Table 4.
Factors associated with PTSD among residents of Koshe, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 (n=830)
| Variables | Category | PTSD | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Yes | No | ||||
| Sex | Male | 106 (31.3%) | 233 (68.7%) | 1 | 1 |
| Female | 204 (41.5%) | 287 (58.5 %) | 1.6 (1.2 to 2.1)* | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.5)* | |
| Age (years) | 15–40 | 241 (35.7%) | 434 (64.3%) | 1 | 1 |
| >40 | 69 (44.5%) | 86 (55.5%) | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.1) | 1.4 (0.9 to 2.1) | |
| Marital status | Married | 138 (32.2%) | 290 (67.7%) | 1 | 1 |
| Single | 87 (34.9%) | 162 (65.1%) | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.8) | |
| Divorced | 77 (58.8%) | 54 (41.2%) | 3.0 (2.0 to 4.5)* | 2.1 (1.3 to 3.4)* | |
| Others | 8 (36.4%) | 14 (63.6%) | 1.2 (0.5 to 2.9) | 1.4 (0.5 to 4.2) | |
| History (Hx) of mental illness | Yes | 46 (83.6%) | 9 (16.4%) | 9.9 (4.8 to 20.5)* | 5.6 (2.3 to 13.4)* |
| No | 264 (34.1%) | 511 (65.9%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Family Hx of mental illness | Yes | 55 (69.6%) | 24 (30.4%) | 4.5 (2.7 to 7.4)* | 2.8 (1.5 to 5.4)* |
| No | 255 (34.0%) | 496 (66.0%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Experiencing childhood trauma | Yes | 109 (54.0%) | 93 (46.6%) | 2.5 (1.8 to 3.4) | 1.2 (0.7 to 1.9) |
| No | 201 (32.0%) | 427 (68.0%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Sustaining physical trauma |
Yes | 135 (81.3%) | 31 (18.7%) | 12.2 (7.9 to 18.7)* | 8.3 (5.0 to 13.6)* |
| No | 175 (26.4%) | 489 (73.6%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Witnessing the death of family or friend | yes | 223 (42.4%) | 303 (57.6%) | 1.9 (1.4 to 2.5) 1 |
0.8 (0.5 to 1.4) 1 |
| No | 87 (28.6%) | 217 (71.4%) | |||
| Witnessing injury of family or friend | Yes | 238 (41.8%) | 331 (58.2%) | 1.9 (1.4 to 2.6) | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.4) |
| No | 2 (1.1%) | 189 (98.9%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Property destruction | Yes | 117 (48.8%) | 123 (51.2%) | 2.0 (1.4 to 2.7) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.5) |
| No | 193 (32.7%) | 397 (67.3%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Thought of death | Yes | 242 (44.3%) | 304 (55.7%) | 2.5 (1.8 to 3.5) | 1.3 (0.7 to 2.0) |
| No | 68 (23.9%) | 216 (76.1%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Social support | poor | 209 (52.5%) | 189 (47.5%) | 4.9 (2.9 to 8.2)* | 3.6 (2.0 to 6.7)* |
| Moderate | 81 (25.0%) | 243 (75.0%) | 1.5 (0.9 to 2.5) | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.6) | |
| Strong | 20 (18.5%) | 88 (81.5%) | 1 | 1 | |
| Perceived threat | Low | 56 (30.3%) | 129 (69.7%) | 1 | 1 |
| Moderate | 209 (36.0%) | 372 (64.0%) | 2.9 (1.9 to 4.6) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.6) | |
| High | 45 (70.3%) | 19 (29.7%) | 10.9 (5.6 to 21.4)* | 3.1 (1.4 to 6.6)* | |
*P<0.05, modelfitness=0.114 (Hosmer and Lemshow), 0.000 (Omnibus test), no multicolinearity (tolerance >0.1 and variance inflation factor (VIF) <2).
COR, crude odd ratio; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.