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. 2017 Dec 29;7(12):e018899. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018899

Table 5.

Prevalence rates of postmigration stress and their associations with anxiety, depression, low SWB and PTSD presented as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% CIs

% (n) Weighted %
(95% CI)*
Anxiety
OR (95% CI)*
Depression
OR (95% CI)*
Low SWB
OR (95% CI)*
PTSD
OR (95% CI)*
Often felt disrespected due to my national background 4.3 (52) 4.3 (3.1 to 5.5) 5.49 (2.79 to 10.81) 5.68 (2.83 to 11.41) 7.04 (3.35 to 14.78) 5.96 (2.97 to 11.94)
Often have had bothering difficulties communicating in Swedish 39.0 (469) 37.1 (34.5 to 39.9) 1.77 (1.30 to 2.40) 2.39 (1.78 to 3.19) 2.36 (1.77 to 3.16) 2.77 (2.00 to 3.83)
Often been unable to buy necessities 8.5 (103) 8.5 (6.9 to 10.2) 3.46 (2.14 to 5.60) 3.46 (2.14 to 5.60) 3.21 (1.94 to 5.32) 4.31 (2.49 to 7.45)
Often missing my social life from back home 64.1 (773) 62.3 (59.6 to 65.2) 2.00 (1.46 to 2.81) 2.37 (1.74 to 3.23) 2.43 (1.78 to 3.31) 2.90 (1.97 to 4.27)
Often felt sad because not reunited with family members 49.8 (581) 50.2 (46.9 to 53.5) 1.26 (0.93 to 1.71) 1.41 (1.06 to 1.86) 1.40 (1.06 to 1.85) 1.49 (1.08 to 2.05)
Often felt excluded or isolated in the Swedish society 19.6 (235) 19.8 (17.4 to 22.2) 2.42 (1.70 to 3.46) 3.40 (2.39.4.83) 2.89 (2.05 to 4.08) 3.29 (2.27 to 4.78)
Often distressing conflicts in family 6.0 (72) 6.0 (4.5 to 7.5) 2.51 (1.29 to 4.92) 4.87 (2.25 to 10.53) 4.64 (2.32 to 9.29) 5.16 (2.56 to 10.40)

*All analyses are weighted and associations are adjusted for gender, age groups, level of education, marital status, all eight types of studied refugee-related PTEs, no. of types of PTEs and no. of types of PTEs squared. The reference categories are not often having been exposed to the respective postmigration stressful experiences. 95% CI are calculated based on robust standard errors.

PTEs, potentially traumatic events; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; SWB, subjective well-being.