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Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2014 Oct 17;19(9):835–843. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2014.967171

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the Medical Outcomes Survey – Social Support Scale.

	Items	Mean	Standard deviation	Scale range^a	Study range^a	Cronbach’s alpha
Total scale	19	82.0	13.1	19–95	25–95	0.95
Emotional support	8	33.1	6.4	8–40	9–40	0.93
Tangible support	4	17.8	3.1	4–20	4–20	0.89
Affectionate support	3	13.6	2.3	3–15	3–15	0.94
Positive interaction	4	17.5	3.5	4–20	4–20	0.94

Higher scores indicate more support.