Relationship between perceived social support and post-traumatic growth in coronavirus disease 2019 patients discharged from the hospital

Table 3 Relationship between post-traumatic growth scale and multidimensional scale of perceived social support

Relationship	Family support		Friend support		Significant other support		Total MSPSS
	R	P value	R	P value	R	P value	R	P value
Relationships with others	0.177	0.177	0.151	0.035a	0.132	0.064	0.166	0.020a
New possibilities	0.163	0.023a	0.155	0.030a	0.125	0.08	0.16	0.025a
Personal strength	0.142	0.048a	0.135	0.059	0.126	0.078	0.144	0.044a
Spiritual change	0.135	0.06	0.085	0.239	0.069	0.335	0.106	0.141
Appreciating life	0.127	0.077	0.141	0.048a	0.123	0.085	0.14	0.051
Total PTGS	0.166	0.020a	0.147	0.039a	0.128	0.074	0.159	0.026a

^aCorrelation was significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).

R: Pearson’s correlation; MSPSS: Multidimensional scale of perceived social support; PTGS: Post-traumatic growth scale.