Table 3.
Prediction of loneliness among affected respondents (N = 283)
| Low versus medium loneliness | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 (T3)1 | 2014 (T4)2 | ||||||||
| N Total | n | %medium | AOR | 95% CI | n | %medium | AOR | 95% CI | |
| Pre-event loneliness (2011) | |||||||||
| Low (Ref.) | 110 | 99 | 16.2 | 1 | 96 | 27.1 | 1 | ||
| Medium | 86 | 67 | 47.8 | 5.69 | 2.58–12.51*** | 63 | 49.2 | 2.80 | 1.38–5.70** |
| High | 87 | 37 | 64.9 | 11.56 | 4.53–29.48*** | 33 | 57.6 | 3.17 | 1.34–7.50** |
| Pre-event mental health problems (2011) | |||||||||
| Low (Ref.) | 101 | 85 | 27.1 | 1 | 84 | 35.7 | 1 | ||
| Medium | 102 | 75 | 41.3 | 2.14 | 0.99–4.60+ | 72 | 40.3 | 1.26 | 0.62–2.56 |
| High | 80 | 43 | 41.9 | 1.48 | 0.60–3.64 | 36 | 47.2 | 1.45 | 0.61–3.45 |
| PTE groups (2012) | |||||||||
| PTE very low PTSD-sl | 84 | 67 | 32.4 | 1 | 61 | 32.8 | 1 | ||
| PTE low PTSD-sl | 69 | 50 | 34.0 | 1.15 | 0.47–2.81 | 49 | 46.9 | 1.89 | 0.83–4.30 |
| PTE medium PTSD-sl | 79 | 56 | 32.1 | 1.42 | 0.59–3.41 | 56 | 37.5 | 1.57 | 0.68–3.59 |
| PTE high PTSD-sl | 51 | 30 | 50.0 | 3.58 | 1.28–10.01* | 26 | 46.2 | 2.16 | 0.79–5.91 |
| Low versus high loneliness | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 (T3) | 2014 (T4) | ||||||||
| N Total | n | %high | AOR | 95% CI | n | %high | AOR | 95% CI | |
| Pre-event loneliness (2011) | |||||||||
| Low (Ref.) | 110 | 94 | 11.7 | 1 | 84 | 16.7 | 1 | ||
| Medium | 86 | 54 | 35.2 | 4.63 | 1.87–11.49*** | 55 | 41.8 | 3.44 | 1.48–8.01** |
| High | 87 | 63 | 79.4 | 28.94 | 11.11–74.42*** | 68 | 79.4 | 16.04 | 6.60–39.01*** |
| Pre-event mental health problems (2011) | |||||||||
| Low (Ref.) | 101 | 78 | 20.5 | 1 | 71 | 23.9 | 1 | ||
| Medium | 102 | 71 | 38.0 | 2.61 | 1.09–6.21* | 73 | 41.1 | 2.01 | 0.91–4.81+ |
| High | 80 | 62 | 59.7 | 3.78 | 1.50–9.51** | 63 | 69.8 | 4.34 | 1.76–10.72*** |
| PTE groups (2012) | |||||||||
| PTE very low PTSD-sl | 84 | 62 | 27.4 | 1 | 64 | 35.9 | 1 | ||
| PTE low PTSD-sl | 69 | 52 | 36.5 | 1.63 | 0.62–4.34 | 46 | 43.5 | 1.44 | 0.57–3.61 |
| PTE medium PTSD-sl | 79 | 61 | 37.7 | 2.25 | 0.89–5.77+ | 58 | 39.7 | 1.42 | 0.58–3.45 |
| PTE high PTSD-sl | 51 | 36 | 58.3 | 5.24 | 1.76–15.58** | 39 | 64.1 | 3.13 | 1.12–8.69* |
The total number of affected respondents is lower than in Table 1 (285 versus 283) because for two respondents the education was unknown and, therefore, were omitted from the analyses
PTSD-sl PTSD symptom levels, Ref. reference group, AOR odds ratio adjusted for other predictors in table and age, gender, having a partner and education level at T2a, Ntotal total number of respondents in specific category, n number of respondents in specific category that endorsed low or medium, or low and high scores, %medium percentage of respondents that endorsed medium level scores of the group with low or medium level scores, %high percentage of respondents that endorsed high level scores of the group with low or high level scores
+p < 0.10, *p <0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
12013 low-medium, low-high: −2 Log likehood = 428.413, χ(26)2 = 127.000, P < .0001, Pseudo R-square Nagelkerke = .411
22014 low-medium, low-high: −2 Log likehood = 452.678, χ(26)2 = 112.724, P < .0001, Pseudo R-square Nagelkerke = .371