[French-Canadian validation of the MOS Social Support Survey].

Background: The MOS Social Support Survey was developed for patients who participated in the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a two-year study on persons who suffered from chronic illness. There are a number of advantages to using the MOS Social Support Survey, especially with those persons who suffer from chronic illness: it is easy to understand, is relatively short, is multidimensional, can be completed by the patient without assistance and has good psychometric properties.

Objective: The goal of this study was to establish a French-Canadian version of the MOS Social Support Survey and to verify its psychometric properties following the cross-cultural translation and validation procedures proposed by Vallerand.