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. 2020 Jan 22;9(2):309. doi: 10.3390/jcm9020309

Table 5.

Factors associated with psychological consequences after RTA.

Depression Symptoms Anxiety Symptoms PTSD Symptoms
Sociodemographic
Gender p = 0.525a p = 0.079b p = 0.038a
Age p = 0.089a p = 0.495b p = 0.864a
Residency p = 0.135a p > 0.999b p = 0.862a
Education level p = 0.856b p = 0.515b p = 0.439a
Employment status p = 0.407b p > 0.999b p = 0.059b
Marital status p = 0.666a p > 0.999b p = 0.860a
Self-perceived economic status p = 0.001a p = 0.441b p = 0.025a
Religiousness p < 0.001b p = 0.234b p = 0.156a
Pre-RTA health status
Smoking p = 0.669a p = 0.729b p = 0.597a
Alcohol use p = 0.833a p = 0.743b p = 0.169a
Psychoactive substance use p = 0.174b p = 0.058b p = 0.323a
Previous RTA experience p = 0.202a p = 0.308b p = 0.226a
Previous traumatic experience p = 0.057a p = 0.174b p = 0.395a
Previous PTSD p = 0.588b p > 0.999b p = 0.658b
Previous chronic illness p = 0.054a p = 0.035b p = 0.169a
Previous psychiatric illness p = 0.999b p = 0.011b p = 0.008a
Previous permanent pain p = 0.299b p < 0.001b p > 0.999b
Medication use p = 0.001a p = 0.169b p = 0.002a
Type of medication used p = 0.002b p = 0.010b p < 0.001b
Injury-related
Injury affliction p = 0.741b p > 0.999b p = 0.013a
Injury severity p < 0.001b p = 0.524b p = 0.004a
Self-perceived threat to life p = 0.087a p = 0.040b p = 0.002a
Pain after RTA p = 0.200a p = 0.208b p = 0.006a
Hospitalization p = 0.006a p = 0.719b p = 0.358a
Surgical treatment p = 0.001b p > 0.999b p = 0.564b
Unconsciousness in the RTA p = 0.020b p > 0.999b p = 0.254b
Post-RTA amnesia p = 0.015b p = 0.356b p = 0.057a
Hospitalization duration p = 0.009b p = 0.671b p = 0.011b
RTA-related
Fault in the RTA p = 0.278b p = 0.227b p = 0.044b
Deaths in the RTA p = 0.319b p > 0.999b p = 0.543b
Compensation claim p = 0.284a p = 0.171b p < 0.001a
Road user type p = 0.085b p = 0.094b p = 0.177b

a Chi-square test; b Fisher’s exact test. Bold p values are statistically significant.