Comparison of the content of the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), Short Form-36 (SF-36), Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWB) and the self-rated health scale to identify domains that are conceptually similar
| Domain name | NHP | SF-36 | PGWB | Self-rated health scale |
| Social functioning | Social isolation | Social functioning | – | – |
| Pain | Pain | Bodily pain | – | – |
| Physical functioning | Physical mobility | Physical functioning | – | – |
| Mental health | Emotional reactions | Mental health | Anxiety and Depressed mood | – |
| Vitality | Energy | Vitality | Vitality | |
| General health | – | General health | General health | Self-rated health |
| Summary scores | – | Physical component summary and Mental component summary | PGWB total score | Self-rated health |