title: [Assessing Social Resources in the Chronically Ill: Development and Initial Psychometric Testing of an Ego-centered Network Generator].
abstract: Background:The social network is one of the most significant resources during the course of the rehabilitation. However, there is a lack of short instruments in questionnaire format for the assessment of social relations in the chronically ill. We therefore developed a network generator (NWG), and tested its performance in patients with different diseases during medical rehabilitation.Methods:We tested its reliability, validity and acceptance in 882 inpatients participating in medical rehabilitation programs (cancer N=290, musculoskeletal diseases N=292, and psychosomatic diseases N=300).Findings:The NWG provides clear information about different aspects of the social network of these subgroups with satisfying psychometric characteristics.Conclusions:The NWG can be applied as short assessment of positive social relationships that, in practice, are important resources during the whole rehabilitation process of the chronically ill.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rehabilitationsmedizin, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamprecht
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rehabilitationsmedizin, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robinski
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rehabilitationsmedizin, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mau
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires