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

Table 3 Female spouses' symptoms of distress related to illness in male partner

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	459	.09	(.01- .17)	.028*	.02	(–.06- .11)	.557	-.01	(–.09-.07)	.888	-.08	(–.16- .01)	.057
Ill 84- well 95	142	-.10	(–.24- .04)	.154	-.16	(–.29- -.02)	.028*	-.16	(–.30- -.03)	.020*	-.21	(–.34- -.07)	.003**
Well 84-ill 95	1211	.08	(.03- .13)	.003**	.04	(–.02- .09)	.186	.04	(–.02- .09)	.181	-.03	(–.08- .03)	.325
Overall p-value				.001***			.061			.050			.007**
Physical disability
Ill 84-ill 95	125	.12	(–.03- .27)	.113	.06	(–.09- .21)	.414	.03	(–.11-.18)	.675	-.10	(–.24- .05)	.185
Ill 84- well 95	183	-.12	(–.25- -.01)	.046	-.18	(–.31- -.06)**	.003	-.19	(–.31- -.07)**	.002	-.24	(–.36- -.12)***	.000***
Well 84-ill 95	492	.19	(.11- .26)***	.000	.15	(.08- .23)***	.000	.14	(.06- .21)***	.002	.02	(–.06- .10)	.631
Overall p-value				.001***			.001***			.001***			.001**

Note: Couples with affected partners well at both points in time (N = 7182 female spouses) form the reference groups.
b show adjusted mean deviations from spouses of persons without somatic illness in standard deviation units.
New separate analyses were conducted for each separate type of illness.
Model 1: Adjusting for spouse's mental health at T1.
Model 2: Adjusting for spouse's mental health at T1, age, and education.
Model 3: Adjusting for spouse's mental health at T1, age, education, and spouse's somatic illness status at T2.
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.
*=p < 0.05; **p = <0.01; ***p < 0.001

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