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

Table 4 Relationship between lifetime mental disorders and perceived social support among married and single samples

	Bivariate				Multivariable^b
	β	95% CI		P	β	95% CI		P
		Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper
Associations among Married sample
MDD	−0.333	−0.583	−0.083	0.009	−0.505	−0.764	− 0.246	< 0.001
BD	−0.077	− 0.400	0.246	0.641	−0.135	− 0.491	0.221	0.457
GAD	−0.231	−0.591	0.128	0.208	−0.350	−0.707	0.008	0.055
OCD	−0.161	−0.393	0.070	0.172	−0.219	−0.467	0.029	0.083
AUD	−0.097	−0.342	0.148	0.440	−0.078	−0.332	0.176	0.548
Any mental disorder^a	−0.160	−0.300	− 0.020	0.025	− 0.248	−0.397	− 0.099	0.001
Associations among Single sample
MDD	−0.377	−0.596	− 0.159	0.001	− 0.437	−0.664	− 0.210	< 0.001
BD	−0.499	− 0.934	− 0.064	0.025	− 0.399	−0.817	0.018	0.061
GAD	−0.488	−0.766	− 0.21	0.001	− 0.464	−0.758	− 0.169	0.002
OCD	−0.411	−0.665	− 0.157	0.002	− 0.498	−0.753	− 0.243	< 0.001
AUD	−0.055	− 0.329	0.220	0.696	−0.013	− 0.268	0.242	0.922
Any mental disorder^a	−0.300	−0.458	− 0.142	< 0.001	− 0.346	−0.507	− 0.184	< 0.001

^aany of the mental disorders covered in the study (MDD, BD, GAD, OCD or AUD)
^bGeneralized linear regression models adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, ethnicity, education, employment, income) and having any chronic physical illness

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