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. 2019 Sep 2;9:213. doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0537-z

Table 4.

Univariate multinomial logistic regressions examining associations of sociodemographic, trauma-related, psychosocial, mental and physical predictors of severity of functional impairment in a community sample of Rohingya refugees living in Malaysia (n = 959)

Reference group: low impairment (n = 573) Moderate impairment (n = 220) Severe impairment (n = 166)
Sociodemographic characteristics Odds Ratios 95% Confidence Interval P Odds Ratios 95% Confidence Interval P

Age

Base cat: 18–30 years

0.85 0.73–0.98 0.029 0.70 0.58–0.86 <0.001

Male sex

Base cat: female

2.54 1.62–4 <0.001 5.97 2.96–12 <0.001

Being employed

Base cat: unemployed

0.97 0.61–1·54 0.90 5.15 2.41–10.96 <0.001

Completed primary or secondary education

Base cat: illiterate/no education

0.84 0.61–1.17 0.299 0.89 0.63–1.28 0.544

Being married

Base cat: single

0.86 0.66–1.13 0.28 0.64 0.47–0.86 0.004

Residency status (being stateless)

Base cat: UNHCR protection status

1.75 1.18–2.63 0.006 16·67 5–50 <0.001
Exposure to pre-migration Traumatic Events (TEs) (mean score) 3.27 1·70–6·29 <0.001 3·4 1·66–7·03 <0.001
Peri-migration stressors (base cat: 0 count) 1.11 1.05–1.16 <0.001 1·38 1.27–1.49 <0.001

Traveled to Malaysia by boat

Base cat: traveled by land transport

1.76 0.96–3·23 0.067 9.90 2.39–41 0.002
Post-migration living difficulties (PMLDs)
Exposure to post-migration living difficulties endorsed at moderate and severe levels (mean score) 1.08 1.05–1.12 <0.001 1·25 1.20–1.3 <0.001
Overall self-rated physical health (base cat: very good/excellent)
 Poor/fair 2.16 1·17–3·98 0.337 2.16 1.17–3.98 0.013
Mental disorders (base cat: no disorder)
 One disorder 2.1 1.48–2.99 <0.001 4.02 2.45–6.58 <0.001
 Two or more disorders 5.36 3.54–8.11 <0.001 9.50 5·.52–16.34 <0.001