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Table 4 Social Support and Stressful Life Event Questionnaire (SSSLEQ)

From: Associations between maternal social support and stressful life event with ventricular septal defect in offspring: a case-control study

Social support

None

Rarely

Some time

Often

Frequently

Relationship support

     

Did you often chat with someone?

     

Did you often Contact with your close friends?

     

Did your colleague easy to get along with?

     

Emotional support

     

Did anyone care about you?

     

Did anyone give you emotional support?

     

Help with daily tasks

     

Did anyone give you a suggestion?

     

Did your colleague help you?

     

Did anyone help you with your housework?

     

Stressful life events

No

Yes

Financial problems

  

Divorce/couple separated

  

Husband violence

  

Lost job

  

Illness/injury of someone close

  

Death of someone close

  

Relationship difficulties

  

Accident/natural disaster

  
  1. Note: A series of questions about social support and stressful life events were asked in separate sections of the questionnaire. From these questions, we determined whether mothers had received social support and experienced stressful life events during the periconceptional period