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. 2022 Oct 8;11(19):5940. doi: 10.3390/jcm11195940

Table 3.

Associations of social network, activity, and participation with depressive symptoms.

GDS: Normal GDS: Light to Severe Depression
Social participationn = 1016 Linear-by-linear Association: p < 0.001
No involvement 112 (86.2%) 18 (13.8%)
Involvement level low 451 (93.6%) 31 (6.4%)
Involvement level high 393 (97.3%) 11 (2.7%)
Weekly social activityn = 1008 Pearson´s Chi-Square-test: p < 0.001
At least 1/week 561 (96.7%) 19 (3.3%)
No weekly social activity 388 (90.7%) 40 (9.3%)
LSNS-6 n = 1011 Linear-by-linear Association: p < 0.001
LSNS-6 > = 12 810 (86.9%) 27 (3.2%)
LSNS-6 < 12 142 (81.6%) 32 (18.3%)
LSNS-6 subscales Pearson´s Chi-Square-test: p < 0.001
Family > 6/non-family > 6 664 (97.6%) 664 (97.6%)
Family > 6/non-family < 6 190 (88.8%) 190 (88.8%)
Family < 6/non-family > 6 66 (90.4%) 66 (90.4%)
Family < 6/non-family < 6 32 (72.7%) 12 (27.2%)