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Table 3 Health, coping, and social support. Total score and comparison of genders

From: Young adults at risk of early work disability: who are they?

 

Total (N = 96)

Men (n = 65)

Women (n = 31)

p-value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Disability, 0–48

8.60 ± 7.54

7.56 ± 6.98

10.80 ± 8.29

.048

Psychological distress, 1–4

1.85 ± 0.55

1.74 ± 0.47

2.09 ± 0.63

.007

 Depression, 1–4

1.95 ± 0.64

1.84 ± 0.58

2.18 ± 0.73

.014

 Anxiety, 1–4

1.70 ± 0.49

1.58 ± 0.41

1.96 ± 0.55

.001

Fatigue, 0–33

13.43 ± 5.82

12.41 ± 5.28

15.64 ± 6.40

.011

 Physical, 0–21

8.68 ± 4.40

8.06 ± 4.22

10.01 ± 4.57

.045

 Psychological, 0–12

4.75 ± 2.22

4.34 ± 1.90

5.63 ± 2.62

.019

Subjective health complaints, 0–87

14.57 ± 9.54

12.02 ± 7.28

19.75 ± 11.45

.001

 Musculoskeletal, 0–24

4.16 ± 3.95

3.20 ± 3.21

6.12 ± 4.59

.003

 Pseudoneurology, 0–21

5.76 ± 3.93

4.99 ± 3.43

7.35 ± 4.46

.012

 Gastrointestinal, 0–21

2.40 ± 2.87

1.91 ± 2.07

3.37 ± 3.90

.059

Global well-being, 1–10

 Today

4.85 ± 1.79

4.79 ± 1.66

5.00 ± 2.07

.593

 Past (1 year)

4.00 ± 2.23

4.05 ± 2.05

3.90 ± 2.59

.767

 Future (1 year)

7.02 ± 2.13

6.93 ± 2.26

7.22 ± 1.85

.544

Social support

 Nondirective support, 1–5

3.87 ± 0.85

3.70 ± 0.87

4.23 ± 0.67

.004

 Directive support, 1–5

3.09 ± 0.95

3.10 ± 0.96

3.07 ± 0.94

.874

Coping

 Coping, 1–4

2.63 ± 0.72

2.77 ± 0.68

2.33 ± 0.71

.006

 Helplessness, 1–4

2.34 ± 0.69

2.33 ± 0.70

2.36 ± 0.70

.857

 Hopelessness, 1–4

2.28 ± 0.74

2.21 ± 0.69

2.44 ± 0.82

.176

  1. All values in boldface in the p-value column are statistically significant at the 0.05 or 0.01 level