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Este estudo tem como objectivo apresentar uma proposta de instrumento para aceder à percepção do
suporte social institucional na saúde: o Questionário de Suporte Social Institucional na Saúde (QSSIS)
estudando as suas características métricas.
Apesar do reconhecimento dos efeitos positivos na saúde do suporte social poucos estudos abordam a
temática do suporte social fornecido por técnicos de saúde. Os resultados obtidos com uma amostra
de 328 adolescentes, mostram valores adequados de consistência interna e sensibilidade. A análise da
estrutura factorial do QSSIS incluiu duas dimensões do constructo: estrutural e funcional. A dimensão
estrutural agrupou sete itens em três factores: Tempo, Localização e Burocracia. A dimensão funcional
incluiu 30 itens agrupados segundo cinco factores, denominados de Suporte Emocional/Relacional,
Suporte de Estima, Suporte Social Tangível – Saúde; Suporte Social Tangível – Educação Sexual e
Suporte Avaliativo. A validade de constructo realizada com o Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ6;
Sarason, Sarasom, Shearin, & Pierce, 1987) e a validade concorrente medida pela recorrência aos
serviços de saúde, evidenciou que o Suporte de Estima é o factor mais correlacionado com o suporte
social informal avaliado pela SSQ6 e o Suporte Tangível na Saúde e a Acessibilidade Temporal, os que
mais estão associados à procura dos cuidados de saúde.
ABSTRACT: The present study aim to present a questionnaire to assess health institutional social support perception – Health Institutional Social Support Questionnaire (HISSQ) and study its psychometric characteristics. In spite of known positive effects of social support on health, few studies had examined social support coming from experts/technicians. The results with 328 adolescents revealed satisfactory measures of internal consistency and concurrent validity. Factorial analysis on HISSQ included two construct dimensions: Structural and Functional. Structural dimension integrates seven items on three factors: Time, Localization and Bureaucracy. Functional dimension includes 30 items grouped above five factors named: Emotional/Relational Social Support, Esteem Support, Tangible Support – Health, Tangible Support – Sexual Education and Appraisal Support. Construct validity was accessed by Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ6; Sarason, Sarasom, Shearin, & Pierce, 1987) and concurrent validity by a measure of recurrence to health services, both revealed that Esteem Support scores correlated significantly with informal social support measures by SSQ6 and Tangible Support on Health and Temporal Accessibility were the strongest factors associated with health services recurrence.
ABSTRACT: The present study aim to present a questionnaire to assess health institutional social support perception – Health Institutional Social Support Questionnaire (HISSQ) and study its psychometric characteristics. In spite of known positive effects of social support on health, few studies had examined social support coming from experts/technicians. The results with 328 adolescents revealed satisfactory measures of internal consistency and concurrent validity. Factorial analysis on HISSQ included two construct dimensions: Structural and Functional. Structural dimension integrates seven items on three factors: Time, Localization and Bureaucracy. Functional dimension includes 30 items grouped above five factors named: Emotional/Relational Social Support, Esteem Support, Tangible Support – Health, Tangible Support – Sexual Education and Appraisal Support. Construct validity was accessed by Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ6; Sarason, Sarasom, Shearin, & Pierce, 1987) and concurrent validity by a measure of recurrence to health services, both revealed that Esteem Support scores correlated significantly with informal social support measures by SSQ6 and Tangible Support on Health and Temporal Accessibility were the strongest factors associated with health services recurrence.
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Keywords
Adolescentes Saúde Suporte social recebido Adolescents Health Social support
Citation
Laboratório de Psicologia, 5, 17-32
Publisher
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada