Table 4.

Received and needed support from family and friends. Significant differences between sociodemographic groups for each questionnaire item about received and needed support from family and friends. Variables are reported with number of respondents (n), medians (Mdn), and values for interquartile ranges (IQR). Higher values indicate more support/being more satisfied. The results of the Mann–Whitney U‐tests are reported with effect sizes (r) and significance values (P)

Questionnaire item	Received support					Needed support
	Possible score 1– 4					Possible score 1– 3
	n	Mdn	IQR	r	P	n	Mdn	IQR	r	P
My family has …
... stayed in contact during my illness period
All	460	4	4–4			384	2	2–2
Marital status				0.14	0.002				−0.13	0.009
‐Married	268	4	4–4			227	2	2–2
‐Unmarried	192	4	4–4			157	2	2–2
Income									0.13	0.011
‐Low						174	2	2–2
‐High						210	2	2–2
... showed compassion and understanding
All						381	2	2–2
Gender									−0.13	0.009
‐Men						248	2	2–2
‐Women						133	2	2–2
... helped me with practical matters
All	460	4	4–4			377	2	2–2
Marital status				0.15	0.001				−0.10	0.042
‐Married	269	4	4–4			221	2	2–2
‐Unmarried	191	4	3–4			156	2	2–2
My friends have…
... stayed in contact during my illness period
All	453	4	3–4			361	2	2–2
Income				0.10	0.029				0.12	0.025
‐Low	215	4	3–4			161	2	2–2
‐High	238	4	3–4			200	2	2–2
... showed compassion and understanding
All						357	2	2–2
Gender									−0.11	0.043
‐Men						240	2	2–2
‐Women						117	2	2–2
Marital status									−0.13	0.005
‐Married						198	2	2–2
‐Unmarried						159	2	2–2
Income									0.15	0.005
‐Low						160	2	2–2
‐High						197	2	2–2