Table 4.
Results of separate regression analyses examining the association between predictor variables and the level of health status (psychological distress, physical and mental health functioning) for female participants
| Predictor | Psychological distress: (GHQ-28) |
Physical functioning (SF-12: PCS) | Mental functioning (SF-12: MCS) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | β (CI 95%) | B | β (CI 95%) | B | β (CI 95%) | |
| Age | 0.24 | 0.08 (0.08 to 0.40)* | −0.30 | −0.38 (−0.40 to −0.21)* | −0.16 | −0.21 (−0.26 to −0.70)* |
| Rural residency | 8.44 | 0.30 (4.43 to 12.45)* | −0.43 | −0.02 (−2.91 to −2.10) | −2.75 | −0.16 (−5.17 to −0.33)* |
| Regular income | 0.28 | 0.01 (−3.42 to 3.98) | 1.73 | 0.09 (−0.60 to 4.05) | −1.55 | −0.09 (−3.81 to 0.71) |
| Marital status: married (reference: single) | 2.35 | 0.06 (−2.63 to 7.33) | −0.82 | 0.03 (−3.97 to 2.34) | 1.13 | 0.05 (−1.95 to 4.21) |
| Employment: student(reference: paid work) | −2.82 | −0.05 (−11.14 to 5.49) | −0.95 | −0.02 (−6.22 to 4.33) | 1.70 | 0.04 (−3.45 to 6.83) |
| Employment: unemployed (reference: paid work) | 5.95 | 0.13 (−0.36 to 12.26) | −3.76 | −0.13 (−7.69 to −0.18) | −0.22 | −0.08 (−4.06 to 3.61) |
| Level of education: primary (reference: no formal education) | 1.43 | 0.05 (−2.71 to 5.58) | 0.84 | 0.04 (−1.76 to 3.43) | 0.17 | 0.09 (−2.36 to 2.71) |
| Level of education: secondary or higher (reference: no formal education) | 2.10 | 0.50 (−4.08 to 8.26) | 2.64 | 0.09 (−1.15 to 6.44) | 0.50 | 0.02 (−3.21 to 4.20) |
| Returnee | 3.98 | 0.12 (−0.34 to 8.30) | −4.90 | −0.23 (−3.56 to −2.18)* | −3.85 | −0.19 (−6.50 to −1.22)* |
| Traumatic event exposure | 0.20 | 0.02 (−1.07 to 1.48) | −0.25 | −0.44 (−1.05 to −0.55) | −0.67 | −0.12 (–1.45 to −0.11) |
| Level of needs (HESPER score)† | 0.89 | 0.37 (0.54 to 1.24)* | −0.36 | −0.37 (−0.58 to −0.15)* | −0.47 | −0.32 (−0.68 to –0.26)* |
| R2 model 1=0.21 R2 model 2=0.33 R2 model 3=0.41 |
R2 model 1=0.28 R2 model 2=0.38 R2 model 3=0.42 |
R2 model 1=0.39 R2 model 2=0.43 R2 model 3=0.47 |
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*Significant value: P<0.05.
†To reduce redundancy, the item ‘Distress’ was excluded from the total score on HESPER because we intended to examine the level of psychological distress (GHQ-28) as an independent variable.
GHQ, General Health Questionnaire; HESPER, Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs Scale; MCS, Mental Functioning; PCS, Physical Functioning; SF-12, Study Short-Form Health Survey.