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Table 4 Factors associated with PTSD

From: Post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric comorbidities and associated factors among refugees in Nakivale camp in southwestern Uganda

Factors associated with PTSD

Unadj OR (95% CI)

P-value

Adj OR (95%CI)

P-value

Substance use disorders

6.95 (3.31–14.59)

< 0.0001

5.13 (2.32–11.33)

< 0.001

Generalized anxiety disorder

4.05 (2.35–6.98)

< 0.0001

3.27 (1.85–5.76)

< 0.001

Major Depressive Disorder

4.11 (2.45–6.91)

< 0.0001

4.04 (2.24–7.30)

< 0.001

Marital status

 Married

0.33 (0.05–2.09)

0.24

–

–

 Single

0.26 (0.04–1.64)

0.15

–

–

 Separated

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Widowed

0.25 (0.03–1.86)

0.18

–

–

Nationality

 Burundian

Reference

   

 Congolese

0.55 (0.28–1.05)

0.07

–

–

 Somali

0.16 (0.06–0.40)

< 0.0001

0.16 (0.06–0.41)

< 0.01

 Other nationalities

0.43 (0.24–1.23)

0.43

–

–

Number of years in the camp

 Below 5 years

Reference

   

 Above 5 years

1.33 (0.74–2.40)

0.34

–

–

Level of Education

 under Primary degree

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Primary degree

0.74 (0.36–1.55)

0.43

–

–

 Secondary degree

1.07 (0.55–2.11)

0.84

–

–

 University

0.58 (0.20–1.96)

0.38

–

–

  1. Bold indicates correlation is significant at alpha level corrected by sequential Bonferroni method [27]