“…The measurement of social support required the use of a questionnaire developed by House and Kahn (1085). This consisted of 24 questions, in 4 parts, within the domains of social (1,3,5,7,9,11), information (2,4,6,8,10,12), instrumental (13,15,17,19,21,23) and valuation support (14,16,18,20,22,24). In addition, respondents' adaptation mechanisms were measured by the use of an adaptation response questionnaire ideated by Nursalam, encompassing social, spiritual and psychological responses.…”