The construction and validation of a brief instrument for assessing social support in the elderly is described. The Index of Social Support (ISS) has nine items and provides separate measures of a person's perceived availability of support and his or her satisfaction with it. The two scales are show
Social support in chronic pain: development and preliminary psychometric assessment of a new instrument
β Scribed by C. M. C. Van Der LUGT; A. ROLLMAN; M. NAEIJE; F. LOBBEZOO; C. M. VISSCHER
- Book ID
- 108882133
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0305-182X
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