8. Further details on the distributions of social support scores. (The questionnaires are included in Appendix 5).

Measures of Social Support

 

Information

Emotional

Instrumental

Interactions*

Valid

315

319

319

309

Missing

10

6

6

16

Minimum

6

9

9

10

Maximum

20

20

20

34

Possible range

5-20

5-20

5-20

10-50

25th percentile

14

19

19

11

Median

17

20

20

13

75th percentile

20

20

20

18

* Personal Interaction scale goes from better (low score) to worse (high score).