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Table 4 Negative emotions experienced by older refugees in the previous week

From: Health status and health needs of older refugees from Syria in Lebanon

Negative emotion

Syrians (n = 167)

Palestinians (n = 43)

p-value *

Point estimate

95% CI

Point estimate

95% CI

Anxious

41%

34–49%

30%s

18–46%

0.184

Depressed

25%

19–32%

40%

26–55%

0.050

Feeling unsafe

24%

18–31%

23%

13–39%

0.924

Lonely

23%

17–30%

30%

18–46%

0.308

Scared

18%

13–25%

33%

20–48%

0.036

Irritable or angry

13%

9–19%

5%

1–18%

0.117

  1. *Chi-squared test, statistical significance if p-value of <0.05.