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This document compares selected reference Social Support instruments.

DNA Processing Lubben ENRICHD

Medical Outcomes Multidimensional
Inform ation Technologies Social Social
Instrument's Study (MOS) Social Scale of
Network Support
Access name Support Survey Perceived Social
Scale (LSNS) Inventory
instrument Support (MSPSS)
(ESSI)

Partner Catalogues J. Vaglio, M.

Conard, W.S.
BBMRI G.D. Zimet, N.W. Poston, J.
C.D. Sherbourne and
CPT project Author(s) J. Lubben Dahlem, S.G. Zimet O'Keefe, C.K.
A.L. Stewart
and G.K. Farley Haddock, J.
Study Catalogue House and
Gov. Database Catalogue J.A. Spertus
Diabetes Biobank
Main Topic Social support Social support Social support Social support
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 To gauge
Study Catalogue To assess the
social
four defining
Access Catalogue isolation by To assess
attributes of
INGI
measuring perceptions about
To assess dimensions social support:
Objectives perceived support from family,
of social support emotional,
Renal Biobank social support friends and a
instrumental,
received from significant other
informational,
family and
and appraisal
friends

Social support (4
subscales:
emotional/informational
Domains
support, tangible
/Categories Social support Social support Social support
support, affectionate
Covered
support, positive social
interaction) and medical
outcomes

Adults
Adolescents and (originally
Adults (originally
Adults (elderly adults (originally developed for
Population developed for use in
population in developed for percutaneous
Targeted patients with chronic
particular) university coronary
conditions)
undergraduates) intervention
(PCI) patients)

Time Recall Currently Currently Currently Currently

12 Questions
(first version)
6 Questions
Number of (abreviated
19 Questions 12 Questions 7 Questions
Items version)
18 Questions
(expanded

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Time of No information
5-10 mins No information available 3 mins
Completion available

Self-administered
Administration Self- Self-
Interviewer-administered Self-administered
Mode administered administered
Telephone-administered

Available in several
Available in
languages (including
several
English, Chinese,
languages
Malay, Swedish, English (no English (no
Language (including
French, Japanese, information on other information on
(Available English,
Spanish but the available other available
translations) Chinese,
translations may not translations) translations)
Korean,
have undergone a full
Japanese, and
linguistic validation
Spanish)
process)

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Boston Corporation available available
College

Free access
(brief
demographic
Free access (public
form to fill out
Conditions of document, available No information No information
(but not
Use without charge (for non- available available
imperatively
commercial purposes))
required to
obtain the
LSNS))

Lubben J.,

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 Blozik E.,
Gillmann G.,
Iliffe S., Von
Renteln Kruse
W., Beck J.C.
and Stuck
A.E. (2006).
Performance
of an
Abbreviated of
the Lubben
Canty-Mitchell J.
Social
and Zimet G.D.
Network Scale
(2000).
Among Three
Psychometric
European
properties of the
Community-
Multidimensional
Dwelling Older
Scale of Perceived
Adult
Social Support in
Populations.
Sherbourne C.D. and urban adolescents. Vaglio J.,
The
Stewart A.L. (1991). American Journal of Conard M.,
Gerontologist
The MOS Social Community Poston W.S.,
46:503-513.
Support Survey, Social Psychology, O'Keefe J.,
Science Medicine 28:391-400. Haddock C.K.,
Lubben J.and
32:705-714. House J. and
Gironda M.
Zimet G.D., Dahlem Spertus J.A.
(2004).
Hays R.D., Sherbourne N.W., Zimet S.G. (2004) Testing
Measuring
C.D. and Mazel R.M. and Farley G.K. the
social
(1995). User's Manual (1988). The performance of
networks and
for Medical Outcomes Multidimensional the ENRICHD
assessing
Study (MOS) Core Scale of Perceived Social Support
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Networks and
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Social
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