Table 3 Correlations with symptom scores on the PDS and GHQ in young people with direct exposure of the explosion at the time or shortly afterwards
From: The effects of the Omagh bomb on adolescent mental health: a school-based study
|  | PDS (N = 2095) | GHQ (N = 2155) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bivariate correlations | OLS a | Bivariate correlations | OLS a | |
In town at time of explosion | 0.35 | 2.02** (0.62) | 0.19 | 0.15 (0.27) |
In town after explosion | 0.26 | 0.47 (0.49) | 0.15 | 0.06 (0.21) |
Was hurt | 0.33 | 4.31** (1.63) | 0.21 | 2.39** (0.71) |
Left with injury or scar | 0.29 | −1.1 (2.04) | 0.15 | −0.51 (0.89) |
Saw doctor afterwards | 0.38 | 7.25** (1.38) | 0.23 | 1.68** (0.61) |
Attended hospital | 0.32 | 0.95 (1.77) | 0.15 | −1.23 (0.78) |
Saw people who were going to die | 0.35 | 2.23** (0.8) | 0.19 | 0.29 (0.35) |
Saw people dead | 0.33 | 1.41 (0.81) | 0.19 | 0.41 (0.36) |
Person close to them hurt | 0.23 | 1.55** (0.41) | 0.20 | 0.82** (0.18) |
Person close to them died | 0.23 | 2.37** (0.36) | 0.14 | 0.36* (0.16) |
Other acquaintance hurt | −0.14 | 0.45 (0.42) | −0.12 | 0.27 (0.18) |
Other acquaintance died | −0.03 | 0.54 (0.31) | −0.03 | 0.00 (0.13) |
Life was under threat | 0.27 | 3.4** (1.17) | 0.16 | 1.39** (0.51) |
Saw others hurt | 0.33 | 0.27 (0.7) | 0.19 | 0.32 (0.31) |