Questionnaire
| Field | Instrument context |
|---|---|
| Version | RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0; original English 36 items; RAND eight-domain recoding and averaging |
| Population | Adults; apply population-appropriate clinical interpretation of health-related functioning and well-being. |
| Respondent | Self-report |
| Recall period | Past 4 weeks for most symptom and role items; current/general health for specified items; item 2 compares with one year ago. |
| Purpose | Measure eight dimensions of health-related functioning and well-being |
Administration
Select one answer for each item, following each section’s exact time frame. This website requires all 35 domain-scored responses before displaying the eight domain scores. Item 2, perceived change in health compared with one year ago, is optional and is not included in any domain. RAND source scoring permits available-item means; this website instead uses an explicitly stricter complete-response rule without imputing missing answers.
Scoring method
Recode each domain-scored response onto the RAND Table 1 0–100 scale, then average the specified items in each of the eight domains. Higher domain scores represent more favorable self-reported health. Item 2 is a separate health-change response and is excluded from domains. No overall or physical/mental summary score is calculated.
Interpretation & limitations
- Report physical functioning, role limitations due to physical health, role limitations due to emotional problems, energy/fatigue, emotional well-being, social functioning, pain and general health separately on0–100 scales. A higher domain score indicates a more favorable self-reported health state.
- The original RAND scoring method differs from some MOS SF-36 scoring procedures. These are RAND 36-Item Health Survey1.0 domain scores, not licensed SF-36 norm-based physical/mental component summaries or Veterans RAND VR-36 scores.
- RAND permits domain means using answered items. MindEven’s identified adaptation requires all35 domain-scored responses before producing any domain scores and performs no missing-answer imputation.
- Question2 is retained as the original health-transition response comparing current health with one year ago. It is optional and contributes to none of the eight domain scores.
- The eight domain scores have no universal diagnostic or treatment thresholds, and this implementation does not invent an overall total, severity class or safety conclusion.
- Assess health conditions, function and clinical concerns independently of questionnaire domain values.
- No automatic diagnosis, medication change or declaration of safety.
References · 3
- RAND official original English 36-item questionnaire
- RAND original scoring: response recoding table and eight-domain membership/averaging
- RAND instrument-specific permission, adaptation and attribution terms · RAND’s instrument-specific terms grant permission to use the RAND 36-Item Short Form Health Survey, state that no further written permission is needed, permit identified changes, and require credit that the survey was developed at RAND as part of the Medical Outcomes Study. The required credit is retained and the accessible response layout and stricter complete-response policy are explicitly identified as MindEven changes.