Table 3.
Association between mental health outcomes and nature of flooding in liveable rooms.
| Explanatory variable | Outcome | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Depression | Anxiety | PTSD | |||||||
| n | aOR | (95% CI) | n | aOR | (95% CI) | n | aOR | (95% CI) | ||
| Unaffected | 285 | 16 | 1.00 | 18 | 1.00 | 22 | 1.00 | |||
| Flooded | 622 | 125 | 5.91 | (3.17–10.99) | 169 | 6.50 | (3.77–11.24) | 214 | 7.19 | (4.33–11.93) |
| Depth | ||||||||||
| Depth <30 cm | 376 | 59 | *4.58 | (2.38–8.80) | 86 | *5.28 | (3.00–9.32) | 110 | *5.72 | (3.39–9.63) |
| 30–100 cm | 191 | 51 | *8.48 | (4.21–17.10) | 66 | *8.97 | (4.86–16.57) | 85 | *10.12 | (5.74–17.87) |
| >100 cm | 27 | 10 | *14.71 | (4.45–48.62) | 11 | *11.40 | (3.93–33.08) | 16 | *17.79 | (6.33–50.01) |
| Flood duration | ||||||||||
| <24 h | 108 | 10 | +2.60 | (1.06–6.39) | 24 | 5.53 | (2.73–11.18) | 30 | 5.39 | (2.81–10.35) |
| 24 h–7 days | 199 | 43 | +5.82 | (2.92–11.58) | 59 | 7.12 | (3.87–13.04) | 71 | 7.04 | (4.01–12.36) |
| 8 days–2weeks | 72 | 16 | +6.50 | (2.82–14.97) | 16 | 4.28 | (1.97–9.29) | 23 | 6.11 | (3.01–12.39) |
| >2weeks | 156 | 36 | +5.99 | (2.87–12.47) | 45 | 5.62 | (2.94–10.73) | 63 | 7.72 | (4.26–14.03) |
| Now able to use liveable rooms | ||||||||||
| Able | 351 | 74 | +4.65 | (2.42–8.93) | 109 | *5.38 | (3.14–9.77) | 139 | **7.08 | (4.18–11.99) |
| Not yet able | 27 | 10 | +11.43 | (3.86–33.85) | 13 | *15.47 | (5.82–41.10) | 19 | **27.12 | (9.60–76.67) |
| Evacuation | ||||||||||
| Flooded, not evacuated | 225 | 132 | 4.14 | (2.16–7.93) | 153 | +4.20 | (2.38–7.42) | 196 | **4.05 | (2.38–6.88) |
| Flooded and evacuated | 397 | 102 | 5.81 | (3.03–11.11) | 136 | +6.16 | (3.51–10.82) | 184 | **7.36 | (4.37–12.39) |
| Displacement | ||||||||||
| ≤14 days | 28 | 13 | 10.73 | (3.80–30.34) | 22 | 10.93 | (4.31–27.73) | 22 | 12.40 | (4.92–31.22) |
| 14–180 days | 100 | 18 | 3.90 | (1.70–8.95) | 32 | 6.51 | (3.28–12.96) | 37 | 7.22 | (3.78–13.77) |
| >180 days | 189 | 39 | 5.18 | (2.56–10.51) | 56 | 6.31 | (3.41–11.69) | 80 | 8.60 | (4.87–15.19) |
| Moving out due to flooding or damage | ||||||||||
| Flooded but did not move out | 189 | 88 | 4.90 | (2.44–9.85) | 104 | 4.77 | (2.58–8.82) | 136 | **4.27 | (2.41–7.58) |
| Flooded and moved out | 424 | 102 | 6.19 | (3.25–11.79) | 145 | 6.94 | (3.96–12.16) | 185 | **8.32 | (4.96–13.98) |
| Moved back in | ||||||||||
| Has moved back in | 380 | 86 | 5.61 | (2.92–10.78) | 125 | 6.49 | (3.68–11.43) | 161 | 8.13 | (4.81–13.73) |
| Planning to move back in | 39 | 13 | 9.04 | (3.34–24.49) | 18 | 9.83 | (4.07–23.74) | 20 | 8.66 | (3.69–20.32) |
| Not planning to move back in | 9 | 5 | 34.24 | (7.65–153.27) | 4 | 13.52 | (3.18–57.45) | 5 | 14.51 | (3.47–60.66) |
All comparisons made with unaffected respondents Adjusted odds ratios are adjusted for age, sex, pre-existing illness, deprivation, local authority, ethnicity, marital, education and employment statuses; Odds ratios with a 95% CI that excludes 1.0 imply significant elevation at p < 0.05 Significance of trend across flooded subgroups is indicated by + at p < 0.1, *at p < 0.05 and **at p < 0.01