Table 5.
Multivariable logistic regression analysis between mental health recovery and related factors.
| Relative Factors with Mental Health Recovery | Model 1 (n = 331) | Model 2 (n = 310) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p-Value | OR (95% CI) | p-Value | |||||
| Basic characteristics | ||||||||
| Age | 1.02 | (0.99–1.04) | 0.15 | 1.00 | (0.98–1.03) | 0.78 | ||
| Gender | Male | 0.72 | (0.39–1.35) | 0.31 | 0.72 | (0.33–1.57) | 0.41 | |
| Female (Ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Living area as of 11 March 2011 | Evacuation | 0.97 | (0.82–1.16) | 0.77 | 0.97 | (0.78–1.22) | 0.82 | |
| non-evacuation (Ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Disaster-related experience | ||||||||
| Loss of family, relatives or friends | Experienced | 0.84 | (0.70–1.02) | 0.08 | 0.89 | (0.71–1.13) | 0.34 | |
| Never (Ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Disaster-related loss of employment | Experienced | 0.75 | (0.63–0.89) | <0.01 | 0.80 | (0.65–0.99) | 0.04 | |
| Never (Ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Economic status | ||||||||
| Afford to live in current economic status | Difficult | 0.70 | (0.59–0.82) | <0.01 | 0.80 | (0.65–0.98) | 0.03 | |
| Enough/Average (Ref.) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Current health status and lifestyle | ||||||||
| General subjective health status | Well/Unremarkable | 1.47 | (1.20–1.80) | <0.01 | ||||
| Poor/Very poor (Ref.) | 1.00 | |||||||
| Sleep condition | Satisfied with sleep | 1.09 | (0.86–1.37) | 0.49 | ||||
| Dissatisfied (Ref.) | 1.00 | |||||||
| Changes in physical activities | Increase/No change | 1.23 | (1.01–1.50) | 0.04 | ||||
| Decrease (Ref.) | 1.00 | |||||||
| Frequency of laughing | Almost everyday | 1.19 | (0.85–1.67) | 0.30 | ||||
| Less that 1–5 times/week (Ref.) | 1.00 | |||||||
| Social network status | ||||||||
| Social interaction with friends | Agree | 1.25 | (1.00–1.55) | 0.05 | ||||
| Disagree/Neither or not (Ref.) | 1.00 | |||||||
| Place to communicate about the disaster | Agree | 0.81 | (0.63–1.03) | 0.08 | ||||
| Disagree/Neither or not (Ref.) | 1.00 | |||||||
| Social roles through daily activities | Agree | 1.44 | (1.14–1.82) | <0.01 | ||||
| Disagree/Neither or not (Ref.) | 1.00 | |||||||
OR: Odds Ratio, CI: Confidence Interval, Bold: p < 0.05. Model 1: Adjusted by age, gender, disaster-related experiences, and current economic status variables. Model 2: Adjusted current health status and lifestyle, and social network status added on to the variables in Model 1.