Relationship between primary caregivers’ social support function, anxiety, and depression after interventional therapy for acute myocardial infarction patients

Table 1 Comparison of Social Support Rating scale scores of primary caregivers with Chinese norms

SSRS items	SSRS score (n = 300)	Chinese norm (n = 3342)	t value	P value
Objective support	7.05 ± 1.6	9.1 ± 3.0	11.690	< 0.001
Subjective support	16.9 ± 5.0	23.5 ± 4.3	25.110	< 0.001
Support utilization	4.7 ± 1.3	7.8 ± 2.0	26.350	< 0.001
Total scores of AMI caregivers	28.56 ± 5.31	40.5 ± 2.8	64.230	< 0.001

SSRS: Social Support Rating scale; AMI: Acute Myocardial Infarction.