The association between social support and antenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms among Australian women

Table 4 Multiple logistic regression model, showing the association between social support and antenatal anxiety symptoms among Australian women, after adjusting potential confounders (n = 493)

Variables	Antenatal Anxiety		AOR (95% CI)	p-value
	No (n = 390)	Yes (n = 103)	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
	n (%)	n (%)
Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Index
Emotional/Informational support^†
High (All/Most of the time)	374(96.1)	79(76.7)	1
Low (Some/none/little of the time)	15(3.9)	24(23.3)	1.12 (0.36, 3.47)	0.840
Affectionate/Positive social interaction^†
High (All/Most of the time)	384 (98.7)	83 (81.4)	1
Low (Some/none/little of the time)	5 (1.3)	19 (18.6)	7.43 (1.75, 31.55)	0.006
Tangible Support^†
High (All/Most of the time)	356(91.8)	83(80.6)	1
Low (Some/none/little of the time)	32(8.2)	20(19.4)	0.88 (0.32, 2.45)	0.811
Overall social support^¥
High (All/Most of the time)	375(96.4)	82(79.6)	1
Low (Some/none/little of the time)	14(3.6)	21(20.4)	2.55 (0.92, 7.06)	0.071

^†Model is adjusted for: marital status, ability to manage on available income, GP use, general health condition from their own perspective, ever been in a violent relationship with partner, ever used illicit drug, preterm history, current depressive symptoms, history of depression in the past 3 years, history of anxiety in the past 3 years, mean stress score, and optimism. Hosmer and Lemeshow Test (Chi-square = 5.627, df = 8, p = 0.689)
^¥Model is adjusted for: marital status, ability to manage on available income, GP use, general health condition from their own perspective, ever been in a violent relationship with partner, ever used illicit drug, preterm history, current depressive symptoms, history of depression in the past 3 years, history of anxiety in the past 3 years, mean stress score, and optimism. Hosmer and Lemeshow Test (Chi-square = 5.238, df = 8, p = 0.732)

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