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Table 4 Health and suffering and perceived social support among mothers living with exhaustion and long-lasting pain compared to healthy mothers and women without children

From: Health and suffering are associated with social support: a cross-sectional study of women and mothers with exhaustion and pain

 

Mothers

Women without children

With exhaustion and pain

Healthy

With exhaustion and pain

Healthy

N = 295

n = 129

n = 108a

n = 37

n = 21

HSS mean +/− SD

26.5 +/− 8.2***

37.9 +/− 6.5*

26.3 +/− 8.9

33.8 +/− 7.5

MSPSS (total score) mean +/− SD

56.8 +/− 15.6***

68.7 (13.2)

58.6 +/− 16.2

66.7 +/− 11.8

Subscales MSPSS

 Family mean +/− SD

18.5 +/− 6.2***

22.6 +/− 5.3

19.0 +/− 7.1

21.0 +/− 5.5

 Friends mean +/− SD

17.2 +/− 5.8***

21.5 +/− 5.2

17.8 +/− 5.3

21.1 +/− 6.1

 Significant others Mean +/− SD

21.1 +/− 6.2***

24.6 +/− 4.6

21.8 +/− 6.1

24.6 +/− 3.6

  1. HSS Health and Suffering Scale, MSPSS Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
  2. ***Significantly (p < 0.001) different to healthy mothers, two sample t-test. *significantly different (p = 0.012) to healthy women without children, two sample t-test. aEight mothers having received rehabilitation for pain during the last three months were included
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