Table 3.
Associations of psychological distress among contacts/survivors of Ebola Virus Disease and relations, Lagos, Nigeria, 2014 (n = 117)
| Yes | No | OR (95 % CI) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeling unhappy/depressed | n | % | N | % | ||
| Lost relation to EVD outbreak | 6 | 66.7 | 3 | 33.3 | 6.0 (1.3–24.4) | <0.01* |
| Been a health worker | 8 | 17.8 | 37 | 82.2 | 0.4 (0.2–0.9) | 0.03 |
| Contacts | 25 | 26.9 | 68 | 73.1 | 0.6 (0.2–1.6) | 0.31 |
| Relations | 7 | 35.0 | 13 | 65.0 | 1.4 (0.5–3.9) | 0.52 |
| Not been able to concentrate | ||||||
| Having no tertiary education | 8 | 20.0 | 32 | 80.0 | 0.3 (0.1–0.7) | <0.01 |
| Lost relation to EVD outbreak | 7 | 77.8 | 2 | 22.2 | 6.5 (1.3–32.6) | <0.00* |
| Survivor | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 | - | 0.02* |
| Contacts | 33 | 35.5 | 60 | 64.5 | 0.6 (0.2–1.4) | |
| Not feeling reasonable happy | ||||||
| Living in Eti-osa | 17 | 29.8 | 40 | 70.2 | 3.2 (1.2–8.5) | 0.01 |
| Lost relation to EVD outbreak | 5 | 55.6 | 4 | 44.4 | 5.9 (1.2–29.4) | 0.01* |
| Felt not playing useful part in things | ||||||
| Been female | 6 | 7.7 | 72 | 92.3 | 0.3 (0.1–0.8) | 0.02 |
| Not easily getting help from neighbors | 6 | 26.1 | 17 | 73.9 | 3.3 (1.0–12.2) | 0.03 |
| Felt constantly under strain | ||||||
| Living in Eti-osa | 23 | 40.4 | 34 | 59.6 | 3.4 (1.4–8.0) | <0.01 |
| Been able to make decisions | ||||||
| Not easily getting help from neighbors | 5 | 19.2 | 21 | 80.8 | 5.2 (1.1–25.7) | 0.01 |
| Losing confidence in self | ||||||
| Little or no concern shown by people in your activities | 3 | 37.5 | 5 | 62.5 | 10.3 (1.5–70.8) | <0.01* |
*Fisher’s exact test