Table 2.
Results of univariable logistic regression analysis of association between post traumatic stress disorder and potential explanatory factors in an Italian center for asylum seekers.
| Explanatory factor | N tot | NPTSD/Ncat(%) | OR | 95 % C.I. limits for OR | p-value | ||
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| Lower | Upper | ||||||
| Gender | Females | 57 | 9/57 (15.8%) | 1.00 | |||
| Males | 524 | 92/524 (17.6%) | 1.14 | 0.54 | 2.04 | 0.738 | |
| Age (years) | 25 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.027 | ||
| Country of origin | Other | 515 | 71/515 (13.8%) | 1.00 | |||
| Pakistan | 66 | 30/66 (45.4%) | 5.16 | 2.99 | 8.91 | <0.001 | |
| Length of stay (days) | 148 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.004 | ||
| Depression | No | 535 | 77/535 (14.4%) | 1.00 | |||
| Yes | 46 | 24/46 (52.2%) | 6.49 | 3.47 | 12.14 | <0.001 | |
| Medical visits | 8 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 1.06 | <0.001 | ||
| Psychologist visit | 4 | 81/508 (15.9%) | 1.10 | 1.06 | 1.15 | <0.001 | |
| Legal status | Other | 508 | 20/73 (27.4%) | 1.00 | |||
| Refugee | 73 | 1.73 | 1.01 | 3.07 | 0.036 | ||
| Hearth rate | 70 | 83/478 (17.4%) | 1.07 | 1.01 | 1.12 | 0.011 | |
| Body Mass Index | 22.2 | 18/103 (17.5%) | 0.99 | 0.94 | 1.06 | 0.924 | |
| Study title | Other | 478 | 1.00 | ||||
| Nothing | 103 | 22/228 (9.6%) | 1.01 | 0.57 | 1.77 | 0.978 | |
| Religion | Other | 228 | 1.00 | ||||
| Muslim | 353 | 79/353 (22.4%) | 2.70 | 1.63 | 4.48 | <0.001 | |
Ntot=total number of observations, NPSTD= number of patients with post traumatic stress disorder; Ncat= number of patients within the category of explanatory factor; ETC.