ABBREVIATING THE DUKE SOCIAL SUPPORT INDEX FOR USE IN CHRONICALLY ILL ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS
ABBREVIATING THE DUKE SOCIAL SUPPORT INDEX FOR USE IN CHRONICALLY ILL ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS
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DOI：
10.1016/s0033-3182(93)71928-3
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发表时间：
1993-01-01
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影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
HYBELS, C
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作者：
KOENIG, HG;WESTLUND, RE;HYBELS, C
35项杜克社会支持指数（DSSI）测量社会支持的多个维度，并已被广泛用于老龄化的横截面和纵向研究。流行病学研究慢性病，体弱的老年人往往希望包括社会支持的措施。然而，大多数多维测量（包括DSSI）都很长，可能会耗尽患者，特别是当包括在通常已经拥挤的采访时间表中时。作者开发了两个简化版本的DSSI（23项和11项），捕获了与心理健康结果和使用卫生服务治疗老年人非精神疾病相关的社会支持的基本组成部分。
The 35-item Duke Social Support Index (DSSI) measures multiple dimensions of social support and has been used extensively in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of aging. Epidemiological studies of chronically ill, frail elderly individuals often wish to include a measure of social support. However, most multidimensional measures (including the DSSI) are long and may exhaust the patient, especially when included in an often already congested interview schedule. The authors have developed two abbreviated versions of the DSSI (23-item and 11-item) that capture the essential components of social support related to mental health outcomes and use of health services in treating elderly individuals with nonpsychiatric medical illness.