Duke UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire-Short Form (DUFSS-5)
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Saracino, R., Kolva, E., Rosenfeld, B., & Breitbart, W. (2015). Measuring social support in patients with advanced medical illnesses: An analysis of the Duke–UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire. Palliative & supportive care, 13(5), 1153-1163.
3-point Likert. The DUFSS-5 is a version of the DUFFS that collapsed item responses into three categories: 0 (responses 0 and 1), 1 (responses 2 and 3), and 2 (response 4).
Please see attached formatted version attached (NOTE: the five items selected for the DUFSS-5 are in bold font)
Cronbach’s α= 0.80
Convergent validity was assessed
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Saracino, R., Kolva, E., Rosenfeld, B., & Breitbart, W. (2015). Measuring social support in patients with advanced medical illnesses: An analysis of the Duke–UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire. Palliative & supportive care, 13(5), 1153-1163.
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