Table 1.
Sociodemographic and family's characteristics and their relationship to Brief Symptom Inventory (n = 837)
| Independent variables (n) | % | Brief Symptom Inventory |
Statistics | Significance (p) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median ≤ 51 (n = 423), % | Median > 51 (n = 414), % | ||||
| Age (y) | |||||
| 15 (45) | 5.4 | 48.9 | 51.1 | χ2 = 0.601, df = 3 | >0.05 |
| 16 (169) | 20.2 | 52.7 | 47.3 | ||
| 17 (312) | 37.3 | 51 | 49 | ||
| 18 (311) | 37.2 | 49.2 | 50.8 | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Female (162) | 19.4 | 46.9 | 53.1 | χ2 = 1.055, df = 1 | >0.05 |
| Male (675) | 80.6 | 51.4 | 48.6 | ||
| Grade at VTE (in years) | |||||
| First (379) | 45.3 | 48.5 | 51.5 | χ2 = 5.098, df = 2 | >0.05 |
| Second (316) | 37.8 | 49.1 | 50.9 | ||
| Third (142) | 17.0 | 59.2 | 40.8 | ||
| Length of time living in Istanbul | |||||
| 7 y or less (112) | 13.4 | 51.8 | 48.2 | χ2 = 0.08, df = 1 | >0.05 |
| 8 y or more (725) | 86.6 | 50.3 | 49.7 | ||
| Mother's educational level | |||||
| Never attended school(122) | 14.6 | 48.4 | 51.6 | χ2 = 0.867, df = 2 | >0.05 |
| Graduated from primary school (652) | 77.9 | 56.5 | 49.5 | ||
| Graduated from high school or university (63) | 7.5 | 55.6 | 44.4 | ||
| Father's educational level | |||||
| Never attend to school (60) | 7.2 | 60 | 48.3 | χ2 = 1.845, df = 2 | >0.05 |
| Graduated from primary school (642) | 76.7 | 642 | 48.4 | ||
| Graduated from high school or university (135) | 16.1 | 135 | 54.8 | ||
| Father's work situation | |||||
| Works (688) | 82.2 | 51.7 | 48.3 | χ2 = 2.251, df = 1 | >0.05 |
| Does not work (149) | 17.8 | 45.0 | 55.0 | ||
| Mothers work situation | |||||
| Works (188) | 22.5 | 52.7 | 47.3 | χ2 = 0.437, df = 1 | >0.05 |
| Does not work (649) | 77.5 | 49.9 | 50.1 | ||
| Family income | |||||
| Low (570) | 68.1 | 50.9 | 49.1 | χ2 = 0.590, df = 3 | >0.05 |
| Lower middle (116) | 13.9 | 47.4 | 52.6 | ||
| Upper middle (119) | 14.2 | 51.3 | 48.7 | ||
| High (32) | 3.8 | 53.1 | 46.9 | ||
| Ranking among siblings in family | |||||
| First (269) | 32.1 | 49.8 | 50.2 | χ2 = 1.273, df = 2 | >0.05 |
| Second (202) | 24.1 | 54.0 | 46.6 | ||
| Third (366) | 43.1 | 49.2 | 50.8 | ||
| Perceived social support from family | |||||
| Median < 5 (422) | 50.4 | 47.2 | 52.8 | χ2 = 3.893, df = 1 | >0.05 |
| Median > 5 (415) | 49.6 | 54.0 | 46.0 | ||
| Perceived social support from significant others | |||||
| Median < 5 (414) | 49.4 | 49.5 | 50.5 | χ2 = 0.341, df = 1 | >0.05 |
| Median > 5 (423) | 50.6 | 51.5 | 48.5 | ||
| Perceived social support from friends | |||||
| Median < 5 (432) | 51.6 | 48.8 | 51.2 | χ2 = 1.026, df = 1 | >0.05 |
| Median > 5 (405) | 48.4 | 52.3 | 47.7 | ||
| Total MSPSS score | |||||
| Median < 5 (421) | 50.2 | 48.5 | 51.5 | χ2 = 1.468, df = 1 | >0.05 |
| Median> 5 (416) | 49.8 | 52.6 | 47.4 | ||
MSPSS, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support.