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MOS-SSS v.1

Someone you can count on to listen to you when you need to talk

Someone to give you good advice about a crisis

Someone to confide in or talk to about yourself or your problems

Someone whose advice you really want

Someone to share your most private worries and fears with

Someone to turn to for suggestions about how to deal with a personal problem

Someone who understands your problems

Someone to help you if you were confined to bed

Someone to take you to the doctor if you needed it

Someone to prepare your meals if you were unable to do it yourself

Someone to help with daily chores if you were sick

Someone who shows you love and affection

Someone to love and make you feel wanted

Someone who hugs you

Someone to give you information to help you understand a situation

Someone to have a good time with

Someone to get together with for relaxation

Someone to do something enjoyable with

Someone to do things with to help you get your mind off things

The Medical Outcomes Study - Social Support Survey was developed for patients with chronic conditions in order to evaluate the dimensionality of their current social support, as this was shown to have substantial impact on ones susceptibility to negative consequences of major illness as well as being a positive contributor to emotional well-being and general health. It consists of eighteen questions divided into four subscales, permitting evaluation of several dimensions of social support.

Dennis Forslund

models@cambiocds.com

Cambio Healthcare Systems

To analyze the current social support of a patient.

The Medical Outcomes Study - Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS) was developed for patients with chronic conditions in order to evaluate the dimensionality of their current social support, as this was shown to have substantial impact of ones susceptibility to negative consequences of major illness as well as being a positive contributor to emotional well-being and general health. Along with an overall support index, four subscales are used within the survey; emotional/informational support, tangible support, affectionate support, and positive social interaction. All eighteen questions are rated on a scale from one (none of the time) to five (all of the time) points, and the score for each subscale is the average of these values. The overall support index is calculated through use of the average of all 18 questions, along the rating of an additional item.

CD Sherbourne, A Stewart. The MOS Social Support Survey. Social Science & Medicine, 32 (6) (1991), pp. 705–714.

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