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. 2020 Nov 3;75(4):327–334. doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214086

Table 4.

Secondary model results: modelling the association between indicators of GBV and mental health symptomatic scores for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

(1) (2) (3)
PHQ-9 score GAD-7 score HTQ-PTSD score
Coef 95% CI P value Coef 95% CI P value Coef 95% CI P value
Age (years), mean centred −0.01 [−0.10, 0.07] 0.737 −0.09 [−0.18, −0.01] 0.025 −0.05 [−0.17, 0.07] 0.377
Majority clan: No (Ref) 0.00 0.00 0.00
Majority clan: Yes 0.63 [−0.72, 1.97] 0.360 −0.38 [−1.69, 0.93] 0.572 −0.84 [−3.04, 1.36] 0.452
Read/write: No (Ref) 0.00 0.00 0.00 .
Read/write: Yes −0.40 [−1.71, 0.92] 0.553 0.36 [−1.03, 1.74] 0.613 1.24 [−1.00, 3.48] 0.278
Length of encampment (years) −0.05 [−0.14, 0.04] 0.299 0.02 [−0.06, 0.11] 0.591 −0.01 [−0.14, 0.12] 0.888
Number of children −0.04 [−0.30, 0.22] 0.768 0.25 [0.00, 0.51] 0.054 0.17 [−0.21, 0.55] 0.374
Monthly income (KES) 0.00 [0.00, 0.00] 0.740 0.00 [0.00, 0.00] 0.275 0.00 [0.00, 0.00] 0.172
Past-year IPV: No (Ref) 0.00 0.00 0.00
Past-year IPV: Yes 1.39 [0.07, 2.70] 0.039 0.39 [−0.95, 1.74] 0.565 0.42 [−1.80, 2.65] 0.707
Any NPV before Dadaab: No (Ref) 0.00 0.00 0.00
Any NPV before Dadaab: Yes 2.09 [0.34, 3.84] 0.020 3.31 [1.64, 4.97] <0.001 6.51 [3.84, 9.18] <0.001
Past-year NPV: No (Ref) 0.00 0.00 0.00
Past-year NPV: Yes 1.28 [−0.09, 2.64] 0.066 0.70 [−0.63, 2.03] 0.303 1.54 [−0.61, 3.69] 0.160
R2 0.77 0.79 0.82
RMSE 4.53 4.49 7.15

*Majority clan is defined here as one of the following Somali clans: Darod, Dir, Hawiye, Isaaq.

GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale; GBV, gender based violence; HTQ, Harvard Trauma Questionnaire; IPV, Intimate Partner Violence; KES, Kenyan Shillings; NPV, Non-Partner Violence; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PTSD, Post-traumatic stressdisorder; RMSE, Root mean square error.