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April 21, 2026Frontiers in AgingOpen Access

The development of the social isolation risk scale (SIRS) to identify risk for social isolation in head and neck cancer survivors

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AMAllison MarzilianoNENicholas R. EatonMPMahdia Parker

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Overview

Development of a screening tool identifies social isolation risk in head and neck cancer survivors, suggesting a practical clinical application.

Key Points

  • The aim is to develop the Social Isolation Risk Scale (SIRS) to identify social isolation risks in head and neck cancer survivors.
  • Conducted item generation using inductive and deductive strategies based on literature and expert opinions.
  • Performed one-to-one interviews with 22 socially isolated head and neck cancer survivors for item refinement.
  • Retained items endorsed by 7 or more participants after analysis, leading to a final scale of 13 items.
  • 39 potential items were generated, refined to 29 based on participant feedback.
  • 16 items not specific to head and neck cancer were removed.
  • Final SIRS consists of 13 items organized by content similarity.

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Marziliano et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e7132bcb99343efc98ce85https://doi.org/10.3389/fragi.2026.1805909
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