Fig. 6: Changes in social support over 3 months.

a Box plots offer a visual method for examining the distribution of social support changes across different groups. Each plot displays the median, quartiles, along with the maximum and minimum values at each time point. b The mean change in the social support over time is presented along with standard error bars. P values are indicated by stars, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.