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

Table 6 Multiple linear regression models with health and suffering (HSS) as the criterion variable among mothers in rehabilitation and among healthy mothers

	Health and suffering among mothers in rehabilitation (n = 129)			Health and suffering among healthy mothers (n = 108)
	b	SE (b)	β	b	SE (b)	β
Regression models with MSPSS subscales as separated independent variables
Constant	8.667	2.254	–	19.921	2.965	–
Family	0.164	0.14	0.1235	0.38*	0.159	0.3111
Friends	0.263*	0.126	0.1848	− 0.062	0.128	− 0.0503
Significant others	0.487***	0.155	0.3661	0.435*	0.197	0.3059
R² (R²_adj)	0.351 (0.335)			0.305 (0.285)
Regression models adjusted for possible confounders
Constant	37.382	6.056	–	30.197	6.022	–
MSPSS (total sum score)	0.21***	0.037	0.3960	0.205***	0.047	0.4153
KEDS (total sum score)	− 0.462***	0.072	− 0.4365	− 0.185*	0.07	− 0.2485
Living in a relationship (cohabiting/single coded as + 0.5/ − 0.5)	1.903	1.215	0.1048	− 1.202	1.729	− 0.0604
Number of children living at home	− 0.273	0.458	− 0.0438	− 0.14	0.639	− 0.0187
Age (participant)	− 0.072	0.064	− 0.0844	− 0.026	0.076	− 0.0292
R² (R²_adj)	0.525 (0.505)	0.313 (0.279)

HSS Health and Suffering Scale, MSPSS Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, KEDS Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale; b, unstandardized coefficient; β, standardized coefficient; *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001

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