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. 2015 Feb 6;15:18. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0398-9

Table 2.

Caseness rates according to the Posttraumatic Diagnosis Scale (PDS > 20) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ > 3)

PDS Cases (percentage of 2095 valid responses) GHQ Cases (percentage of 2155 valid responses)
N % OR CI N % OR CI
No exposure 22 1.7 - - 181 13.4
Near miss 6 5.3 3.86** 1.50-9.95 24 20.5 1.75* 1.06-2.89
Loss 17 4.8 2.79** 1.45-5.38 68 18.5 1.40* 1.02-1.92
Witness 48 17.3 13.75** 7.86-24.08 93 32.5 3.20** 2.31-4.44
Present 10 32.3 26.55** 8.32-84.63 13 39.4 4.07* 1.62-10.24
Total 103 4.9 379 17.6

Note: OR = odds ratio for probable caseness compared to the no exposure group. CI = the 95% confidence interval for the OR estimate. *p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01. In the calculation of the OR, the logistic model controlled for gender, age and family structure and having a missing value on any of the items used in the construction of the exposure scale (parameter estimates for these covariates are not shown). N is restricted to those with valid responses on the PDS and the GHQ.