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Table 1 Demographics as a predictor of psychological distress following disaster relief work

From: The usefulness of pre-employment and pre-deployment psychological screening for disaster relief workers: a systematic review

Disorder

Papers reporting significant association with disorder / papers reporting non-significant association with disorder

PTSD

Age [7, 21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35] / [8, 36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54]

Gender [23, 25, 28,29,30, 35, 37, 43, 53,54,55] / [8, 21, 22, 31, 33, 36, 38,39,40,41,42, 46, 48,49,50, 52, 56, 57]

Ethnicity [22, 25, 28,29,30] / [23, 31, 36, 44, 49, 51, 54, 57]

Education [22, 25, 28,29,30,31] / [8, 33, 34, 39, 40, 42, 44, 49, 51,52,53,54, 58]

Marital status [22, 24, 27,28,29,30, 42, 51] / [7, 8, 26, 33, 34, 36, 38,39,40, 43, 44, 47, 53, 57]

Income [28, 30] / [23, 29, 33, 49]

Social class / [32]

Religious group / [54]

Anxiety

Age [48, 54] / [21, 22, 47, 51]

Gender [22, 54] / [21, 48]

Ethnicity [22] / [51, 54]

Education [22] / [51, 54]

Marital status [22] / [47, 51]

Religious group / [54]

Depression

Age [22, 54, 59] / [21, 39, 42, 43, 47, 48, 50,51,52]

Gender [22, 48, 54] / [21, 39, 42, 43, 50, 52, 59]

Ethnicity [22, 59] / [51, 54]

Education [22, 52] / [39, 42, 51, 54, 59]

Marital status [22, 42, 47] / [39, 43, 51, 59]

Religious group / [54]

Psychological distress / morbidity

Age [7, 26, 41, 60] / [23, 24, 49, 61,62,63]

Gender [23] / [41, 49, 55, 61, 63]

Ethnicity / [23, 49, 63]

Education / [49, 58, 63]

Marital status [7] / [24, 26, 61]

Income / [23, 49]

Social class / [62]

Somatic symptoms

Age / [21, 47, 51, 54]

Gender [54] / [21]

Ethnicity [51] / [54]

Education / [51, 54]

Marital status [47] / [51, 54]

Religious group / [54]

Burnout

Age [21] / [36, 49, 54]

Gender [21, 54] / [36, 49, 55, 57]

Ethnicity / [36, 49, 54, 57]

Education / [49, 54]

Marital status [36, 57]

Income / [49]

Religious group / [54]

Stress

Age [42] / [46, 59]

Gender / [42, 46, 59]

Ethnicity / [59]

Education / [42, 59]

Marital status [42] / [59]

Peritraumatic dissociation

Age [64] / [38, 39, 59]

Gender / [38, 39, 56, 59]

Ethnicity / [59]

Education / [39, 59]

Marital status / [38, 39, 59]

Fatigue

Age [63]

Gender [63]

Ethnicity / [63]

Education / [63]

Quality of life

Age / [63]

Gender / [63]

Ethnicity / [63]

Education / [63]

Hostility

Age / [51, 52]

Gender / [52]

Ethnicity / [51]

Education / [51, 52]

Marital status / [51]

Alcohol disorder

Age / [43]

Gender / [43]

Marital status / [43]

Resilience

Age / [49]

Gender / [49]

Ethnicity / [49]

Education / [49]

Income / [49]