Ang and Malhotra36 | Chan and Zeng53 | Chan and Zeng54 | Chi and Chou42 | Gong et al 51 | Lee et al 57 | Leung et al 39 | Li et al 43 | Li et al 58 | Ng et al 40 | Piboon et al 55 | Shin et al 41 | Suttajit et al 52 | Tiedt48 | Tsai et al 50 | Tsuboi44 | Wang et al 47 | Wee et al 59 | Yoo et al 45 | Chao49 | Chen et al 46 | Chou and Chi37 | Hashimoto et al 56 | Koizumi et al 38 | |
Structural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marital status | + | + | – | + | + | |||||||||||||||||||
Living arrangement | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | +/– | – | + | 0 | + | + | 0 | |||||||||||||
Size of network | 0 | 0 | +/– | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Composition | – | +/– | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources of social support | + | + | – | 0 | +/– | 0 | +/– | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Frequency of social contact | 0 | 0 | + | + | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Children nearby | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Functional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type of support | + | +/– | + | 0 | - | + | + | +/– | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | +/– | ||||||||||
Confidant | 0 | 0 | + | + | + | + | ||||||||||||||||||
Satisfaction | + | 0 | 0 | + | – | + | ||||||||||||||||||
Overall social support | +/– | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | +/– | + | |||||||||||||
Perceived/received | R | P | P | P | R | P | P | P | P | P | R | P | R | P | P | P |
‘0’=not reported; ‘+’=significant; ‘–’ =not significant; ‘P’=perceived; ‘R’=received.