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Table 2 Male spouses' symptoms of distress related to illness in female partner

From: Psychological distress in spouses of somatically Ill: longitudinal findings from The Nord-TrØndelag Health Study (HUNT)

Type of illness

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

 

N

b

(CI)

p

b

(CI)

p

b

(CI)

p

b

(CI)

p

Any illness

             

Ill 84-ill 95

209

.10

(–.01- .22)

.056

.10

(–.01- .21)

.075

.09

(–.02-.20)

.091

.01

(–.10- .12)

.913

Ill 84- well 95

119

.12

(–.02- .26)

.099

.11

(–.03- .26)

.122

.10

(–.05- .24)

.182

.05

(–.09- .20)

.458

Well 84-ill 95

731

.10

(.04- .16)

.001***

.19

(.04- .16)

.001***

.09

(.03- .15)

.005**

.01

(–.06- .07)

.828

Overall p-value

   

.001***

  

.003**

  

.010*

  

.900

Physical disability

             

Ill 84-ill 95

109

.12

(–.03- .27)

.103

.12

(–.03- .27)

.107

.11

(–.03-.26)

.132

.01

(–.14- .16)

.859

Ill 84- well 95

115

.10

(–.05- .25)

.174

.09

(–.05- .24)

.212

.08

(–.07- .22)

.307

.03

(–.12- .17)

.720

Well 84-ill 95

441

.09

(.01- .16)

.027*

.08

(.01- .16)

.043*

.06

(–.02- .14)

.118

-.04

(–.12- .03)

.268

Overall p-value

   

.030

  

.052

  

.145

  

.692

Stroke

             

Ill 84-ill 95

22

.03

(–.30- .36)

.994

.02

(?.31- .35)

.997

-.01

(–.31-.33)

.973

-.06

(–.39- .26)

.696

Ill 84- well 95

9

.04

(–.47- .56)

.917

.06

(–.45- .57)

.855

.10

(–.41- .60)

.732

.05

(–.46- .54)

.873

Well 84-ill 95

121

.16

(–.02- .30)

.030*

.16

(.02- .30)

.025*

.13

(–.01- .27)

.070

.07

(–.07- .21)

.310

Overall p-value

   

.195

  

.170

  

.336

  

.717

  1. Note: Couples with affected partners well at both points in time (N = 7935 male spouses) form the reference groups.
  2. b show adjusted mean deviations from spouses of persons without somatic illness in standard deviation units.
  3. New separate analyses were conducted for each separate type of illness.
  4. Model 1: Adjusting for spouse's mental health at T1.
  5. Model 2: Adjusting for spouse's mental health at T1, age, and education.
  6. Model 3: Adjusting for spouse's mental health at T1, age, education, and spouse s somatic illness status at T2.
  7. Model 4: Adjusting for spouse's mental health at T1, age, education, spouse s somatic illness status at T2, and the affected partner's mental health (GMH) at T2.
  8. * = p < 0.05; **p = <0.01; ***p < 0.001.
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