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Structured evaluation of psychosocial factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P Kowal  and
JD Guelfi
P Kowal
Affiliation:
Hôpital Charles-Foix, Avenue de la République, 94000 Ivry-sur-Seine
JD Guelfi
Affiliation:
Pr Samuel-Lajeunesse Dept, 100, rue de la Santé, 76674 Paris Cedex 14, France
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Summary

Several reviews on social functioning measurements using structured interviews or questionnaires have been published in recent years. This report examines Weissman and Brugha’s report on these tools and the respective interest of self-rating scales or interviews. In the elderly, multidimensional tools such as MAI or CARE have proven to be very useful. Questionnaires may be the best tools for assessing social adaptation in the elderly: a short self-rating scale that aims to assess social adaptation in the elderly in the community has therefore been presented. The SII Q is derived from the Multilevel Assessment Instrument (MAI) and the Index of Social Support (ISS). A principal component analysis of this new Social Integration and Independence Questionnaire (17 items) elicited four factors accounting for 48.8% of the variance, representing four parameters of social functioning: independence, social integration, familial interaction and depression.

Keywords

social adjustmentsocial supportrating scales
Type
Original article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 6 , 1991 , pp. 295 - 300
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1991

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