Table 2.
Univariate Analysis of Post-Traumatic Stress Reaction for House Flooding Strata Among Resident Survivors of the Tsunami That Followed the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 (n=4706)
| Post-Traumatic Stress Reaction | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Flooding a (n=888) | Below the Ground Floor a (n=631) | Above the Ground Floor a (n= 187) | |||||||||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | P -value b | No. | % | No. | % | P -value b | No. | % | No. | % | P -value b | |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 9 | 3.0 | 296 | 97.0 | 0.273 | 6 | 2.9 | 203 | 97.1 | 0.019 | 55 | 5.1 | 1020 | 94.9 | 0.031 |
| Female | 26 | 4.5 | 557 | 95.5 | 32 | 7.6 | 390 | 92.4 | 150 | 7.1 | 1962 | 92.9 | |||
| Age | |||||||||||||||
| 15 to 39 years | 4 | 2.2 | 176 | 97.8 | 0.274 | 5 | 5.5 | 86 | 94.5 | 0.564 | 19 | 3.6 | 508 | 96.4 | 0.011 |
| 40 to 64 years | 16 | 5.1 | 296 | 94.9 | 13 | 5.0 | 247 | 95.0 | 107 | 7.3 | 1353 | 92.7 | |||
| ≥65 years | 15 | 3.8 | 381 | 96.2 | 20 | 7.1 | 260 | 92.9 | 79 | 6.6 | 1121 | 93.4 | |||
| Direct exposure to seawater | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 0 | 0 | 30 | 100 | 0.627 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 100 | 0.101 | 42 | 9.1 | 422 | 90.9 | 0.018 |
| No | 35 | 4.1 | 812 | 95.9 | 38 | 6.6 | 540 | 93.4 | 159 | 5.9 | 2515 | 94.1 | |||
| Regular intake of psychotropic medicine(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 3 | 11.1 | 24 | 88.9 | 0.086 | 3 | 18.8 | 13 | 81.3 | 0.065 | 16 | 14.4 | 95 | 85.6 | <0.001 |
| No | 32 | 3.7 | 829 | 96.3 | 35 | 5.7 | 580 | 94.3 | 189 | 6.1 | 2887 | 93.9 | |||
| Number of cohabitants | |||||||||||||||
| More than 6 persons | 3 | 5.4 | 53 | 94.6 | 0.770 | 1 | 2.9 | 33 | 97.1 | 0.482 | 8 | 5.4 | 140 | 94.6 | 0.059 |
| 1 to 6 person(s) | 28 | 3.7 | 720 | 96.3 | 35 | 6.5 | 504 | 93.5 | 166 | 6.1 | 2545 | 93.9 | |||
| None | 4 | 4.8 | 80 | 95.2 | 2 | 3.4 | 56 | 96.6 | 31 | 9.5 | 297 | 90.5 | |||
| Water supply | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 31 | 3.8 | 782 | 96.2 | 0.289 | 36 | 5.9 | 572 | 94.1 | 0.299 | 197 | 6.5 | 2851 | 93.5 | 0.521 |
| No | 4 | 6.8 | 55 | 93.2 | 2 | 11.1 | 16 | 88.9 | 4 | 4.3 | 90 | 95.7 | |||
| Electricity supply | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 35 | 4.1 | 823 | 95.9 | 0.635 | 35 | 5.8 | 571 | 94.2 | 0.555 | 194 | 6.4 | 2850 | 93.6 | 0.463 |
| No | 0 | 0 | 11 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100 | 6 | 7.1 | 79 | 92.9 | |||
| Gas supply | |||||||||||||||
| Yes | 35 | 4.1 | 814 | 95.9 | 0.535 | 36 | 6.1 | 558 | 93.9 | 0.397 | 178 | 6.3 | 2644 | 93.7 | 0.274 |
| No | 0 | 0 | 15 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 100 | 17 | 7.5 | 209 | 92.5 | |||
Number may not be add up to 888, 631, or 3187 because not all the respondents answered all the questions.
Chi-square test or Fisher exact test.