Table 6.
Variable | PTSD (N = 450) | Depression (N = 620) | ||
OR [95% CI] | P | OR [95% CI] | P | |
Sex (women compared to men) | 2.01 [1.52–2.66] | <0.01 | 2.37 [1.91–2.94] | <0.01 |
No longer married∞ | 2.10 [1.28–3.44] | 0.01 | ||
Forcefully displaced more than once† | 1.81 [1.18–2.76] | 0.01 | 2.12 [1.45–3.09] | <0.01 |
Forcefully separated from family | 1.91 [1.38–2.64] | <0.01 | 1.80 [1.28–2.54] | <0.01 |
Experiencing very ill health without medical care | 1.89 [1.41–2.53] | <0.01 | 2.22 [1.70–2.89] | <0.01 |
Being injured | 1.87 [1.49–2.36] | <0.01 | 1.50 [1.15–1.94] | <0.01 |
Experienced ≥8 trauma events in lifetime ‡ | 2.44 [1.76–3.37] | <0.01 | 2.21 [1.60–3.07] | <0.01 |
Experienced ≥4 trauma events within 12 months‡ | 2.89 [1.89–4.41] | <0.01 | 2.09 [1.32–3.32] | <0.01 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; OR, odds ratio (adjusted).
Symptoms of PTSD (HTQ PTSD Score = ≥2.0) and depression (HSCL score = ≥1.75).
Statistically significant (P < 0.05) demographic, displacement and all individual trauma exposure variables (Table 3) from univariate analysis included in multivariate analysis. Only significant (P < 0.05) adjusted odds ratios from multivariate analysis presented.
∞ No longer married (divorced/separated, widowed, forcefully separated) compared to married and never married;
† Displaced more than once (refugees and IDPs) compared to displaced once or never displaced.
‡ Frequency of trauma events analysed separately from individual trauma exposure variables in multivariate analysis.