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Table 1 Comparing Each SPTSS Cluster with Other Variables

From: Mental disorder and PTSD in Syria during wartime: a nationwide crisis

 

Avoidance

Arousal

Re-experience

 

Negative(n = 910) - %

Positive

(n = 1040) - %

P value

Negative (n = 693) - %

Positive

(n = 1257) - %

P value

Negative

(n = 800) - %

Positive

(n = 1150) - %

P value

P value#

Gender

 Male

247

27.1%

280

26.9%

NS

208

30.0%

319

25.4%

0.073 NS

239

29.9%

288

25.0%

0.051 NS

NS

 Female

663

72.9%

760

73.1%

 

485

70.0%

938

74.6%

 

561

70.1%

862

75.0%

  

Consanguinity

 No

656

72.1%

759

73.0%

NS

496

71.6%

919

73.1%

NS

591

73.9%

824

71.7%

NS

NS

 Third-degree relatives

134

14.7%

166

16.0%

 

103

14.9%

197

15.7%

 

111

13.9%

189

16.4%

  

 Fourth-degree relatives

53

5.8%

44

4.2%

 

42

6.1%

55

4.4%

 

47

5.9%

50

4.3%

  

 Distant relatives

67

7.4%

71

6.8%

 

52

7.5%

86

6.8%

 

51

6.4%

87

7.6%

  

Marital status

 Single

750

82.5%

866

83.4%

NS

574

82.9%

1042

83.0%

NS

661

82.7%

955

83.2%

NS

NS

 Engaged

47

5.2%

39

3.8%

31

4.5%

55

4.4%

31

3.9%

55

4.8%

 Married

97

10.7%

120

11.6%

78

11.3%

139

11.1%

94

11.8%

123

10.7%

 Divorced

10

1.1%

11

1.1%

6

0.9%

15

1.2%

9

1.1%

12

1.0%

 Widowed

5

0.6%

2

0.2%

3

0.4%

4

0.3%

4

0.5%

3

0.3%

Educational level

 Primary School

2

0.2%

23

2.3%

< 0.0001

2

0.3%

25

1.9%

< 0.0001

5

0.6%

22

1.8%

0.004

0.001

 High School

45

4.9%

81

7.8%

30

4.3%

96

7.6%

44

5.5%

82

7.1%

 University or any high institute

807

88.7%

864

83.2%

624

90.0%

1047

83.4%

700

87.5%

971

84.5%

 Masters or PhD

56

6.2%

70

6.7%

37

5.3%

89

7.1%

51

6.4%

75

6.5%

SES

 Lower

14

1.5%

16

1.5%

 

8

1.2%

22

1.8%

 

9

1.1%

21

1.8%

  

 Upper Lower

199

21.9%

283

27.2%

0.028 NS

136

19.6%

346

27.5%

0.003

176

22.0%

306

26.6%

0.055 NS

0.005 NS

 Middle

490

53.8%

554

53.3%

 

393

56.7%

651

51.8%

 

435

54.4%

609

53.0%

  

 Upper

207

22.7%

187

18.0%

 

156

22.5%

238

18.9%

 

180

22.5%

214

18.6%

  

Working

 No

497

65.0%

600

67.6%

NS

385

67.2%

712

66.0%

NS

433

64.5%

664

67.8%

NS

NS

 Yes

267

35.0%

287

32.4%

 

188

32.8%

366

34.0%

 

238

35.5%

316

32.2%

  

Age groups

 14–18

24

2.6%

27

2.6%

 

15

2.2%

36

2.9%

 

14

1.8%

37

3.2%

  

 19–25

720

79.1%

818

78.7%

< 0.0001

563

81.2%

975

77.6%

< 0.0001

639

79.9%

899

78.2%

< 0.0001

0.066 NS

 26–45

147

16.2%

186

17.9%

 

102

14.7%

231

18.4%

 

128

16.0%

205

17.8%

  

 46–65

19

2.1%

9

0.9%

 

13

1.9%

15

1.2%

 

19

2.4%

9

0.8%

  

Losing someone close due to war

 No

351

38.6%

346

33.3%

0.039 NS

270

39.0%

427

34.0%

0.067 NS

339

42.4%

358

31.1%

< 0.0001

0.001

 Yes

559

61.4%

694

66.7%

423

61.0%

830

66.0%

461

57.6%

792

68.9%

  

A relative being endangered by the war

 No

138

15.2%

146

14.0%

NS

113

16.3%

171

13.6%

NS

132

16.5%

152

13.2%

NS

NS

 Yes

772

84.8%

894

86.0%

 

580

83.7%

1086

86.4%

 

668

83.5%

998

86.8%

  

Distressed from war noises

 Negative

195

21.4%

211

20.3%

NS

185

26.7%

211

17.6%

< 0.0001

196

24.5%

210

18.3%

0.001

0.003

 Positive

715

78.6%

829

79.7%

508

73.3%

1036

82.4%

604

75.5%

940

81.7%

Changing place of living due to war

 No

495

54.4%

482

46.3%

 

361

52.1%

616

49.0%

 

413

51.6%

564

49.0%

  

 Within the same city

195

21.4%

233

22.4%

0.004

138

19.9%

290

23.1%

NS

173

21.6%

255

22.2%

NS

0.010 NS

 With changing city

195

21.4%

293

28.2%

 

172

24.8%

316

25.1%

 

191

23.9%

297

25.8%

  

 Both

25

2.7%

32

3.1%

 

22

3.2%

35

2.8%

 

23

2.9%

34

3.0%

  

Number of times changing places of living due to war

 Never

495

37.8%

482

31.5%

 

361

38.0%

616

32.5%

 

413

36.4%

564

33.1%

  

 Once

123

22.7%

101

16.7%

< 0.0001

103

23.8%

121

17.2%

0.001

107

22.4%

117

17.6%

0.016 NS

< 0.0001

 Twice

87

13.5%

124

15.9%

 

63

11.7%

148

16.5%

 

91

14.8%

120

14.8%

  

 Thrice and more

205

25.9%

333

35.9%

 

166

26.6%

372

33.8%

 

189

26.5%

349

34.5%

  

The main reason declared of stress in the last period:a

 Educational

197

39.5%

191

31.0%

 

155

43.9%

233

30.6%

 

173

41.2%

215

30.9%

  

 Economical

58

11.6%

69

11.2%

0.014 NS

39

11.0%

88

11.5%

0.0001

54

12.9%

73

10.5%

0.001

0.001

 Social

212

42.5%

292

47.4%

 

143

40.5%

361

47.4%

 

164

39.0%

340

48.9%

  

 War-related

20

4.0%

30

4.9%

 

8

2.3%

42

5.5%

 

17

4.0%

33

4.7%

  

 Medical

8

1.6%

25

4.1%

 

5

1.4%

28

3.7%

 

11

2.6%

22

3.2%

  

 Other

4

0.8%

9

1.5%

 

3

0.8%

10

1.3%

 

1

0.2%

12

1.7%

  

Do you consider that the crisis was the main cause of your distress lately?a

 No

155

22.4%

107

12.6%

 

133

25.6%

129

12.6%

 

127

20.9%

135

14.5%

  

 Kind of

326

47.2%

336

39.6%

< 0.0001

150

45.5%

426

41.7%

< 0.0001

294

48.4%

368

39.4%

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

 Yes totally

210

30.4%

210

47.8%

 

319

28.9%

466

45.6%

 

186

30.6%

430

46.1%

  
  1. Where NS Not significant
  2. Chi-square test was used in this table
  3. #This p value is calculated between having no, one, two or three positive clusters
  4. aThese were not included in the regression as they do not generate extra results and they overlap with most variables
  5. When using Bonferroni correction, P = (0.05\14) ≈ 0.004 or less to be statistically significant