Validation of a patient-reported measure of social support provided by nurses in breast cancer care (SuPP-N): based on a cross-sectional patient survey in 83 German hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To validate the patient-reported measure of Social Support Perceived by Patients Scale-Nurses (SuPP-N).

Design/setting

A secondary data analysis based on a cross-sectional breast cancer patient survey in 83 German hospitals. Patients were asked to give written informed consent before they were discharged. If they agreed to participate, the questionnaire was sent via mail to their home address after discharge.

Participants

Of 5583 eligible patients, 4841 consented to participate in the study and 4217 returned completed questionnaires (response rate: 75.5 %). For the data analysis n=3954 respondents were included. On average, participants were 60 years old and mostly in cancer stages I and II.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Perceived social sup

SUBMITTER: Lubasch JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058806 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature