Research Article

Translation and Initial Validation of the Chinese (Cantonese) Brief 2-Way Social Support Scale for Use in People with Chronic Stroke

Table 6

Comparison of Brief 2-Way SSS-C scores between stroke participants and healthy participants.

Stroke participants ()Healthy participants () ( value)

Receiving emotional support, mean (SD)8.91 (2.53)10.87 (3.54)-3.61 ()
Giving emotional support, mean (SD)8.54 (3.10)10.36 (2.67)-3.85 ()
Receiving instrumental support, mean (SD)8.89 (2.93)10.09 (3.55)-2.14 ()
Giving instrumental support, mean (SD)7.57 (2.88)10.17 (2.59)-5.77 ()