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Table 2 Correlation between PTSD scores and other continuous variables

From: Rate and correlates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the Beirut blast and the economic crisis among Lebanese University students: a cross-sectional study

Variable

PTSD from Beirut Blast

PTSD from economic crisis

Age

r = 0.05; p = 0.330

[− 0.05; 0.14]

r = 0.01; p = 0.785

[− 0.08; 0.11]

Household crowding index

r = 0.09; p = 0.075

[− 0.01; 0.18]

r = 0.12; r = 0.016

[0.02; 0.21]

Financial wellbeing scale

r = −0.31; p < 0.001

[− 0.40; − 0.22]

r = − 0.57; p < 0.001

[− 0.65; − 0.49]

Depression (PHQ-9 score)

r = 0.54; p < 0.001

[0.46; 0.62]

r = 0.68; p < 0.001

[0.61; 0.75]

Anxiety (LAS score)

r = 0.61; p < 0.001

[0.53; 0.69]

r = 0.71; p < 0.001

[0.64; 0.78]

Stress (BDS score)

r = 0.56; p < 0.001

[0.48; 0.64]

r = 0.66; p < 0.001

[0.59; 0.74]

Avoidant coping

r = 0.54; p < 0.001

[0.46; 0.62]

r = 0.61; p < 0.001

[0.54; 0.69]

Approach coping

r = 0.15; p = 0.002

[0.06; 0.25]

r = 0.13; p < 0.001

[0.04; 0.23]

  1. Numbers in bold indicate significant p-values. r = Pearson correlation coefficient; p = p-value; numbers between brackets refer to the 95% confidence interval