MOS Social Support Survey Instrument (HTML)
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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
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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.
Related Reading
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Measuring Function and Well-Being: The Medical Outcomes Study Approach 1992
This book provides a set of ready-to-use generic measures that are applicable to all adults, including those well and chronically ill, as well as a methodological guide to collecting health data and constructing health measures.
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User's Manual for the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Core Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life 1995
This manual describes self-administered patient questionnaires that were developed for patients participating in the Medical Outcomes Study.
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Bibliography for the RAND Medical Outcomes Study
Full bibliography for the RAND Medical Outcomes Study, measures of quality of life.
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The MOS Social Support Survey 1993
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a brief, multidimensional, self-administered, social support survey that was developed for patients in the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a two-year survey that was developed for patients with chronic conditions.