PMID- 23229203
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140114
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1433-9285 (Electronic)
IS  - 0933-7954 (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 10
DP  - 2013 Oct
TI  - Validation of the modified DUKE-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire in 
      patients with schizophrenia.
PG  - 1675-85
LID - 10.1007/s00127-012-0633-3 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The modified DUKE-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire (FSSQ) is 
      considered a psychometric instrument to assess the social support in patients 
      with schizophrenia. However, it has not been validated in this patient 
      population. This issue is addressed here by examining the tool's psychometric 
      properties in a clinical sample of patients with schizophrenia. METHODS: Two 
      hundred and forty-one patients from ten Adult Mental Health Centres (AMHC) 
      meeting the following inclusion criteria were included: (1) International 
      Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10) diagnosis of schizophrenia; (2) Global 
      Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores </=50; (3) Illness duration of more than 2 
      years; and (4) Clinical stability. Patients were evaluated at baseline and at 
      1-year follow-up for clinical and psychosocial variables. RESULTS: The factor 
      analysis revealed two factors that explained 54.15 % of the variance. Internal 
      consistency was excellent for the total FSSQ (0.87 at baseline and 0.88 at 1 year 
      follow-up) and ranged between adequate and excellent for FSSQ domains. 
      Correlations between FSSQ scores and those of global functioning, psychiatric 
      symptoms, disability and quality of life ranged between small and large. There 
      were significant differences between groups of patients with schizophrenia in 
      FSSQ scores. Patients with higher levels of somatic complaints and patients who 
      were disabled scored significantly lower in some or all FSSQ scores. After 1-year 
      follow-up, patients improved in overall functioning and there was a decrease in 
      psychiatric symptoms. There were mainly small significant associations between 
      changes in FSSQ scores from baseline to 1-year follow-up and changes in the rest 
      of the test scores, and AMHC visits between baseline and 1-year follow-up. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The FSSQ scores are reliable and valid, which suggests that the 
      instrument is appropriate for the assessment of perceived social support in 
      patients with schizophrenia.
FAU - Mas-Exposito, Laia
AU  - Mas-Exposito L
AD  - Departament de Docencia, Formacio, Recerca i Publicacions, Centre d'Higiene 
      Mental Les Corts, c/Numancia 103-105 baixos, 08029, Barcelona, Spain, 
      laia.mas@chmcorts.com.
FAU - Amador-Campos, Juan Antonio
AU  - Amador-Campos JA
FAU - Gomez-Benito, Juana
AU  - Gomez-Benito J
FAU - Lalucat-Jo, Lluis
AU  - Lalucat-Jo L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20121211
PL  - Germany
TA  - Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
JT  - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
JID - 8804358
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychometrics/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Schizophrenia/*diagnosis
MH  - Schizophrenic Psychology
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - *Social Support
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
EDAT- 2012/12/12 06:00
MHDA- 2014/01/15 06:00
CRDT- 2012/12/12 06:00
PHST- 2011/02/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/11/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/01/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s00127-012-0633-3 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2013 Oct;48(10):1675-85. doi: 
      10.1007/s00127-012-0633-3. Epub 2012 Dec 11.