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Table 3 Relationship between lifetime mental disorders and domains of perceived social support

From: The association of mental disorders with perceived social support, and the role of marital status: results from a national cross-sectional survey

  Bivariate Multivariableb
β 95% CI P β 95% CI P
  Lower Upper    Lower Upper  
Significant Other
 MDD − 0.239 − 0.419 − 0.059 0.009 − 0.299 − 0.484 − 0.113 0.002
 BD − 0.170 − 0.530 0.191 0.357 − 0.094 − 0.441 0.252 0.594
 GAD − 0.187 − 0.484 0.109 0.216 − 0.184 − 0.475 0.106 0.214
 OCD −0.148 − 0.338 0.041 0.124 −0.160 − 0.354 0.035 0.107
 AUD −0.028 −0.220 0.163 0.772 0.067 −0.130 0.265 0.505
 Any mental disordera −0.121 −0.237 − 0.005 0.040 − 0.133 −0.254 − 0.012 0.032
Family
 MDD −0.613 −0.809 − 0.416 0.000 − 0.574 −0.779 − 0.369 0.000
 BD −0.693 −1.131 −0.255 0.002 −0.396 − 0.768 −0.025 0.037
 GAD −0.690 −1.011 −0.368 0.000 −0.582 − 0.907 −0.258 0.000
 OCD −0.628 −0.872 − 0.385 0.000 − 0.498 −0.728 − 0.268 0.000
 AUD −0.278 −0.479 − 0.077 0.007 − 0.210 −0.424 0.005 0.056
 Any mental disordera −0.477 −0.604 − 0.350 0.000 − 0.421 −0.553 − 0.290 0.000
Friend
 MDD −0.294 −0.502 − 0.085 0.006 − 0.525 −0.738 − 0.313 0.000
 BD −0.218 −0.616 0.180 0.283 −0.420 −0.809 − 0.030 0.035
 GAD −0.378 −0.757 0.001 0.050 −0.492 −0.856 − 0.128 0.008
 OCD −0.181 −0.417 0.055 0.133 −0.442 −0.683 − 0.202 0.000
 AUD 0.033 −0.197 0.262 0.781 0.016 −0.201 0.232 0.888
 Any mental disordera −0.150 −0.287 − 0.013 0.032 − 0.327 −0.464 − 0.190 0.000
  1. MDD Major depressive disorder, BD Bipolar disorder; GAD: Generalized anxiety disorder, OCD Obsessive compulsive disorder, AUD Alcohol use (abuse and dependence) disorders
  2. aany of the mental disorders covered in the study (MDD, BDr, GAD, OCD or AUD)
  3. bGeneralized linear regression models adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, education, employment, income) and having any chronic physical illness
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