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. 2020 Mar 17;20:341. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8376-7

Table 3.

Associations between migration related factors and anxiety/depression symptoms, PTSD symptoms and and chronic pain

Anxiety/depression symptoms (PTSD symptoms) Chronic pain
(Linear regression) (Linear regression) (Logistic regression)
Variable Crude β (95% CI) Adj. β (95% CI) * Crude β (95% CI) Adj. β (95% CI) * Crude OR (95% CI) Adj. OR (95% CI) **
Gender (men ref.) 0.11 (0.02;0.20) 0.12 (0.02;0.21) 0.05 (−0.03;0.13) 0.06 (−0.02;0.14) 1.07 (0.79;1.45) 1.17 (0.84;1.61)
Age 0.00 (0.00;0.01) 0.00 (0.00;0.01) 0.01 (0.00–0.01) 0.01 (0.00;0.01) 1.03 (1.02;1.05) 1.04 (1.02;1.05)
Education 0.02 (0.01;0.03) 0.02 (0.01;0.03) 0.02 (0.01;0.02) 0.02 (0.01;0.03) 1.02 (0.99;1.06) 1.02 (0.98;1.06)
Country (Lebanon ref.) 0.00 (−0.09;0.10) 0.04 (− 0.06;0.14) 0.01 (− 0.07;0.09) 0.03 (− 0.05;0.12) 1.37 (1.01;1.86) 1.68 (1.20–2.34)
Time in transit − 0.04 (− 0.07; − 0.01) −0.05 (− 0.08;0.01) −0.02 (− 0.05;0.01) −0.04 (− 0.08; − 0.01) 1.09 (0.98;1.20) 1.03 (0.91;1.16)
Migrating alone 0.17 (0.07;0.27) 0.24 (0.13;0.36) 0.15 (0.06;0.24) 0.19 (0.09;0.29) 1.06 (0.76;1.48) 0.97 (0.66;1.42)
Detained during flight 0.18 (−0.00;0.36) 0.18 (−0.02;0.38) 0.05 (− 0.11;0.21) 0.08 (− 0.10;0.25) 1.48 (0.84;2.62) 1.71 (0.90;3.23)
No residence permit 0.03 (−0.06;0.12) 0.08 (−0.03;0.18) 0.06 (− 0.02;0.14) 0.11 (0.02;0.21) 0.76 (0.56;1.03) 0.90 (0.62;1.31)
Traumatic experiences 0.42 (0.34;0.51) 0.42 (0.33;0.51) 0.46 (0.38;0.54) 0.44 (0.37;0.52) 2.58 (1.88;3.52) 2.48 (1.79;3.43)

*β-coefficients (β) adjusted by age, gender and country. β values with confidence intervals above 0 indicate significant association

**Odds ratios (OR) adjusted by age, gender and country. OR with confidence interval values above 1 indicate significant association