Table 5.
Association between mental health outcomes and disruptions in those who did not experience 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 | |||
| All disrupted | 1099 | 102 | 1.56 | (0.88–2.76) | 113 | 1.61 | (0.94–2.77) | 160 | 2.06 | (1.27–3.35) |
| Disruption to utilities | ||||||||||
| Disrupted but did not lose any utilitiesa | 209 | 24 | 1.62 | (0.81–3.24) | 22 | 1.40 | (0.71–2.75) | 34 | 1.96 | (1.08–3.54) |
| Disrupted and did lose a utility | 623 | 59 | 1.58 | (0.86–2.88) | 65 | 1.59 | (0.90–2.80) | 99 | 2.30 | (1.37–3.83) |
| Disruption to health and social care | ||||||||||
| Disrupted but did not lose accessa | 131 | 16 | + 1.70 | (0.79–3.66) | 17 | + 1.56 | (0.75–3.24) | 32 | 3.05 | (1.65–5.65) |
| Disrupted and lost | 271 | 46 | + 3.28 | (1.73–6.19) | 44 | + 2.86 | (1.55–5.27) | 57 | 3.50 | (2.01–6.10) |
| Disruption to communications | ||||||||||
| Disrupted but did not lose accessa | 864 | 80 | 1.41 | (0.79–2.52) | 96 | 1.58 | (0.92–2.72) | 125 | + 1.86 | (1.14–3.04) |
| Disrupted and lost | 154 | 19 | 2.21 | (1.05–4.64) | 19 | 2.06 | (1.00–4.21) | 30 | + 2.95 | (1.57–5.51) |
| Loss of access to work or education | ||||||||||
| Disrupted, did not lose accessa | 160 | 8 | ** 0.72 | (0.28–1.83) | 13 | * 1.02 | (0.47–2.24) | 24 | 1.83 | (0.96–3.50) |
| Disrupted and did lose access | 392 | 44 | ** 2.20 | (1.15–4.23) | 56 | * 2.30 | (1.27–4.17) | 70 | 2.70 | (1.56–4.67) |
| Loss of other access (e.g. social activities) | ||||||||||
| Disrupted, did not lose accessa | 466 | 33 | ** 1.00 | (0.52–1.91) | 42 | ** 1.11 | (0.61–2.02) | 61 | ** 1.51 | (0.89–2.57) |
| Disrupted and did lose access | 443 | 57 | ** 2.53 | (1.37–4.68) | 57 | ** 2.29 | (1.28–4.10) | 81 | ** 2.98 | (1.76–5.06) |
| Evacuation | ||||||||||
| Disrupted, not evacuated | 923 | 90 | 1.49 | (0.84–2.65) | 97 | 1.49 | (0.87–2.56) | 131 | 1.80 | (1.10–2.93) |
| Disrupted, did evacuate | 176 | 19 | 1.76 | (0.83–3.70) | 23 | 1.95 | (0.98–3.90) | 35 | 3.08 | (1.67–5.66) |
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 disrupted subgroups is indicated by + at p < 0.1, * at p < 0.05 and ** at p < 0.01
All comparisons made between disrupted and unaffected participants, excluding flooded participants. Adjusted odds ratios are adjusted for age, sex, pre-existing illness, deprivation, local authority, ethnicity, marital, education and employment statuses