Table 4.
- Predicting the likelihood of being of a case of PTSD using a multivariate logistic regression* (n= 279).
| Predictor variables | B | Wald | p | OR | 95% CI |
| Age | |||||
| Young (18-30) | 0.993 | 2.51 | 0.130 | 2.70 | 0.746 –9.76 |
| Middle-aged (31- 45) | 1.87 | 7.31 | 0.007 | 6.89 | 1.62 –26.1 |
| Old-aged (>45) | Ref. | ||||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | -1.43 | 9.94 | 0.002 | 0.239 | 0.098–0.582 |
| Male | Ref | ||||
| Employment status | |||||
| Unemployed | -0.876 | 4.54 | 0.033 | 0.416 | 0.186–0.932 |
| Employed | Ref. | ||||
| A family member died during the conflict | |||||
| No | 1.74 | 17.0 | 0.000 | 5.7 | 2.49–13.0 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| If peace restore you will go back home | |||||
| No | -0.234 | 0.194 | 0.660 | 0.792 | 0.279–2.24 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Witnessed mass execution for civilians” | |||||
| No | 0.530 | 1.15 | 0.285 | 1.7 | 0.644–4.48 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Witnessed shelling, burning, or razing of residential areas or marshlands” | |||||
| No | 1.96 | 12.1 | 0.001 | 7.12 | 2.35–21.6 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Witnessed chemical attacks on residential areas or marshlands” | |||||
| No | 0.747 | 1.69 | 0.193 | 2.11 | 0.685 – 6.51 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Serious physical injury of family member or friend from combat situation or landmine” | |||||
| No | 0.358 | 0.694 | 0.405 | 1.43 | 0.616 – 3.32 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Witnessed rotting corpses” | |||||
| No | 0.182 | 0.136 | 0.712 | 1.20 | 0.457–3.15 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Witnessed sexual abuse or rape” | |||||
| No | 1.04 | 3.08 | 0.079 | 2.82 | 0.886–9.00 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| Predictor variables | B | Wald | p | OR | 95% CI |
| “Witnessed torture” | |||||
| No | 0.472 | 1.12 | 0.289 | 1.60 | 0.670–3.84 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Witnessed murder” | |||||
| No | -0.123 | 0.062 | 0.804 | 0.884 | 0.335–2.34 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Murder or violent death of a family member” | |||||
| No | -.870 | 3.26 | 0.071 | 0.419 | 0.16 –1.08 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Received the body of a family member and prohibited from mourning or performing burial rites” | |||||
| No | 1.32 | 5.80 | 0.016 | 3.73 | 1.28 –10.88 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Disappearance of a family member or a friend” | |||||
| No | .895 | 3.62 | 0.057 | 2.45 | 0.973 – 6.16 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Family member or friend kidnapped” | |||||
| No | -.557 | 1.20 | 0.273 | 0.573 | 0.212 – 1.55 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Family member or friend taken as a hostage” | |||||
| No | 0.479 | 0.864 | 0.354 | 1.61 | 0.588 – 4.43 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Kidnapped” | |||||
| No | -2.24 | 3.61 | 0.058 | 0.106 | 0.011 – 1.07 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Sexually abused or raped (such as, forced sexual activity)” | |||||
| No | 2.05 | 7.57 | 0.006 | 7.75 | 1.78 – 33.4 |
| Yes | Ref. | ||||
| “Tortured” | |||||
| No | 0.442 | 0.447 | 0.504 | 1.56 | 0.426 – 5.69 |
| Yes | Ref | ||||
*Mean scores >2.5 in the sub-items (Harvard Trauma Questionnaire [HTQ]-16) or the entire scale HTQ-45 indicated a case of PTSD, B: estimated multinomial logistic regression coefficients, p: significant level, OR: Odds ration, CI: confidence interval Ref.: reference group