MOSS Data Set

SAS code to access the baseline data,   Proc Print output of baseline data,   Proc Means output of baseline data.

SAS code to access the activity status data,   Proc Print output of activity status data.

Variable descriptions in MS Word,   Proc Contents, Freq, and Means ouput in MS Word.

Brief Description

MOSS - Mediators of Social Support - An NIH funded 5-year cohort study designed to examine the influence of social support on long-term morbidity and mortality. All patients in this observation database have documented coronary artery disease. The subset of data included in MOSSCLIN.sas7bdat and MOSSDASI.sas7bdat is from the self-reported cigarette smokers. MOSSCLIN.sas7bdat contains the baseline data from the 604 smokers. MOSSDASI.sas7bdat contains the baseline, 1-year, and 2-year Duke Activity Status Index measurements.

References for the MOSS study:

Brummett BH, Babyak MA, Barefoot JC, Bosworth HB, Clapp-Channing NE, Siegler IC, Williams RB Jr., Mark DB. Social support and hostility as predictors of depressive symptoms in cardiac patients one month after hospitalization: prospective study. Psychosomatic Medicine 1998; 60: 707-713.

Brummett BH, Barefoot JC, Siegler IC, Clapp-Channing NE, Lytle BL, Bosworth HB, Williams RB Jr., Mark DB. Characteristics of socially isolated patients with coronary artery disease who are at elevated risk of mortality. Psychosomatic Medicine 2001; 63: 267-272.

Bosworth HB, Siegler IC, Olsen MK, Brummett BH, Barefoot JC, Williams RB, Clapp-Channing NE, Mark DB. Social support and quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease. Quality of Life Research 2000; 9: 829-839.

Prior work that generated the hypotheses for the MOSS prospective study:

Williams RB, Barefoot JC, Califf RM, Haney TL, Saunders WB, Pryor DB, Hlatky MA, Siegler IC, Mark DB. Prognostic importance of social and economic resources among medically treated patients angiographically documented coronary artery disease. JAMA 1992; 267: 520-524.

Barefoot JC, Helms MJ, Mark DB, Blumenthal JA, Califf RM, Taney TL, O'Connor CM, Siegler IC, Williams RB. Depression and long-term mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. American Journal of Cardiology 1996; 78: 613-617.