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Table 3 Traumatic events (by HTQ) and sociodemographic variables as predictors of PTSD among Yazidi IDPs. (N = 814)

From: Posttraumatic stress disorder correlates among internally displaced Yazidi population following Islamic state of Iraq and Syria attacks in Iraq

Predictors

P-value

OR

95%CI for OR

Traumatic events

 Trauma or persecution to self

0.461

1.081

0.879–1.329

 Trauma or abduction to others

0.532

0.956

0.830–1.101

 Forced immigration

0.003*

0.552

0.373–0.815

 Lack of basic needs

0.037*

1.393

1.021–1.901

 Witnessed destruction

0.033*

1.250

1.018–1.534

 Coercion

0.553

0.908

0.660–1.249

Sociodemographic factors

(reference)

   

Age

 

0.322

1.007

0.993–1.022

Gender

Male (ref)

 

1.00

 

Female

0.120

0.749

0.520–1.079

Marital status

Single (ref)

 

1.00

 

Married

0.738

1.092

0.651–1.833

Separated

0.203

5.052

0.417–61.235

Widow

0.001*

15.391

3.022–78.396

Education

Illiterate (ref)

 

1.00

 

Primary

0.303

0.816

0.555–1.201

Secondary

0.794

0.933

0.556–1.567

Academic

0.506

0.704

0.250–1.981

Work status

Employed (ref)

 

1.00

 

Unemployed

0.519

1.172

0.724–1.899

Number of siblings

 

0.056

1.050

0.999–1.104

 Psychiatric history

Negative (ref)

 

1.00

 

Positive

0.878

0.935

0.396–2.208

 Family history

Negative (ref)

 

1.00

 

Positive

0.307

0.700

0.353–1.387

  1. HTQ Harvard trauma questionnaire, PTSD PTSD- first 16 questions of HTQ part IV, OR Odd ratio, CI Confidence interval, *P-value < 0.05