Perceived social support and quality of life among adolescents in residential youth care: a cross-sectional study

Singstad, Marianne Tevik; Wallander, Jan Lance; Greger, Hanne Klæboe; Lydersen, Stian; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen

doi:10.1186/s12955-021-01676-1

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 3 QoL scores depending on perceived social support from different providers, separately for girls and boys

From: Perceived social support and quality of life among adolescents in residential youth care: a cross-sectional study

Support provider and QoL-score	Girls						Boys
	Perceived support						Perceived support
	No		Yes		Difference		No		Yes		Difference
	n	Mean	n	Mean	Estimate [95% CI]	p	n	Mean	n	Mean	Estimate [95% CI]	p
Mother
Overall QoL	55	49.36	114	50.26	− .900 [− 7.85 to 6.05]	.80	39	64.26	90	67.11	− 2.844 [− 10.00 to 4.31]	.43
PWB	55	50.68	114	49.12	1.559 [− 6.53 to 9.65]	.70	39	67.15	90	70.56	− 3.408 [− 11.04 to 4.22]	.38
EWB	55	57.84	114	59.70	− 1.863 [− 9.80 to 6.07]	.64	39	69.55	90	72.15	− 2.602 [− 10.82 to 5.61]	.53
Self-esteem	55	39.55	114	41.94	− 2.395 [− 10.49 to 5.70]	.56	39	56.09	90	58.61	− 2.521 [− 13.10 to 8.06]	.64
School^a	38	48.87	65	50.66	− 1.782 [− 9.41 to 5.85]	.64	30	61.69	60	67.90	− 6.215 [− 14.09 to 1.66]	.12
Father
Overall QoL	97	48.71	72	51.65	− 2.938 [− 9.51 to 3.63]	.38	60	65.90	69	66.55	− .643 [− 7.25 to 5.96]	.85
PWB	97	48.52	72	51.13	− 2.610 [− 10.27 to 5.05]	.50	60	69.90	69	69.20	.693 [− 6.35 to 7.74]	.85
EWB	97	56.64	72	62.41	− 5.777 [− 13.25 to 1.69]	.13	60	71.25	69	71.47	− .217 [− 7.79 to 7.36]	.96
Self-esteem	97	40.98	72	41.41	− .427 [− 8.10 to 7.25]	.91	60	56.56	69	58.97	− 2.405 [− 12.15 to 7.34]	.63
School^a	63	48.97	40	51.62	− 2.655 [− 10.20 to 4.89]	.49	43	64.35	47	67.19	− 2.839 [− 10.35 to 4.67]	.46
Staff
Overall QoL	63	47.16	106	51.63	− 4.475 [− 11.18 to 2.23]	.19	41	65.35	88	66.67	− 1.321 [− 8.39 to 5.75]	.71
PWB	63	49.90	106	49.47	.431 [− 7.41 to 8.27]	.91	41	67.53	88	70.45	− 2.924 [− 10.46 to 4.61]	.44
EWB	63	55.56	106	61.20	− 5.647 [− 13.29 to 2.00]	.15	41	71.80	88	71.16	.634 [− 7.48 to 8.75]	.88
Self-esteem	63	36.01	106	44.22	− 8.210 [− 15.96 to − .46]	.038	41	56.71	88	58.38	− 1.673 [− 12.12 to 8.77]	.75
School^a	34	44.27	69	52.82	− 8.555 [− 16.21 to − .90]	.029	27	66.83	63	65.40	1.431 [− 6.78 to 9.64]	.73
Friend
Overall QoL	16	34.24	153	51.61	− 17.362 [− 28.17 to − 6.56]	.002	15	62.22	114	66.78	− 4.554 [− 14.80 to 5.69]	.38
PWB	16	34.77	153	51.18	− 16.419 [− 29.13 to − 3.71]	.012	15	64.58	114	70.18	− 5.592 [− 16.52 to 5.33]	.31
EWB	16	44.14	153	60.66	− 16.521 [− 28.97 to − 4.07]	.010	15	69.58	114	71.60	− 2.018 [− 13.80 to 9.77]	.74
Self-esteem	16	23.83	153	42.97	− 19.146 [− 31.77 to − 6.52]	.003	15	52.50	114	58.55	− 6.053 [− 21.19 to 9.09]	.43
School^a	7	26.79	96	51.69	− 24.905 [− 38.70 to − 11.11]	.001	12	59.95	78	66.74	− 6.787 [− 17.77 to 4.19]	.22

Respondents are included in the groups «No support» and «support» regarding on whether they perceive the actual support person as a source of support or not. The section for school participants only include overall QoL (consisting of the subscales PWB, EWB, Self-esteem, and School)
QoL, Quality of Life; CI, confidence interval; PWB, Physical Well-Being; EWB, Emotional Well-Being
^aReported only by those enrolled in school, and for overall QoL only
Bold: p < 0.05

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