Table 2.
Demographic factors affecting MSSS and WHOQOL-BREF scores.
| Questionnaires | Sex | Age | Level of Education | Marital Status | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD Male | Healthy Male | HD vs. Healthymalep-Value | HD Female | Healthy Female | HD vs. Healthy female p-Value |
<Median | >Median | p-Value | Primary | Secondary | University | p-Value | Married | Single | p-Value | ||
| MSSS | MSSS total score | ↓ 68.8 (26.3) | ↑ 80.0 (26.9) | <0.01 | ↑ 77.4 (25.5) | ↓ 62.7 (23.8) | <0.02 | 70.7 (29.4) | 72.7 (22.9) | N/S | 71.9 (25.7) | 73.2 (26.7) | 66.6 (28.1) | N/S | ↑ 75.7 (22.7) | ↓ 62.9 (30.8) | <0.02 |
| 5-item MSSS-5 score | ↓ 68.9 (27.2) | ↑ 80.8 (27.2) | <0.009 | ↑ 80.1 (24.2) | ↓ 63.5 (24.4) | <0.006 | 71.0 (30.9) | 74.1 (22.0) | N/S | 72.6 (26.1) | 74.7 (27.3) | 67.1 (28.5) | N/S | ↑ 76.5 (22.6) | ↓ 64.1 (32.3) | <0.02 | |
| Tangible Support Subscale | 74.3 (26.5) | 77.2 (32.4) | N/S | ↑ 83.9 (23.5) | ↓ 69.8 (21.8) | <0.02 | 73.1 (30.7) | 81.8 (19.4) | N/S | 75.1 (26.1) | 80.5 (27.3) | 79.0 (22.7) | N/S | 80.4 (22.9) | 71.7 (30.5) | N/S | |
| Emotional/Informational Support Subscale | 65.9 (28.3) | 74.4 (32.3) | N/S | ↑ 76.4 (24.1) | ↓ 60.5 (23.9) | <0.007 | 67.2 (30.5) | 71.5 (24.1) | N/S | 69.1 (28.9) | 71.5 (24.7) | 64.7 (27.5) | N/S | ↑ 72.8 (24.8) | ↓ 61.9 (31.0) | <0.05 | |
| Affectionate Support Subscale | ↓ 67.9 (30.0) | ↑ 87.2 (21.7) | <0.0001 | ↑ 78.5 (31.4) | ↓ 60.2 (26.5) | <0.01 | 72.4 (33.3) | 70.5 (28.2) | N/S | 71.4 (31.1) | 74.0 (28.4) | 65.2 (34.3) | N/S | ↑ 76.0 (27.8) | ↓ 61.6 (34.3) | <0.02 | |
| Positive Social Interaction Subscale | ↓ 67.0 (29.5) | ↑ 81.1 (24.8) | <0.002 | 71.1 (28.1) | 60.2 (26.6) | N/S | 69.9 (31.3) | 67.0 (26.9) | N/S | 72.0 (27.1) | 66.7 (30.7) | 57.4 (31.3) | N/S | ↑ 73.8 (25.7) | ↓ 57.0 (32.3) | <0.005 | |
| WHOQOL-BREF | Physical health Domain | ↓ 12.1 (1.6) | ↑ 13.7 (1.2) | <0.0001 | 11.8 (2.1) | 12.7 (1.6) | N/S | 12.1 (1.7) | 12.0 (1.9) | N/S | ↓ 11.9 (1.8) | ↓ 11.8 (1.8) | ↑ 13.0 (1.5) |
<0.04 (prim. vs. univ.)
<0.03 (second. vs. univ.) |
12.1 (1.9) | 11.9 (1.4) | N/S |
| Psychological health Domain | ↓ 12.9 (2.2) | ↑ 14.7 (1.9) | <0.0001 | 12.3 (2.0) | 13.9 (1.7) | N/S | 12.7 (2.1) | 12.8 (2.1) | N/S | 12.6 (2.2) | 12.8 (2.1) | 13.2 (1.9) | N/S | 13.0 (2.1) | 12.3 (2.1) | N/S | |
| Social Relationship Domain | 13.4 (3.1) | 13.4 (3.4) | N/S | 13.9 (3.1) | 13.7 (3.2) | N/S | 13.3 (3.4) | 13.8 (2.8) | N/S | 13.3 (3.4) | 13.8 (2.8) | 14.0 (2.4) | N/S | 13.8 (3.0) | 13.1 (3.4) | N/S | |
| Environment Domain | ↓ 13.8 (2.2) | ↑ 15.2 (3.1) | <0.002 | 13.5 (2.2) | 13.3 (2.0) | N/S | 13.6 (2.4) | 13.8 (2.1) | N/S | ↓ 13.4 (2.3) | ↓ 13.6 (2.0) | ↑ 15.1 (1.8) |
<0.006 (prim. vs. univ.)
<0.01 (second. vs. univ.) |
13.8 (2.2) | 13.4 (2.2) | N/S | |
MSSS—Modified Social Support Survey; MSSS-5—5-item MSSS version; WHOQOL-BREF—World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire. N/S—p > 0.05.