Medical Outcomes Study:  Social Support Survey

This brief, self-administered Social Support Survey instrument was developed for patients in the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a two-year study of patients with chronic conditions. It is easy to administer to chronically ill patients, and the items are short, simple, and easy to understand. It may also be appropriate for use with other populations.

Available documents:

MOS Social Support Survey Instrument

Survey instrument (HTML) Survey instrument (PDF)

Scoring Instructions for Social Support Survey Instrument

The scoring instructions include references to many articles that describe the process by which the measures were developed and discuss their validity and reliability.

Scoring instructions

Related reading:

Measuring Function and Well-Being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach

Stewart AL, Ware JE., eds. (1992)

Document available for order at dukeupress.edu

User's Manual for Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Core Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life

Hays, RD, Sherbourne, CD, Mazel, RM. RAND Corporation, MR-162-RC, 1995.
This manual summarizes the MOS measures and presents psychometric results from the MOS. It is designed to be a companion to the book, Measuring Function and Well-Being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach.

Full document

Other instruments from the Medical Outcomes Study

This website offers a list of all instruments that have been approved by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Medical Outcomes Trust.

See other instruments at outcomes-trust.org

Bibliography for the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS)

See bibliography