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. 2021 Jul 17;15(1):101171. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101171

Table 3.

Health Outcomes by Disability status - Frequency among peope with and without disability and Poisson regression comparing people with disability to people without disability.

Prevalence
PRR
With disability Without disability Model 1 Model 2
COVID-19 N = 2334 N = 10,368
Has experienced or is currently experiencing symptoms that could be caused by COVID-19 15.9% (13.4–18.7) 14.3% (13.3–15.4) 1.12 (0.94–1.34) 1.13 (0.94–1.37)
Has been tested for coronavirus 4.5% (3.4–5.8) 4.3% (3.7–5.0) 1.07 (0.80–1.44) 1.13 (0.84–1.53)
If has experienced symptoms that could be caused by COVID-19 … … N = 370 N = 1491
has been tested for coronavirus 12.4% (8.1–18.6) 10.9% (8.8–13.3) 1.11 (0.70–1.76) 1.21 (0.76–1.91)
has been in hospital because of coronavirus symptoms 4.2% (2.0–8.7) 1.5% (0.8–2.9) 2.49 (0.90–6.91) 3.00 (1.07–8.43)∗
Mental health N = 2123 N = 9389
Current psychological distress (GHQ) 53.8% (49.9–57.7) 37.0% (35.5–38.6) 1.27∗∗∗ (1.17–1.39) 1.15∗∗ (1.05–1.26)
Loneliness N = 2265 N = 10,095
Often Lonely 26.1% (22.6–29.8) 10.7% (9.7–11.9) 1.92∗∗∗ (1.63–2.27) 1.75∗∗∗ (1.46–2.09)

Notes: ∗p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001.

N: weighted N.

Model 1: for all outcomes adjusted for age (as categorical variable), gender, ethnicity (6 class summary). For GHQ also adjusted for W9 GHQ-12 score. For loneliness also adjusted for W9 loneliness score.

Model 2 also adjusted for financial stress most recent COVID-19 wave.