Table 3.

Logistic regression analyses predicting mental and physical treatment needs in newly arrived refugees; study conducted in Leipzig (Germany) between May 2017 and June 2018

Predictor*	Current need for mental health care (N = 524)			Current need for physical health care (N = 524)
	Adjusted OR	95% CI	p	Adjusted OR	95% CI	p
Age	0.99	0.96–1.02	0.434	1.01	0.98–1.04	0.454
Sex1	2.36	1.39–4.02	0.002	1.28	0.79–2.05	0.313
University degree2	1.03	0.64–1.65	0.906	1.03	0.67–1.59	0.890
Partnership3	1.00	0.61–1.64	0.999	1.01	0.64–1.59	0.974
Parenthood4	0.75	0.43–1.33	0.330	1.20	0.71–2.04	0.492
Flight duration	1.02	0.95–1.10	0.575	1.03	0.97–1.10	0.337
Accompaniment during the flight5	0.73	0.44–1.21	0.226	0.92	0.58–1.46	0.731
Number traumatic events	1.06	1.00–1.13	0.048	1.07	1.01–1.13	0.023
At least one MD investigated6	4.52	2.76–7.40	< 0.001	2.73	1.73–4.31	< 0.001
Self-rated mental health	0.98	0.97–0.99	< 0.001	1.01	1.00–1.02	0.146
Self-rated physical health	0.99	0.98–1.00	0.070	0.97	0.96–0.98	< 0.001
Time of assessment7	0.83	0.67–1.04	0.114	0.94	0.77–1.14	0.535
Social care needs due to
Finding work6	1.26	0.74–2.14	0.385	0.79	0.48–1.31	0.369
Asylum procedure6	0.99	0.57–1.71	0.967	1.23	0.75–2.03	0.407
Education6	1.36	0.82–2.26	0.233	0.66	0.41–1.07	0.093
Family reunion6	0.75	0.42–1.35	0.332	0.86	0.50–1.47	0.583
Health care system6	2.14	1.21–3.77	0.009	3.25	1.92–5.50	< 0.001
German language training6	1.30	0.75–2.25	0.356	1.07	0.65–1.77	0.797
Finding apartment6	0.59	0.34–1.05	0.074	0.64	0.38–1.10	0.107
Model fit indices
χ2/df/p	201.49/19/ < 0.001			137.99/19/ < 0.001
− 2 Log-Likelihood	482.549			559.760
Nagelkerkes R2	0.436			0.315
Cox and Snell R2	0.319			0.232

¹Female = 1, male = 2; ²yes = 1, no = 2; ³partnership = 1, no partnership = 2; ⁴children = 1, no children = 2; ⁵unaccompanied = 1, accompanied = 2; ⁶yes = 1, no = 0; ⁷within first 7 days after arrival = 1, between 8 and 14 days = 2, between 15 and 28 days = 3, after 28 days = 4

*The lower category represents the reference category

MD mental disorder