Table 2.

Comparison of psychosocial factors between MS and healthy people

Item	MS group	Healthy group	t	P	Pc
Life events scores	39.37 ±40.75	25.56 ±26.51	1.818	0.073	0.073
Positive life events scores	5.80 ±10.46	9.80± 11.03	-1.685	0.096	0.192
Negative life events scores	34.99 ±37.21	15.68 ±21.41	2.790	0.007∗∗	0.014∗
Problems of family life	29.98 ±31.91	15.46 ±16.88	2.574	0.012∗	0.036∗
Problems of work and study	6.59± 11.98	8.66 ±14.04	-0.719	0.474	1.422
Social and other aspects	4.27 ±9.23	2.02 ±3.42	1.460	0.148	0.444
Utilization of social support	6.95 ±1.80	8.10±1.79	-2.893	0.005∗∗	0.015∗
Subjective social support	24.34 ±4.65	21.51 ±4.42	2.825	0.006∗∗	0.018∗
Objective social support	10.08 ±2.86	10.68 ±2.59	-1.012	0.315	0.945
P	55.54 ±12.48	52.20 ±7.75	1.456	0.149	0.596
E	55.85 ±9.61	59.27 ±10.22	-1.558	0.123	0.492
N	54.39 ±10.56	51.73 ±12.89	1.022	0.310	1.240
L	47.95 ±10.90	47.93 ±9.29	0.011	0.991	3.964

^∗∗p< 0.01,

^∗0.01 <p<0.05.