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. 2015 Mar 24;15:58. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0440-y

Table 2.

Bivariate analysis and multivariate analysis of factors associated with probable PTSD

Local municipality workers Hospital medical workers Firefighters
Bivariate analysis β SE OR P β SE OR P β SE OR P
Age 0.00 0.02 1.00 0.96 0.04 0.02 1.04 0.11 −0.02 0.04 0.98 0.66
Female sex −0.26 0.37 0.77 0.48 0.63 0.75 1.87 0.41
Workplace factors
Supervisory work status 0.06 0.50 1.07 0.90 0.13 0.77 1.14 0.87 −17.18 8038.59 0.00 1.00
Mainly disaster-related work 1.54 0.38 4.68 <0.001 0.61 0.78 1.84 0.43 −0.57 1.13 0.57 0.61
Lack of communication 0.44 0.39 1.56 0.26 1.12 0.44 3.06 <0.05 2.20 0.94 8.98 <0.05
Lack of rest 1.71 0.43 5.55 <0.001 1.76 0.56 5.81 <0.01 18.77 2562.61 141708318.91 0.99
Dead or missing colleague(s) −0.13 0.46 0.87 0.77 0.95 0.50 2.59 0.06 17.35 4874.11 34226161.92 1.00
Personal factors
Displacement 1.16 0.36 3.19 <0.01 0.21 0.47 1.23 0.66 −0.11 1.13 0.90 0.92
Dead or missing family member(s) 1.52 0.47 4.56 <0.01 1.45 0.49 4.25 <0.01 0.75 1.13 2.12 0.51
Near-death experience 0.79 0.37 2.20 <0.05 1.47 0.63 4.33 <0.05 17.74 3361.11 50801095.58 1.00
Multivariate analysis β SE OR P β SE OR P β SE OR P
Age
Female sex
Workplace factors
Supervisory work status
Mainly disaster-related work 1.36 0.40 3.89 <0.001
Lack of communication 1.31 0.49 3.70 <0.01
Lack of rest 1.36 0.45 3.90 <0.01 1.48 0.58 4.41 <0.05
Dead or missing colleague(s)
Personal factors
Displacement 0.82 0.39 2.27 <0.05
Dead or missing family member(s) 1.48 0.54 4.37 <0.01 1.67 0.55 5.29 <0.01
Near-death experience 1.00 0.41 2.72 <0.05 1.85 0.77 6.38 <0.05

SE = standard error, OR = adjusted odds ratio.