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. 2019 Jan 14;10(1):1558709. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1558709

Table 4.

Multivariable logistic regression Model 4.

  Model 4a
Model 4b
Variables aOR 95% CI p aOR 95% CI p
Participant characteristics
Age 0.84 0.75–0.96 0.007 0.87 0.77–1.00 0.05
Gender            
 Men 1.00     1.00    
 Women 0.56 0.35–0.90 0.017 0.76 0.49–1.30 0.367
Region            
 Macao 1.00     1.00    
 Hong Kong 0.91 0.24–3.39 0.887 0.90 0.22–3.53 0.859
 Mainland China 0.33 0.17–0.64 0.001 0.40 0.21–0.84 0.014
 Taiwan 0.43 0.05–3.57 0.433 0.56 0.07–4.97 0.639
Direct exposure experience
Injured 0.45 0.11–1.85 0.267 0.40 0.10–1.62 0.200
Witnessed people injured 2.12 1.21–3.70 0.008 2.32 1.36–4.00 0.002
Someone close being injured 1.55 0.63–3.82 0.342 1.48 0.60–3.63 0.395
Almost drowned in the flooding 8.24 1.82–37.34 0.006 8.99 1.92–41.99 0.005
Saw someone almost drown 0.61 0.19–1.92 0.399 0.65 0.20–2.14 0.481
Saw someone drown 1.45 0.27–7.65 0.661 1.68 0.30–9.39 0.554
Saw a dead body 0.99 0.14–7.15 0.990 0.89 0.11–7.07 0.913
Home damaged 3.04 1.79–5.17 < 0.001 2.86 1.71–4.78 < 0.001
Home flooded 1.18 0.65–2.13 0.592 1.27 0.70–2.27 0.431
Home uninhabitable after the typhoon 2.52 1.40–4.54 0.002 2.59 0.44–4.64 0.001
Personal or family loss of property 0.74 0.43–1.26 0.264 0.74 0.44–1.25 0.263
Resource deprivation
No access to drinking water 1.28 0.73–2.21 0.387 1.25 0.72–2.15 0.430
No access to food 1.43 0.86–2.36 0.166 1.48 0.90–2.44 0.121
No access to electricity 0.35 0.12–0.97 0.043 0.45 0.17–1.24 0.123
No access to internet 0.74 0.33–1.65 0.458 0.70 0.31–1.54 0.363
No access to needed medication 3.42 1.33–8.80 0.011 3.61 1.45–9.01 0.006
No access to medical attention 1.67 0.58–4.77 0.339 1.32 0.47–3.70 0.597
Types of media use
Watching TV 0.99 0.88–1.10 0.82      
Listening to radio programmes 1.20 1.08–1.33 0.001      
Reading newspaper 0.92 0.82–1.03 0.14      
Watching videos 1.00 0.90–1.12 0.95      
Viewing news updates on social media 0.93 0.82–1.05 0.25      
Viewing videos on social media that were captured by people in the community 1.11 0.98–1.27 0.09      
Sharing posts on social media 1.75 1.09–2.81 0.02      
Media content
The storm itself       0.37 0.28–0.49 < 0.001
The flooding       1.00 0.74–1.33 0.98
Drowning victims       1.29 1.00–1.67 0.05
Residents’ emotional reaction       1.98 1.44–2.72 < 0.001
Interviews with government       1.21 0.97–1.54 0.09
Images of people being heroic       0.72 0.55–0.94 0.02

aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.