Table 5.

Comparison of social support depending on the type of care institution.

Social Support	NH		RCH		Test		95% CI		d
	M	SD	M	SD	t	p	LL	UL
Structural support *	40.42	24.65	63.38	11.02	−18.53	<0.001	−25.40	−20.53	1.21
Functional support *	47.07	12.51	39.83	10.62	9.58	<0.001	5.76	8.73	0.63
Informational support	11.00	3.34	9.83	3.30	5.39	<0.001	0.74	1.59	0.35
Instrumental support *	13.22	3.92	11.19	3.44	8.46	<0.001	1.56	2.51	0.55
Appraisal support	13.62	3.78	11.12	3.55	10.36	<0.001	2.01	2.95	0.68
Emotional support *	9.23	3.30	7.69	2.60	7.95	<0.001	1.17	1.93	0.52

M—mean, SD—standard deviation, t—Student’s t-test, p—statistical significance, LL—lower limit, UL—upper limit, d—Cohen’s effect size, *—unequal variances (Welch correction was applied).