Table 4.
Association between mental health outcomes and disruptions amongst those who experienced flooding in a liveable room
| Outcome | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Depression | Anxiety | PTSD | |||||||
| Explanatory variable | 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) |
| Disruption to utilities | ||||||||||
| Flooded but did not lose any utilitiesa | 32 | 8 | 3.14 | (1.17–8.39) | 10 | + 3.45 | (1.45–8.22) | 10 | * 2.90 | (1.25–6.73) |
| Flooded and did lose a utility | 510 | 110 | 6.19 | (3.30–11.59) | 148 | + 6.64 | (3.84–11.48) | 188 | * 7.27 | (4.39–12.03) |
| Disruption to health and social care | ||||||||||
| Flooded but did not lose accessa | 45 | 13 | 5.55 | (2.31–13.35) | 17 | 6.56 | (3.04–14.15) | 17 | + 5.22 | (2.46–11.06) |
| Flooded and lost | 139 | 30 | 5.06 | (2.43–10.54) | 46 | 6.81 | (3.63–12.78) | 60 | + 9.62 | (5.31–17.43) |
| Disruption to communications | ||||||||||
| Flooded but did not lose accessa | 324 | 61 | 4.24 | (2.25–7.99) | 88 | 4.79 | (2.76–8.32) | 105 | 5.09 | (3.04–8.50) |
| Flooded and lost | 260 | 59 | 5.73 | (2.95–11.15) | 76 | 5.95 | (3.32–10.66) | 99 | 6.89 | (4.00–11.84) |
| Loss of access to work or education | ||||||||||
| Flooded, did not lose accessa | 87 | 15 | 4.05 | (1.80–9.18) | 25 | 6.06 | (3.01–12.18) | 30 | 5.33 | (2.79–10.19) |
| Flooded and did lose access | 228 | 52 | 6.34 | (3.19–12.60) | 70 | 7.43 | (4.06–13.59) | 91 | 7.74 | (4.43–13.51) |
| Loss of other access (e.g. social activities) | ||||||||||
| Flooded, did not lose accessa | 281 | 56 | 4.45 | (2.33–8.48) | 78 | 4.98 | (2.83–8.74) | 94 | * 4.83 | (2.87–8.14) |
| Flooded and did lose access | 231 | 50 | 5.61 | (2.85–11.02) | 72 | 6.85 | (3.80–12.30) | 90 | * 8.00 | (4.62–13.83) |
aexcludes those who responded not applicable/do not routinely access this service/utility or did not need to during the study period
Significance of inter-group heterogeneity across flooded subgroups is indicated by + at p < 0.1, * at p < 0.05 and ** at p < 0.01
All comparisons made between flooded and unaffected respondents. Adjusted odds ratios are adjusted for age, sex, pre-existing illness, deprivation, local authority, ethnicity, marital, education and employment statuses