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8-item Duke/UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (DUFSSQ)

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Source Article

Epino, H. M., Rich, M. L., Kaigamba, F., Hakizamungu, M., Socci, A. R., Bagiruwigize, E., & Franke, M. F. (2012). Reliability and construct validity of three health-related self-report scales in HIV-positive adults in rural Rwanda. AIDS care, 24(12), 1576-1583. <br> <br> <b> Original Scale:</B> Broadhead, W.E., Gehlbach, S.H., De Gruy, F.V., & Kaplan, B.H. (1988). The Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire: Measurement of social support in family medicine patients. Medical Care, 26(7), 709 723.

Response Options

For each item, respondents were asked to categorize the amount of that support that they received, relative to their ideal (i.e., “as much as I would like;” “almost as much as I would like;” “some but I would like more;” “less than I would like;” and “much less than I would like”).
SCORING: Responses were scaled on a 1-5 scale and tallied to create a total score with higher values indicating greater social support.

  1. People care about what happens to me
  2. Love and affection
  3. Chances to talk to someone about problems at work or with my housework
  4. Chances to talk to someone I trust about personal and family problems
  5. Chances to talk about money matters
  6. Invitations to go out and do things with other people
  7. Useful advice about important things in life
  8. Help when I’m sick in bed

Survey Items

This instrument has been formatted by the author. Please see attached.
NOTE: Remove items with “*” for the final 8-item instrument. Therefore, only items to be included are:

  1. Internal Reliability

    Cronbach’s α= 0.91

    Validity

    Convergent validity was assessed using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-15 (HSCL-15) and discriminant validity was assessed using the Medical Outcome Study-HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV). Known groups validity was also assessed by testing if scores predicted clinical indicators of HIV-disease severity. Factor structure was tested and results determined that this scale measures social support.

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    Terms Of Use

    Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

    Epino, H. M., Rich, M. L., Kaigamba, F., Hakizamungu, M., Socci, A. R., Bagiruwigize, E., & Franke, M. F. (2012). Reliability and construct validity of three health-related self-report scales in HIV-positive adults in rural Rwanda. AIDS care, 24(12), 1576-1583. <br> <br> <b> Original Scale:</B> Broadhead, W.E., Gehlbach, S.H., De Gruy, F.V., & Kaplan, B.H. (1988). The Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire: Measurement of social support in family medicine patients. Medical Care, 26(7), 709 723.

    When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.