Table 4.
Effect of Ebola experience and risk perception on mental health outcomes—National Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Survey, Sierra Leone, July 2015 (n=3564)
| Anxiety and depression symptoms (PHQ-4) | PTSD symptoms (IES-r) | |||||||||
| N* | %* | P value | OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | N* | %* | P value† | OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Know someone who died or was quarantined (N*=1444) | 809 | 56.0 | 0.045 | 1.31 (1.00 to 1.72) | 1.33 (1.01 to 1.75) | 1196 | 82.8 | 0.007 | 1.47 (1.10 to 1.96) | 1.51 (1.12 to 2.02) |
| Composite risk perception(N*=2573) | 1335 | 51.9 | <0.001 | 1.47 (1.20 to 1.80) | 1.45 (1.18 to 1.77) | 2063 | 80.2 | <0.001 | 1.74 (1.41 to 2.14) | 1.68 (1.36 to 2.09) |
| Ebola experience × composite risk perception (N*=1072) | 646 | 60.3 | 0.018 | 1.37 (1.00 to 1.87) | 1.47 (1.07 to 2.03) | 924 | 86.2 | 0.049 | 1.36 (0.95 to 1.94) | 1.44 (1.00 to 2.07) |
*Frequency and proportions adjusted to account for sampling fractions; we excluded ‘don’t know’ responses and missing values.
†P values for Wald’s χ2 test.
AOR, adjusted OR (adjusted for age group, region of residence, gender and education); IES-r, Impact of Event Scale-revised; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.