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Table 5 Multivariate analysis of demographic and individual trauma exposure variables associated with PTSD and depression

From: Factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression amongst internally displaced persons in northern Uganda

Variable

PTSD (N = 657)

Depression (N = 815)

 

OR [95% CI]

P value

OR [95% CI]

P value

Demographic Variables

    

   Female

2.06 [1.49–2.84]

<0.01

4.32 [2.80–6.66]

<0.01

   no longer married*

1.80 [1.25–2.59]

<0.01

2.41 [1.36–4.27]

<0.01

   displaced > 5 miles from home

NA

NA

1.47 [1.16–1.85]

<0.01

Trauma exposure variable

    

   ill health without medical care

1.95 [1.52–2.51]

<0.01

1.97 [1.50–2.58]

<0.01

   rape or sexual abuse

1.67 [1.01–2.75]

0.045

NA

NA

   lack of food or water

1.55 [1.00–2.39]

0.048

1.64 [1.05–2.58]

0.03

   unnatural death of family/friend

NA

NA

1.54 [1.10–2.16]

0.01

   being tortured or beaten

1.42 [1.09–1.84]

0.01

1.41 [1.04–1.92]

0.03

   being made to accept ideas/brainwashing

1.39 [1.03–1.88]

0.03

NA

NA

   witnessing murder of stranger or strangers

1.38 [1.02–1.86]

0.04

NA

NA

   serious injury

NA

NA

1.38 [1.09–1.74]

<0.01

  1. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; OR, odds ratio (adjusted); NA, not applicable or was not statistically significant (P > 0.05).
  2. Multivariate analysis for demographic variables in table, and all individual trauma exposure variables shown in Table 3. Only statistically significant demographic variables (P < 0.05) following univariate analysis included in multivariate analysis.
  3. Only statistically significant (P < 0.05) adjusted odds ratios from multivariate analysis presented.
  4. * No longer married includes divorced/separated, widowed, forcibly separated.
  5. Symptoms of PTSD (HTQ PTSD Score = ≥2.0) and depression (HSCL score = ≥1.75)