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Dear list Price and Harding (1996) used SF36 to assess the QoL of patients with leg ulceration. They noted that male participants rated themselves as significantly healthier on some of the sub-scales (physical functioning, vitality and social functioning) than female participants. Lindholm et al (1993), had previously investigated participants with leg ulceration using the Nottingham Health Profile, and found the reverse. One of my thesis markers has suggested that SF36 and its derivatives has an inherent gender bias and this could explain the difference. Does anybody know of any information on gender bias and SF36? Andrew Jull Clinical Nurse Consultant Auckland Hospital Private Bag 92024 Auckland NEW ZEALAND Phone: +64 9 3797440 Fax:+64 9 3072818 (external) 7718 (internal) "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it." %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%