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Table 6 crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of alexithymia by sociodemographic factors, symptoms of negative emotion and childhood trauma

From: Prevalence and associated factors of alexithymia among adult prisoners in China: a cross-sectional study

 

Alexithymia

cOR(95% CI)

p

aOR (95% CI)

p

No (n = 1170) n (%)

Yes(n = 535) n (%)

Gender

 Male

729 (62.3)

330 (61.7)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Female

441 (37.7)

205 (38.3)

1.03 (0.83–1.27)

0.81

1.28 (0.96–1.71)

0.09

Age group

 18–24

399 (35.6)

178 (35.2)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 25–34

474 (42.3)

187 (37.0)

0.88 (0.69–1.13)

0.32

0.86 (0.62–1.20)

0.38

 35–44

182 (16.2)

96 (19.0)

1.18 (0.87–1.60)

0.28

1.13 (0.72–1.77)

0.61

 45–54

48 (4.3)

32 (6.3)

1.49 (0.92–2.42)

0.10

2.02 (1.02–3.97)

0.04

  > 54

18 (1.6)

13 (2.6)

1.62 (0.77–3.38)

0.20

1.39 (0.50–3.85)

0.53

Education group

 Primary school or lower

277 (23.8)

178 (33.5)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Secondary school/technical school

797 (68.5)

343 (64.5)

0.67 (0.53–0.84)

0.00

0.73 (0.54–0.98)

0.04

 College or above

89 (7.7)

11 (2.1)

0.19 (0.10–0.37)

0.00

0.19 (0.09–0.42)

0.00

Location of residence

 Urban

350 (30.2)

154 (29.4)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Rural

810 (69.8)

369 (70.6)

1.04 (0.83–1.29)

0.76

0.92 (0.68–1.23)

0.56

Marital status

 Single

663 (57.2)

294 (55.3)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Married/Cohabiting

377 (32.5)

172 (32.3)

1.03 (0.82–1.29)

0.81

1.12 (0.79–1.56)

0.53

 Divorced/Windowed

120 (10.3)

66 (12.4)

1.24 (0.89–1.73)

0.20

1.11 (0.69–1.79)

0.67

Maximum sentence length (months)

 36 or less

302 (26.3)

124 (23.7)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 37–60

284 (24.8)

124 (23.7)

1.06 (0.79–1.43)

0.69

1.16 (0.81–1.66)

0.43

 61–120

297 (25.9)

122 (23.3)

1.00 (0.74–1.35)

0.99

0.97 (0.66–1.43)

0.88

  > 120

189 (16.5)

102 (19.5)

1.31 (0.96–1.81)

0.09

1.12 (0.69–1.79)

0.65

 suspended death /life imprisonment

75 (6.5)

51 (9.8)

1.66 (1.09–2.50)

0.02

1.13 (0.54–2.36)

0.75

Duration in prison (months)

 12 or less

269 (23.7)

105 (20.2)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 13–24

418 (36.8)

183 (35.2)

1.12 (0.84–1.49)

0.43

1.15 (0.82–1.60)

0.43

 25–48

233 (20.5)

112 (21.5)

1.23 (0.89–1.69)

0.20

1.13 (0.74–1.74)

0.56

 49–120

171 (15.1)

82 (15.8)

1.23 (0.87–1.74)

0.24

0.96 (0.55–1.66)

0.88

  > 120

45 (4.0)

38 (7.3)

2.16 (1.33–3.52)

0.00

1.44 (0.63–3.31)

0.39

BAI

 no anxiety

599 (52.6)

196 (37.3)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 mild anxiety

341 (29.9)

128 (24.4)

1.15 (0.89–1.49)

0.30

0.72 (0.51–1.01)

0.05

 moderate anxiety

140 (12.3)

127 (24.2)

2.77 (2.08–3.70)

0.00

1.43 (1.02–2.09)

0.04

 severe anxiety

59 (5.2)

74 (14.1)

3.83 (2.63–5.59)

0.00

1.71 (1.06–2.73)

0.03

BDI

 no depression

258 (22.1)

58 (10.8)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 mild depression

270 (23.1)

90 (16.8)

1.48 (1.02–2.15)

0.04

1.33 (0.87–2.03)

0.18

 moderate depression

470 (40.2)

214 (40.0)

2.03 (1.46–2.81)

0.00

1.62 (1.08–2.41)

0.02

 severe depression

172 (14.7)

173 (32.3)

4.47 (3.14–6.38)

0.00

2.93 (1.84–4.67)

0.00

BHS

 no hopelessness

201 (20.0)

41 (9.1)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 mild hopelessness

443 (44.2)

167 (37.2)

1.85 (1.26–2.70)

0.00

1.56 (1.01–2.39)

0.04

 moderate hopelessness

320 (31.9)

198 (44.1)

3.03 (2.08–4.44)

0.00

1.86 (1.18–2.92)

0.03

 severe hopelessness

39(3.9)

43(9.6)

5.41 (3.12–9.35)

0.00

2.35(1.21–4.55)

0.01

CTQ

 Never (none)

54 (4.6)

10 (1.9)

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Rarely (low)

855 (73.1)

331 (61.9)

2.09 (1.05–4.15)

0.03

2.40 (1.02–5.66)

0.05

 Sometimes (moderate)

238 (20.3)

166 (31.0)

3.76 (1.86–7.61)

0.00

3.63 (1.49–8.84)

0.00

 Often/very often(severe)

23(2.0)

28(5.2)

6.57(2.75–15.72)

0.00

4.08(1.35–12.32)

0.01