Table 5.
Statistically Significant Associations of Socio-demographic and Exposure Characteristics with Symptoms of PTSD and Depression
| Symptoms of PTSD | Symptoms of Depression | |||
| Independent Variables | Adjusted OR | p-value | Adjusted OR | p-value |
| (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Female/Male | 8.84 (6.07, 12.88) | < 0.001 | 2.11 (1.22, 3.63) | 0.007 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Acholi/Iteso | 3.05 (1.59, 5.87) | 0.001 | NS | NS |
| Langi/Iteso | 2.15 (1.05, 4.41) | 0.038 | NS | NS |
| Acholi/Langi | 1.42 (0.94, 2.16) | 0.098 | NS | NS |
| Acholi/Others | 0.55 (0.65, 4.60) | 0.578 | NS | NS |
| Relationship with Family and Community | NS | NS | 0.90 (0.83, 0.97) |
0.007 |
| Reported Problem Coming Home | 2.97 (2.09, 4.24) | < 0.001 | 2.24 (1.63, 3.08) | < 0.001 |
| Cumulative General Traumatic Exposure | NS | NS | 1.18 (1.03, 1.33) | < 0.001 |
| Cumulative Exposure as Witness | 1.21 (1.10, 1.32) | < 0.001 | NS | NS |
| Cumulative Forced Act of Violence | 1.43 (1.18, 1.74) | < 0.001 | 2.24 (1.63, 3.08) | <0.001 |
| Male* Age of Abduction | NS | NS | 1.03 (1.01, 1.05) | 0.001 |
| Female*Age of Abduction | NS | NS | 0.98 (0.95, 1.00) | 0.035 |
Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; NA = not applicable because variable was not retained in the final model; UGS, Ugandan Shillings
Odds ratios are adjusted for the effect of other statistically significant variables in the model.
* other group comparison were examined but were also not statistically significant