Social Support and Depression Among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Anhui, China

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Table 1 The Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Study Subjects

Characteristics	n (%)
Gender
Male	169(71.30)
Female	68(28.70)
Educational level
Illiterate	78(32.90)
Primary or secondary school	139(58.70)
High school or above	20(8.40)
Marital status
Single	30(12.70)
Married	175(73.80)
Divorced or widowed	32(13.50)
Household monthly income, CNY^b
<500	141(59.50)
500–999	60(25.30)
1000–1499	21(8.90)
≥1500	15(6.30)
Residence
Rural	214(90.30)
Urban	23(9.70)
Sputum smear type
Positive	104(43.90)
Negative	133(56.10)
Total	237(100.00)

Notes: ^bCNY: Chinese Yuan; 6.94 CNY=1 USD.

Table 2 The Distribution of SSRS Score Among Pulmonary TB Patients with Different Characteristics

Characteristics	Social Support Score				Depression
	Objective Support	Subjective Support	SUPPORT Utilization	Total Score
Gender
Male	7.75±2.82	23.24±5.55	6.81±2.30	37.79±8.28	52.81±10.33
Female	7.96±2.67	23.59±5.39	6.87±2.16	38.41±8.04	56.73±11.00
t value	−0.527	−0.445	−0.176	−0.524	−2.675
P value	0.599	0.657	0.861	0.600	0.008
Education level
Illiterate	7.12±2.89	22.35±5.99	2.22±0.25	36.00±8.61	59.39±10.54
Primary or secondary school	8.09±2.67	23.55±5.20	2.27±0.19	38.47±7.83	52.00±9.60
High school or above	8.55±2.65	25.75±4.82	2.11±0.47	42.15±7.38	46.13±8.73
F value	3.940	3.360	2.735	5.294
P value	0.021	0.036	0.067	0.006	<0.001
Marital status
Single	6.30±2.41	18.80±5.35	6.63±2.28	31.73±7.37	53.04±8.86
Married	8.27±2.65	24.48±5.04	6.95±2.18	39.70±7.67	52.79±10.45
Divorced or widowed	6.69±3.01	21.34±5.42	6.34±2.62	34.38±7.98	61.05±10.81
F value	10.186	18.487	1.099	17.851	8.591
P value	<0.001	<0.001	0.335	<0.001	<0.001
Household monthly income, CNY^b
<500	7.16±2.79	22.21±5.67	6.74±2.32	36.11±39.38	57.21±10.40
500–999	8.40±2.47	24.07±5.25	6.92±2.25	39.38±7.78	50.73±8.90
1000–1499	9.29±2.17	26.24±3.82	7.19±1.69	42.71±6.37	46.43±7.85
≥1500	9.47±2.75	26.93±2.99	6.73±2.52	43.13±5.84	46.50±10.71
F value	7.917	6.886	0.282	7.971	13.431
P value	<0.001	<0.001	0.839	<0.001	<0.001
Place of residence
Rural area	7.82±2.85	23.38±5.46	6.82±2.23	38.02±8.22	54.20±10.77
Urban area	7.70±2.01	22.91±5.99	6.87±2.55	37.48±8.22	51.47±9.32
t value	0.200	0.389	−0.095	0.302	1.1823
P value	0.842	0.698	0.924	0.763	0.238
Sputum smear type
Negative	7.91±2.88	23.62±5.29	6.99±2.30	38.53±8.17	51.54±9.20
Positive	7.67±2.64	22.97±5.76	6.62±2.20	37.26±8.24	56.99±11.61
t value	0.387	0.680	0.524	0.951	−3.917
P value	0.516	0.365	0.202	0.239	<0.001

Notes: Data are shown as Mean ± standard deviation (SD). ^bCNY: Chinese Yuan; 6.94 CNY=1 USD.

Table 3 Correlation Analysis of Depression and Social Support

Variables	Mean (SD)	1	2	3	4	5
1.Social support	37.97(8.20)	1
2.Objective support	7.81(2.78)	0.714**	1
3.Subjective support	23.34(5.50)	0.903**	0.454**	1
4.Support utilization	6.83(2.26)	0.557**	0.260**	0.289**	1
5.Depression	53.93(10.65)	−0.358**	−0.357**	−0.317**	−0.090	1

Note: **P < 0.001.

Table 4 Multiple Linear Regression Models for Predictors of Depression

Variable	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients	t	P value
	Beta	SE	β
Sex (female vs male)	2.798	1.328	0.119	2.107	0.036
Household monthly income, CNY^b (500–999 vs.<500)	−3.281	1.446	−0.134	−2.270	0.024
Education level (reference= illiterate)
Primary or junior high school	−3.856	1.364	−0.179	−2.826	0.005
High school or above	−5.670	2.644	−0.148	−2.144	0.033
Marital status (reference= divorced or widowed)
Single	−6.525	2.351	−0.201	−2.775	0.006
Married	−3.940	1.783	−0.162	−2.210	0.028
Objective support	−0.747	0.244	−0.192	−3.069	0.002
Subjective support	−0.307	0.125	−0.158	−2.452	0.015
Sputum smear type (positive vs negative)	3.008	1.217	0.140	2.471	0.014
(Constant)	69.858	3.547		19.692	<0.001

Notes: ^bCNY: Chinese Yuan; 6.94 CNY=1 USD.

Abbreviation: SE, standard error.