השוואת שיטות

	סולם תמיכה חברתית מקוונת	מדד מעורבות מטופלים
תחום	אינפורמטיקה רפואית	אינפורמטיקה רפואית
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	2011	2004
הוגה השיטה	Joana Vilelas, Carla Tomás; Emma Nick, David Cole et al.	Judith H. Hibbard, Janice Stockard, Ellen R. Mahoney, Martin Tusler
סוג	Self-report questionnaire	Self-report questionnaire
מקור מכונן	Vilelas, J. M., & Tomás, C. C. (2011). Internet social support: An instrument for studying virtual communities of patients with fibromyalgia. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 29(10), 576–585.	Hibbard, J. H., Stockard, J., Mahoney, E. R., & Tusler, M. (2004). Development of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM): Conceptualizing and measuring activation in patients and consumers. Health Services Research, 39(4), 1005–1026.
כינויים	OSSS, Online Social Support, Internet Social Support	PES, Patient Engagement
קשורות	3	3
תקציר	The Online Social Support Scale measures the perceived availability and quality of emotional, informational, and practical support received through digital channels—social media, online communities, forums, messaging apps, and digital platforms. Developed by Vilelas and Tomás (2011) for patients with chronic illness and refined by Nick and colleagues (2017), the scale recognizes that social support increasingly flows through digital networks, particularly for geographically dispersed, stigmatized, or medically complex populations who benefit from asynchronous, text-based support.	The Patient Engagement Scale measures the degree to which patients take active responsibility for managing their health and healthcare. Developed by Hibbard and colleagues (2004), the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) operationalizes engagement as a progression from awareness of health issues through confident self-management, capturing the psychological, behavioural, and confidence dimensions essential for patient participation in shared decision-making and chronic disease management.