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. 2022 Nov 28;22:736. doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-04386-0

Table 2.

Associations of perceived social support (general and workplace) at baseline with psychological symptoms (anxiety, depressive and PTS symptoms) at follow-up

Variable Depressive symptoms Anxiety symptoms PTS symptomsa
MR p 95% CI MR p 95% CI MR p 95% CI
Perceived general social support 0.84 .005 [0.74, 0.95] 0.91 .065 [0.82, 1.01] 1.13 .361 [0.87, 1.49]
 Adjusted model 0.84 .007 [0.74, 0.95] 0.94 .274 [0.85, 1.05] 1.20 .165 [0.93, 1.55]
Perceived workplace social support 0.82 .001 [0.72, 0.92] 0.90 .063 [0.80, 1.01] 1.11 .486 [0.83, 1.47]
 Adjusted model 0.82 .001 [0.72, 0.93] 0.94 .256 [0.84, 1.05] 1.05 .703 [0.80, 1.38]

Adjusted Model: adjusted for neuroticism and number of previous traumatic events at baseline

PTS posttraumatic stress, MR Mean ratio. All variables are z-standardized

aWith respect to PTS symptoms the analysis sample was limited to N = 250 participants who had reported a lifetime traumatic event at baseline