The development of a measure of social support: The Significant Others (SOS) Scale

Power, Michael; Champion, Lorna; Aris, S. J.

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8260.1988.tb00799.x

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“…31 On this scale a score was obtained for the discrepancy between actual and ideal levels of support, to provide an index of likely satisfaction with the emotional and practical support they receive. Their perception of the amount of formal support they had received was measured on a six-point scale ranging from 'none' to 'a lot'.…”

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Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke

Blake¹,

Lincoln

2000

Clin Rehabil

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Objective: To identify the factors associated with carer strain following stroke.Design: Co-resident spouses of stroke patients were sent questionnaire measures of their perceptions of strain, stress, mood, handicap, adjustment, social support, life satisfaction and personality, and patient's mood and independence in activities of daily living.Setting: Stroke spouses were identified from the stroke register at City Hospital, Nottingham.Results: In a sample of 222 carers, 37% had significant strain. Strain was highly correlated with negative affectivity on the Positive and Negative Affectivity Scale, carer mood on the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and carer's perceptions of patient's independence in activities of daily living on the Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale (EADL). Logistic regression analysis of 96 of these carers supported the correlations and showed three factors, carer GHQ-12, patient EADL and negative affectivity, were independently associated with carer strain. Conclusion:The relationship between these factors and strain needs to be tested prospectively. Early identification of carers who may be at risk of strain later on will enable services to be targeted at prevention rather than cure.

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Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke

Blake¹,

Lincoln

2000

Clin Rehabil

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“…a Caregiver Strain Index (Robinson, 1983) • GHQ-12 (Goldberg, 1978) a London Handicap Scale (Harwood and Ebrahim, 1995) Q Acceptance of Illness Scale (Felton, 1984) Q Significant Others Scale (Power et al, 1988) Since h was thought to be the carers' perception of the situation that would determine the level of strain, the carer completed the foUowmg for the patient, to provide the carers' subjective perception of the patients' mood and disability:…”

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“…Development of the scale came from mterview studies by Greer and Morris (1975) and Temeshok (1985) (Power et al, 1988) The These scores are then divided by the number of mdividuals rated (usuaUy seven but in this case three) to give a mean score for each type of support.…”

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Caregiver strain in spouses of stroke patients

Blake¹,

Lincoln²,

Clarke

2003

Clin Rehabil

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Objective: To test the ability of a previously generated logistic regression model to predict caregiver strain from carer mood, negative affectivity and perceived patient functional ability. Design: Postal prospective survey. Setting: Spouses of community-residing patients identified from hospital stroke registers. Method: Spouses were assessed at three and six months after stroke. A previously derived equation was used to make predictions at three months of their level of strain at six months, which were compared with observed outcomes. Measures: Spouses were asked to complete the Caregiver Strain Index (CSI), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), the Positive and Negative Affectivity Schedule (PANAS) and to assess patients' independence in activities of daily living on the Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale (EADL). Results: Of 409 stroke patients, 276 had an identifiable co-resident spouse and 116 (42%) completed the measures. At three months after stroke, 39 carers (34%) were under significant strain with 40 (35%) under strain at six months. The predictive model using the GHQ-12, PANAS and EADL at three months was 78% accurate in predicting levels of caregiver strain at six months. Conclusion: Carers at risk of later strain could be identified for further followup. Services to provide emotional support to carers might be effective in the reduction of carer strain.

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“…Perceived support was measured using the Significant Others Scale (SOS; Power, Champion, & Aris, 1988) which assesses emotional and practical support from up to seven significant people (e.g. mother, partner).…”

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Postnatal debriefing: Have we thrown the baby out with the bath water?

Meades

Pond

Ayers

et al. 2011

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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Postnatal debriefing is offered by 78% of maternity services in the UK despite little evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that it is effective. RCTs in this area have applied debriefing as a prophylactic to all or high risk women, rather than as a treatment for women who request it. This pragmatic trial therefore evaluated existing postnatal debriefing services that provide debriefing as a treatment for women who request it. Forty-six women who met criterion A for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and requested debriefing 1.3-72.2 months (median 16 weeks) postpartum completed measures of depression, PTSD, support and negative appraisals of the birth before and one month after debriefing. Women were compared with others who gave birth in the same hospitals during the same time period (n 34), who met criterion A for PTSD but had not requested debriefing. Results showed PTSD symptoms reduced over time in both groups but greater decreases were observed in women who attended debriefing. Debriefing also led to reduction in negative appraisals but did not affect symptoms of depression. Therefore, results suggest providing debriefing as a treatment to women who request or are referred to it may help to reduce symptoms of PTSD.

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The development of a measure of social support: The Significant Others (SOS) Scale

Cited by 195 publications

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Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke

Factors associated with strain in co-resident spouses of patients following stroke

Caregiver strain in spouses of stroke patients

Postnatal debriefing: Have we thrown the baby out with the bath water?

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