Table 2 Demonstrate rrelationship between variables and K10 and mspss scores
From: Mental disorder and PTSD in Syria during wartime: a nationwide crisis
Characteristic | K10 score | MSPSS Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | P value | F | Mean | SD | P value | F | |
Gender | ||||||||
 Female | 29.3 | 9.8 | < 0.001 | 21.8 | 51.3 | 18.2 | NS | 0.9 |
 Male | 27.0 | 9.7 |  |  | 50.5 | 18.4 |  |  |
Consanguinity | ||||||||
 No | 28.8 | 9.9 |  |  | 51.0 | 18.4 |  |  |
 Yes third-degree relatives | 28.7 | 9.5 | 0.038 NS | 2.8 | 50.5 | 18.6 | NS | 1.9 |
 Yes fourth-degree relatives | 26.1 | 9.4 |  |  | 55.4 | 16.9 |  |  |
 Yes but not close relatives | 29.7 | 9.9 |  |  | 50.6 | 16.4 |  |  |
Marital status | ||||||||
 Single | 28.7 | 9.8 | NS | 0.2 | 50.7 | 18.2 | 0.002 | 4.4 |
 Engaged | 28.0 | 10.1 | 58.5 | 15.7 | ||||
 Married | 28.7 | 10.1 | 52.1 | 19.0 | ||||
 Widowed | 28.9 | 9.6 | 51.6 | 16.5 | ||||
 Divorced | 29.8 | 11.6 | 45.8 | 17.9 | ||||
Educational level | ||||||||
 Primary School | 39.7 | 9.3 |  |  | 39.5 | 19.9 |  |  |
 High School | 30.5 | 8.9 | < 0.001 | 13 | 50.2 | 18.4 | 0.011 NS | 3.7 |
 University or any high institute | 28.4 | 9.8 |  |  | 51.3 | 18.1 |  |  |
 Masters or PhD | 29.1 | 9.7 |  |  | 51.6 | 18.9 |  |  |
SES | ||||||||
 Lower | 32.0 | 11.1 |  |  | 38.2 | 17.8 |  |  |
 Upper Lower | 30.4 | 9.8 | < 0.001 | 8.5 | 48.0 | 18.1 | < 0.001 | 15.9 |
 Middle | 28.3 | 9.7 |  |  | 51.4 | 18.3 |  |  |
 Upper | 27.4 | 10.0 |  |  | 55.0 | 17.1 |  |  |
Working | ||||||||
 No | 28.9 | 9.8 | NS | 1.0 | 51.1 | 18.0 | NS | 0.1 |
 Yes | 28.4 | 9.8 |  |  | 51.3 | 18.5 |  |  |
Age groups | ||||||||
 14–18 | 31.7 | 9.6 |  |  | 50.5 | 17.0 |  |  |
 19–25 | 28.6 | 9.8 | < 0.001 | 8.1 | 51.2 | 18.1 | NS | 0.3 |
 26–45 | 29.3 | 10.1 |  |  | 50.7 | 18.7 |  |  |
 46–65 | 20.8 | 6.7 |  |  | 48.5 | 22.2 |  |  |
Losing someone close due to war | ||||||||
 No | 28.0 | 9.7 | 0.013 NS | 6.2 | 51.7 | 18.1 | NS | 1.3 |
 Yes | 29.1 | 9.9 |  |  | 50.7 | 18.3 |  |  |
A relative being endangered by the war | ||||||||
 No | 28.1 | 9.6 | NS | 1.4 | 50.2 | 18.4 | NS | 0.7 |
 Yes | 28.8 | 9.9 |  |  | 51.2 | 18.2 |  |  |
Distressed from war noises | ||||||||
 Negative | 27.1 | 9.9 | < 0.001 | 13.5 | 50.2 | 18.5 | NS | 1.3 |
 Positive | 29.1 | 9.8 |  |  | 51.3 | 18.2 |  |  |
Changing place of living due to war | ||||||||
 No | 28.0 | 9.6 |  |  | 52.2 | 18.3 |  |  |
 Within the same city | 29.6 | 9.8 | 0.005 NS | 4.2 | 50.9 | 18.1 | 0.027 NS | 3.1 |
 Changing the city | 29.5 | 10.2 |  |  | 49.3 | 18.3 |  |  |
 Doing both | 28.4 | 9.4 |  |  | 48.8 | 16.1 |  |  |
Number of times changing places of living due to war | ||||||||
 No | 28.0 | 9.6 | < 0.001 | 8.8 | 52.2 | 18.3 | 0.011 NS | 3.7 |
 Once | 27.5 | 10.3 | 51.8 | 17.3 | ||||
 Twice | 29.3 | 9.6 | 50.6 | 17.8 | ||||
 Thrice and more | 30.4 | 9.9 | 49.0 | 18.5 | ||||
The reason declared of stress in the last period:a | ||||||||
 Educational |  |  | < 0.001 | 7.3 | 54.2 | 17.4 | 0.001 | 4.4 |
 Economical | 27.6 | 9.3 | 52.8 | 17.3 | ||||
 Social | 29.5 | 10.2 | 49.7 | 18.0 | ||||
 War-related | 30.4 | 10.2 | 49.9 | 19.8 | ||||
 Medical | 30.2 | 9.7 | 54.1 | 19.8 | ||||
 Other | 32.9 | 8.4 | 38.5 | 20.8 | ||||
Do you consider that the crisis was the main cause of your distress lately?a | ||||||||
 No | 26.2 | 9.5 | < 0.001 | 28.3 | 53.2 | 18.8 | 0.054NS | 2.9 |
 Kind of | 28.5 | 9.9 | 51.2 | 18.1 | ||||
 Yes totally | 31.3 | 9.8 | 50.0 | 18.0 | ||||