Table 4 Support providers for women with and without PCOS: whole sample
From: Physical activity and mental health in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
| Â | Whole sample | 18- 30Â years old sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Support | PCOS (%) | Control (%) | Χ 2 (p) | PCOS (%) | Control (%) | Χ 2 (pcp |
Husband/partnera | 116 (76) | 37 (58) | 2.42 (0.120) | 52 (74) | 14 (42) | 8.83 (0.003) |
Friends | 93 (61) | 30 (47) | 1.82 (0.178) | 46 (66) | 22 (67) | 0.01 (0.931) |
Parents | 86 (56) | 24 (38) | 3.45 (0.063) | 49 (70) | 21 (64) | 0.27 (0.604) |
Other family* | 77 (50) | 19 (30) | 5.00 (0.025) | 42 (60) | 14 (42) | 3.18 (0.075) |
Children*a | 65 (42) | 16 (25) | 4.31 (0.038) | 15 (21) | 2 (6) | 8.33 (0.004) |
Health care profs | 42 (27) | 14 (22) | 0.51 (0.475) | 22 (31) | 8 (24) | 0.89 (0.345) |
Co-workers | 40 (26) | 13 (20) | 0.78 (0.376) | 24 (34) | 9 (27) | 0.80 (0.370) |
Physical activity instructors | 40 (26) | 14 (22) | 0.33 (0.564) | 25 (36) | 10 (30) | 0.55 (0.460) |
Myself | 9 (6) | 4 (6) | 0.00 (1.00) | 5 (7) | 4 (12) | 1.32 (0.251) |
Other | 4 (3) | 0 (0) | - | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | - |
Exercise friends/team | 2 (1) | 2 (3) | - | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | - |
No one | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | - | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | - |
Pets | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | - | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | - |