The Duke-UNC functional social support questionnaire: Measurement of social support in family medicine patients

Medical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 707-721

  Broadhead, W E ^a   Gehlbach, Stephen H ^b   de Gruy, Frank V ^c   Kaplan, Berton H ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family medicine; Primary care; Questionnaires; Social environment; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84933470227     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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