Research Article
Translation and Initial Validation of the Chinese (Cantonese) Brief 2-Way Social Support Scale for Use in People with Chronic Stroke
Table 7
Mean Brief 2-Way SSS-C subscale scores of stroke participants with different characteristics.
| | Total sample () | Receiving emotional support, mean (SD) | Giving emotional support, mean (SD) | Receiving instrumental support, mean (SD) | Giving instrumental support, mean (SD) |
| | Sex, ( value) | -0.52 (0.60) | -0.95 (0.34) | -1.56 (0.12) | -1.31 (0.19) | | Women () | 9.65 (3.53) | 9.17 (3.71) | 9.89 (3.35) | 8.54 (3.73) | | Men () | 9.27 (4.12) | 8.49 (3.65) | 8.86 (3.51) | 7.60 (3.67) | | Education level, ( value) | 1.19 (0.31) | 0.38 (0.68) | 0.45 (0.64) | 0.70 (0.50) | | Primary school or below () | 10.42 (3.68) | 8.21 (3.72) | 9.75 (3.57) | 7.63 (3.75) | | Secondary school () | 9.27 (3.99) | 8.97 (3.69) | 9.27 (3.61) | 8.30 (3.72) | | College or above () | 8.60 (3.46) | 8.80 (3.73) | 8.67 (2.64) | 7.20 (3.71) | | Marital status, ( value) | 0.64 (0.59) | 0.75 (0.52) | 0.15 (0.93) | 1.11 (0.35) | | Single () | 9.00 (3.52) | 7.91 (4.28) | 9.00 (3.85) | 6.91 (3.18) | | Married () | 9.33 (4.00) | 8.68 (3.67) | 9.26 (3.53) | 7.93 (3.73) | | Divorced/separated () | 9.13 (4.29) | 9.38 (4.34) | 9.25 (3.69) | 8.13 (4.85) | | Widow/widower () | 11.11 (2.57) | 10.22 (2.17) | 10.00 (2.65) | 9.89 (2.80) | | Living arrangement, ( value) | -0.59 (0.57) | -1.52 (0.16) | -0.41 (0.69) | -1.13 (0.29) | | Alone | 8.60 (4.77) | 6.70 (4.64) | 8.80 (4.10) | 6.40 (4.81) | | With family | 9.52 (3.78) | 8.99 (3.53) | 9.34 (3.42) | 8.16 (3.57) | | Mobility function, ( value) | -1.39 (0.17) | -3.27 (0.003) | -1.02 (0.31) | -3.08 (0.004) | | Low level (FMA-LE<21) () | 8.41 (3.85) | 6.45 (3.80) | 8.64 (3.35) | 6.14 (3.01) | | High level (FMA-LE ≥21) () | 9.69 (3.85) | 9.37 (3.42) | 9.46 (3.50) | 8.47 (3.74) |
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value < 0.05. FMA-LE: Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Lower Extremity. |
