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Table 5 Adjusted mean (SE) MSPSS scores in major depression vs minor or no depression groups (Student’s independent t -test)

From: Validation of the multi-dimensional scale of perceived social support (MSPSS) and the relationship between social support, intimate partner violence and antenatal depression in Malawi

 

Adjusted mean (SE) MSPSS

 

Major depression

Minor or no depression

P value

MSPSS total

31.6 (2.24)

41.6 (0.58)

<0.001

Significant other subscale

11.6 (0.80)

14.9 (0.15)

<0.001

Family subscale

10.2 (0.86)

13.9 (0.24)

<0.001

Friends subscale

9.8 (0.95)

12.7 (0.32)

0.004

  1. (Sample inverse weighted up to total sample recruited on days when SCID done, n = 503).
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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