Hematology and Pathology Services, University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Support Care Cancer. 2012 Aug;20(8):1895-900. doi: 10.1007/s00520-011-1292-8.
The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the “Medical Outcomes Study-Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS)” in Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) survivors.
The MOS-SSS is a 19-item questionnaire with five scales covering different aspects of social support (affection, positive social interaction, emotional, informational, and material). A sample of 200 HL survivors completed a self-administered questionnaire at the treatment center or at home.
The median age of the patients at diagnosis was 29 years (16–77), and the median follow-up since diagnosis was 7 years (3.6-12.7). Item-corrected Pearson correlation coefficients between items and their dimensions varied from 0.57 to 0.76. Internal consistency, evaluated using Cronbach's alpha, was 0.95 for the overall scale, ranging from 0.78 to 0.87 for the five subscales proposed by the original instrument. An exploratory factor analysis yielded a three-factor solution, aggregating affection and positive social interaction, and emotional and informational dimensions of social support. Higher socioeconomic status and higher social network were associated with higher levels of all kinds of support.
Results show good general psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the MOS-SSS when applied to HL survivors. The three-factor structure identified in this study is in line with a previous validation among Brazilian healthy civil servants. The Brazilian Portuguese version will now be used to evaluate social support and its association with long-term disease outcomes and quality of life of Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors.
本研究旨在评估巴西葡萄牙语版“医疗结局研究-社会支持调查（MOS-SSS）”在霍奇金淋巴瘤（HL）幸存者中的心理测量特性。
MOS-SSS 是一个包含 19 个项目的问卷，涵盖社会支持的五个方面（情感、积极的社会互动、情感、信息和物质）。一个由 200 名 HL 幸存者组成的样本在治疗中心或家中完成了一份自我管理问卷。
患者诊断时的中位年龄为 29 岁（16-77 岁），自诊断以来的中位随访时间为 7 年（3.6-12.7）。项目与维度之间的校正后的皮尔逊相关系数在 0.57 到 0.76 之间。使用 Cronbach's alpha 评估的内部一致性，总体量表为 0.95，五个原始仪器建议的子量表范围为 0.78 至 0.87。探索性因子分析得出了一个三因素解决方案，聚集了情感和积极的社会互动以及社会支持的情感和信息维度。较高的社会经济地位和较高的社会网络与各种支持的水平较高有关。
结果表明，巴西版 MOS-SSS 在应用于 HL 幸存者时具有良好的总体心理测量特性。本研究中确定的三因素结构与巴西健康公务员的先前验证一致。巴西葡萄牙语版本现在将用于评估社会支持及其与霍奇金淋巴瘤幸存者的长期疾病结局和生活质量的关系。
