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Table 2 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its associated factors (n = 1076)

From: Post-traumatic stress disorder and its associated factors among survivors of 2015 earthquake in Nepal

Characteristics

Univariate

Multivariate

 

COR

95% CI

p-value

AOR

95% CI

p-value

Age

 Young and Middle adult

ref

     

 Old Adult

1.9

1.2–2.9

0.003*

1.2

0.8–2.1

0.372

Gender

 Male

ref

     

 Female

1.7

1.2–2.3

0.001*

1.6

1.1–2.3

0.008*

Ethnicity

 Brahmin/Chhetri

ref

     

 Janajati

0.4

0.3–0.7

< 0.001*

0.6

0.4–0.9

0.017*

 Dalit

0.7

0.4–1.3

0.262

0.8

0.4–1.4

0.366

Religion

 Hindu

ref

     

 Buddhist

1.2

0.8–1.8

0.245

1.5

0.9–2.3

0.061

 Christian

1.1

0.6–2.1

0.570

0.9

0.5–1.8

0.885

Educational status

 Literate

ref

     

 Illiterate

2.6

1.8–3.7

< 0.001*

1.9

1.3–2.9

0.001*

Marital status

 Married

ref

     

 Unmarried

0.5

0.3–0.8

0.006*

0.6

0.3–1.1

0.116

 Widow

1.2

0.5–3.0

0.722

1.1

0.4–3.2

0.820

Occupation

 Agriculture

ref

     

 Business

0.3

0.2–0.5

< 0.001*

0.4

0.2–0.9

0.028*

 Service

0.4

0.2–0.6

0.001*

0.7

0.3–1.2

0.176

 Home Makers

0.3

0.2–0.7

0.001*

0.5

0.2–1.0

0.062

 Others(Students, Labour)

0.4

0.3–0.8

0.013*

0.7

0.4–1.3

0.395

Social Support

 Poor support

ref

     

 Moderate support

0.3

0.2–0.4

< 0.001*

0.3

0.2–0.5

 < 0.001*

 Strong support

0.7

0.4–1.0

0.080

0.7

0.4–1.2

0.219

Earthquake exposure

 Not exposed

ref

     

 Exposed

0.9

0.5–1.4

0.713

1.5

0.8–2.5

0.118

Severity of damage to house and property

 No to Very less

ref

     

 Medium to Very high

5.8

2.8–12.1

 < 0.001*

4.9

2.3–10.5

 < 0.001*

  1. COR Crude Odds Ratio, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, Ref Reference category
  2. *Statistically significant (p < 0.05) at 95% CI (Confidence Interval)