E-Module (SSA) - Section 5.8.8

Section 1:
What is the role of rehabilitation in the context of HIV in SSA?
Section 2:
What do rehabilitation providers need to know about HIV in SSA?
Section 3:
What are the rehabilitation interventions that can help people living with HIV in SSA?
Section 4:
What do rehabilitation providers need to know about caring for children and youth living with HIV in SSA?
Section 5:
What are the concepts and tools for measuring rehabilitation outcomes in HIV in SSA?

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Section 1: What is the role of rehabilitation in the context of HIV in SSA?

Section 2: What do rehabilitation providers need to know about HIV in SSA?

Section 3: What are the rehabilitation interventions that can help people living with HIV in SSA?

3.1 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that address impairments common among people living with HIV?

Section 4: What do rehabilitation providers need to know about caring for children and youth living with HIV in SSA?

4.4 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that can address the activity limitations and participation restrictions common among children and youth living with HIV?

Section 5: What are the concepts and tools for measuring rehabilitation outcomes in HIV in SSA?

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5.8.8 – Social Support

Measure (Authors, Year)	Generic vs Specific, Purpose	Administration, Number of Items, Number of Domains	Measurement Properties
Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SS)⁶⁷	Specific to chronic disease Descriptive	Self-reported questionnaire 19 items 5 domains	Reliability: High internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0.90) among people living with HIV. Validity: Convergent and discriminant construct validity demonstrated among people living with HIV.

Measure (Authors, Year)

Generic vs Specific, Purpose

Administration, Number of Items, Number of Domains

Measurement Properties

Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SS)⁶⁷

Specific to chronic disease

Descriptive

Self-reported questionnaire

19 items

5 domains

Reliability: High internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0.90) among people living with HIV.

Validity: Convergent and discriminant construct validity demonstrated among people living with HIV.

⁶⁷Sherbourne CD, Stewart AL. The MOS social support survey. Soc Sci Med. 1991;32(6):705-14. PubMed PMID: 2035047. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2035047.

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5.8.8 – Social Support