The 13 item Family Support Scale: Reliability and validity of the Greek translation in a sample of Greek health care professionals

Tselebis, Athanasios; Anagnostopoulou, Tania; Bratis, Dionisios; Moulou, Aikaterini; Maria, Alexia; Sikaras, Christos; Ilias, Ιoannis; Karkanias, Athanasios; Moussas, G.; Tzanakis, Νikolaos

doi:10.1186/1447-056x-10-3

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“…The scale of family support is intended to record the perceived support a person receives from his family and has been validated and used widely in Greece [12,13]. It consists of 13 items (seven are scored inversely) in a Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).…”

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Adherence to Treatment in Stroke Patients

Cheiloudaki

Alexopoulos

2019

IJERPH

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Background: Compliance with medication in patients who have suffered stroke is usually not-optimal. This study aims to measure the level of compliance with the treatment and to identify socio-demographic, clinical, and subjective factors related to the long-term compliance of stroke patients with their treatment. Methods: 140 patients (66.4% males) suffered an ischemic stroke at least six months old, participated in the survey. Compliance was measured using the Medication Adherence Report Scale and the quality of life by the Stroke Specific Quality of Life questionnaire. Furthermore, the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire on perceptions about the disease were assessed. The doctor–patient relationship was assessed by the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation questionnaire and the family support was assessed by the FSS scale. Univariate and multivariate analysis was employed to identify the significant factors affecting compliance in these stroke patients. Results: In 68.6% of patients the compliance was classified as optimal, in 25.7% as partial and as poor in 5.7%; the last two categories were treated as sub-optimal compliance in multivariate analysis. The high compliance was related to patient’s mental state (OR:3.94 95% CI: 1.84–4.46), the perception medication necessity (OR:1.26 95% CI: 1.01–1.56), and the doctor–patient communication (OR:1.76 95% CI: 1.15–2.70). Men showed a lower compliance than women, as well as increased concerns about taking medication (OR: 0.83, 95% CI: 0.69–0.99). Paradoxically, the work /productivity related quality of life was inversely associated with compliance (OR (95% CI): 0.44 (0.23 to 0.82)). Conclusions: The perception of medication necessity and the doctor–patient communication are manageable factors associated with compliance in treating patients who have suffered stroke. In addition, rehabilitation and return to work programs should consider these factors when providing support to those persons.

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Adherence to Treatment in Stroke Patients

Cheiloudaki

Alexopoulos

2019

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“…Lack of appropriate scales for measuring family support may be one of the reasons contributing to this. In the past decades, several family support scales have been developed, most of which were developed in the western countries [ 18 , 19 ]. In China, families are tied closely by blood relationship and the “family first” ideology may motivate family members to help relatives suffering from a disease [ 20 ].…”

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Development of the Chinese Family Support Scale in a Sample of Chinese Patients with Hypertension

Zhao

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundDespite strong recommendations to involve family social support in hypertension control, few questionnaires have been designed to measure family support in Chinese patients. The Chinese Family Support Scale is a self-rated questionnaire that assesses family support over a 6-month period.MethodsA total of 282 patients with hypertension participated in this study and 136 of them completed the questionnaire twice within an interval of two to three weeks. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to assess the structural validity of the scale. Concurrent validity was determined by measuring the correlation between the Chinese Family Support Scale, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale using the Sperman’s Correlation Coefficient. Cronbach’s alpha and intraclass correlation coefficients were employed to evaluate the internal and test-retest reliability of the scale.ResultsExploratory factor analysis revealed a three-factor solution accounting for 62% of the total variance. The three underlying sub-scale dimensions were kinship, nuclear family, and social resources. Significant correlation (r=-0.266; p<0.01) was found between the depression subscales of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the extent of support perceived by the patients as measured by the Chinese Family Support Scale. The Chinese Family Support Scale had an acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.84) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.82). ConclusionThe study provides preliminary evidence that the12-item Chinese Family Support Scale is acceptable, valid and reliable for measuring the perceived family support in hypertension patients. It is a promising tool which can be easily incorporated into epidemiological surveys.

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“…Also, no statistically signi cant gender differences were observed in mean scores on AIS, PSS and FSS scales ( Table 2, p > 0.05). Males stated increased sense of family support with a mean value of 54.5 on FSS scale, a result that differs signi cantly from the reference value of 50.8 [20] in the standardized version of the scale in a sample of Greek healthcare professionals (one sample t test p < 0.05) and similarly mean FSS value in female participants was signi cantly different from the corresponding reference value of 47 [20] in the standardized version of the scale (52.16 versus 47, one sample t test p < 0.01).…”

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“…To evaluate perception of family support we used the family support scale [20] which aims to record the sense of support that a subject receives from the members of his/her family (with whom he/she lives). The scale consists of 13 items, which are answered on a Likert scale, ranging from 1 ("I disagree a lot") to 5 ("I agree a lot").…”

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Sleep Disorders, Perceived Stress and Family Support Among Nursing Staff During the Pandemic Crisis

Tselebis

Lekka

Sikaras

et al. 2020

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Background: The covid-19 pandemic is likely to cause mental health issues, especially for healthcare professionals. The aim of this study is to investigate levels of perceived stress, sleep disturbances and sense of family support among nurses in pandemic conditions. Methods: Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Family Support Scale (FSS) were administered in a sample of 150 nurses from different hospital departments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Individual and demographic data were recorded. Results: 120 women and 30 men completed the study questionnaires. Almost half of participants (49.7%) reported the presence of sleep difficulties and more than half (50.3%) experienced increased stress levels. Scores on AIS scale correlated positively with PSS scores (P<0.01), and negatively with FSS scores (P<0.01). A significantly negative correlation was observed between the PSS scores and the FSS scores (p<0.01). Regression model showed ‘scores on PSS scale’ and ‘years of work experience’ were significant predictors of ‘scores on AIS scale’, each explaining 43.6% and 2.3% of the variance. Scores on AIS scale’ and ‘scores on FSS scale’ were significant predictors of PSS explaining 43.7% and 9,2% of the variance . Conclusion: The study confirmed that working with COVID-19 patients has a negative effect on the sleep of nurses, possibly mediated by increased levels of stress. Family support, as a protective factor, appears to moderate the deleterious consequences of stress.

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The 13 item Family Support Scale: Reliability and validity of the Greek translation in a sample of Greek health care professionals

Cited by 24 publications

References 11 publications

Adherence to Treatment in Stroke Patients

Adherence to Treatment in Stroke Patients

Development of the Chinese Family Support Scale in a Sample of Chinese Patients with Hypertension

Sleep Disorders, Perceived Stress and Family Support Among Nursing Staff During the Pandemic Crisis

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