Table 5

Statistically Significant Associations of Socio-demographic and Exposure Characteristics with Symptoms of PTSD and Depression

Symptoms of PTSD

Symptoms of Depression

Independent Variables

Adjusted OR

p-value

Adjusted OR

p-value

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Gender

Female/Male

8.84 (6.07, 12.88)

< 0.001

2.11 (1.22, 3.63)

0.007

Ethnicity

Acholi/Iteso

3.05 (1.59, 5.87)

0.001

NS

NS

Langi/Iteso

2.15 (1.05, 4.41)

0.038

NS

NS

Acholi/Langi

1.42 (0.94, 2.16)

0.098

NS

NS

Acholi/Others

0.55 (0.65, 4.60)

0.578

NS

NS

Relationship with Family and Community

NS

NS

0.90

(0.83, 0.97)

0.007

Reported Problem Coming Home

2.97 (2.09, 4.24)

< 0.001

2.24 (1.63, 3.08)

< 0.001

Cumulative General Traumatic Exposure

NS

NS

1.18 (1.03, 1.33)

< 0.001

Cumulative Exposure as Witness

1.21 (1.10, 1.32)

< 0.001

NS

NS

Cumulative Forced Act of Violence

1.43 (1.18, 1.74)

< 0.001

2.24 (1.63, 3.08)

<0.001

Male* Age of Abduction

NS

NS

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

0.001

Female*Age of Abduction

NS

NS

0.98 (0.95, 1.00)

0.035

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; NA = not applicable because variable was not retained in the final model; UGS, Ugandan Shillings

Odds ratios are adjusted for the effect of other statistically significant variables in the model.

* other group comparison were examined but were also not statistically significant

Pham et al. BMC Psychiatry 2009 9:23   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-9-23