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Groningen Orthopaedic Social Support Scale: validity and reliability.

Inge van den Akker-Scheek1, Martin Stevens, Alette Spriensma

  • 1Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. i.scheek@orth.azg.nl

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|June 10, 2004
PubMed
Summary

The Groningen Orthopaedic Social Support Scale effectively measures social support in patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty. This validated tool helps assess patient needs and inform support interventions during recovery.

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Area of Science:

  • Orthopaedic rehabilitation
  • Psychosocial support assessment
  • Patient recovery monitoring

Background:

  • Social support significantly impacts patient health, functioning, and recovery post-arthroplasty.
  • Perceived and instrumental support are crucial for patients after total hip or knee arthroplasty.
  • A need exists for a Dutch-language scale to measure social support in orthopaedic patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop the Groningen Orthopaedic Social Support Scale (GOSSS).
  • To conduct initial validity and reliability testing of the GOSSS.
  • To provide a self-report questionnaire for assessing social support in arthroplasty patients.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the Groningen Orthopaedic Social Support Scale.
  • Administration of the GOSSS and a control scale to 119 arthroplasty patients.

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  • Analysis of questionnaire reliability and validity using statistical methods.

    • Main Results:

    • The GOSSS demonstrated satisfactory reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.89).
    • Factor analysis identified two key constructs: perceived social support and instrumental support.
    • Satisfactory concurrent validity was found, with a significant correlation to a control scale (r=0.72).

    Conclusions:

    • The Groningen Orthopaedic Social Support Scale is suitable for measuring social support in orthopaedic patients.
    • The GOSSS can assist nursing staff in identifying patient support needs.
    • The scale can inform interventions and research on social support's role in recovery.