See the following article:

Reliability of an Arabic Version of the RAND 36-Item Health Survey and its
Equivalence to the US-English Version. Coons, SJ, Alabdulmohsin, SA,
Draugalis, JR, & Hays, RD. (1998), Medical Care, 36, 428-432.
 
This article contains a discussion of reliability of using the Arabic SF-36
instrument.  Also, you can get a bibliography and more information about the
SF-36 in multiple languages on RAND's website at:

www.rand.org/health/surveys_tools/mos/mos_core_36item.html

Hope this helps.


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On 10/26/06 1:02 AM, "Diane Levin-Zamir" <diamos at zahav.net.il> wrote:


> 

> Dear Colleagues,

> 

> We are about to begin a program on diabetes control for the Israeli-Arab

> population and we are interested in measuring quality of life using a

> validated questionnaire in Arabi. Does anyone know if the SF-36 or SF-12

> questionnaires or any other quality of life measure have been produced and

> validated in Arabic? We would be grateful if anyone would share their

> experience and evaluation tools.

> 

> Thanks,

> 

> Diane Levin, MPH, CHES

> Director, Department of Health Education and Promotion

> Clalit Health Services

> Israel

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