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Table 3 Associations between sex, instrumental social support (ISS) and emotional social support (ESS), multinomial linear regression

From: General self-efficacy and social support in men and women with pain – irregular sex patterns of cross-sectional and longitudinal associations in a general population sample

 

Unadjusted models

Adjusted models (age, education, place of birth)

OR1

95% CI2

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Instrumental social support

Frequent pain

 Strong ISS Men (women = ref3)

1.21

0.80–1.83

0.365

1.32

0.86–2.01

0.205

 Mixed ISS Men (women = ref)

1.18

0.76–1.81

0.459

1.19

0.76–1.85

0.445

No frequent pain

 Strong ISS Men (women = ref)

0.59

0.44–0.80

0.001

0.64

0.47–0.87

0.004

 Mixed ISS Men (women = ref)

0.53

0.39–0.73

< 0.001

0.54

0.39–0.74

< 0.001

Total population

Strong ISS Men (women = ref)

1.21

0.80–1.83

0.365

1.33

0.87–2.03

0.187

 No frequent pain (frequent pain = ref)

2.54

1.83–3.52

< 0.001

2.24

1.60–3.13

< 0.001

 Sex (male)*4 Pain (no frequent)

0.49

0.30–0.82

0.006

0.48

0.29–0.81

0.006

Mixed ISS Men (women = ref)

1.18

0.76–1.81

0.459

1.19

0.77–1.84

0.439

 No frequent pain (frequent pain = ref)

1.93

1.83–3.52

< 0.001

1.82

1.28–2.57

0.001

 Sex (male)* Pain (no frequent)

0.45

0.30–0.82

0.003

0.46

0.27–0.78

0.005

Emotional social support

Frequent pain

Strong ESS Men (women = ref)

0.51

0.34–0.75

0.001

0.43

0.31–0.61

< 0.001

Mixed ESS Men (women = ref)

1.04

0.64–1.71

0.865

0.81

0.53–1.24

0.329

No frequent pain

Strong ESS Men (women = ref)

0.42

0.30–0.59

< 0.001

0.50

0.33–0.75

0.001

Mixed ESS Men (women = ref)

0.80

0.53–1.21

0.295

1.00

0.60–1.65

0.989

Total population

Strong ESS Men (women = ref)

0.51

0.34–0.75

0.001

0.51

0.34–0.77

0.001

 No frequent pain (frequent pain = ref)

2.32

1.58–3.39

< 0.001

2.09

1.42–3.08

< 0.001

 Sex (male)* Pain (no frequent)

0.84

0.50–1.41

0.506

0.85

0.50–1.45

0.560

Mixed ESS Men (women = ref)

1.04

0.64–1.71

0.865

1.00

0.61–1.65

0.998

 No frequent pain (frequent pain = ref)

1.32

0.82–2.12

0.260

1.25

0.77–2.03

0.370

 Sex (male)* Pain (no frequent)

0.77

0.40–1.47

0.422

0.82

0.43–1.57

0.546

  1. 1OR odds ratio, 2CI confidence interval, 3ref reference group, 4* interaction