Table 1.
Univariate analysis of current PTSD for predictive factors
| No current PTSD (n=67) |
Current PTSD (n=23) |
Pa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n | % | ||
| Socio-demographic background | |||||
| Age (mean±S.D.) | 40.46 | ±11.64 | 42.78 | ±13.39 | .43b |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 30 | 44.8 | 4 | 17.4 | ⁎.019 |
| Female | 37 | 55.2 | 19 | 82.6 | |
| Educational level | |||||
| No education | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 8.7 | .216 |
| Primary | 9 | 13.4 | 5 | 21.7 | |
| Secondary | 35 | 52.2 | 9 | 39.1 | |
| Tertiary or above | 22 | 32.8 | 7 | 30.4 | |
| Employment as a HCW | |||||
| Non-HCW | 51 | 76.1 | 12 | 52.2 | ⁎.031 |
| HCW | 16 | 23.9 | 11 | 47.8 | |
| Amoy Gardens residential status (during SARS) | |||||
| Non-Amoy Gardens resident | 28 | 41.8 | 14 | 60.9 | .114 |
| Amoy Gardens resident | 39 | 58.2 | 9 | 39.1 | |
| Medical and psychiatric background | |||||
| Presence of chronic medical illness | |||||
| No | 63 | 94 | 18 | 78.3 | ⁎.044 |
| Yes | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21.7 | |
| SARS related variable (acute) | |||||
| Cumulative steroid dosagec | 4.29 | ±1.93 | 4.58 | ±2.31 | .556 |
| Family members died of SARS | |||||
| No | 62 | 92.5 | 19 | 82.6 | .226 |
| Yes | 5 | 7.5 | 4 | 17.4 | |
| SARS related variables (delayed) | |||||
| AVN or not | |||||
| No | 53 | 79.1 | 13 | 56.5 | ⁎.035 |
| Yes | 14 | 20.9 | 10 | 43.5 | |
a
Chi-square.
b
Two-sided independent sample t test.
c
Methylprednisolone equivalent in grams.
⁎
P<.05.