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Table 3 Fully adjusted generalised linear regression model for the Short Form Questionnaire 36 total score

From: Health status of returning refugees, internally displaced persons, and the host community in a post-conflict district in northern Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional survey

 

β Coefficient (95% CI)

P value

Displacement Status

 HOC

Reference

 

 IDP

−6.7 (−11.4, −2.0)

0.006*

 RET

4.0 (− 1.0, 8.9)

0.114

Predisposing Factors

Sex

 Male

Reference

 

 Female

−3.6 (−7.1, −0.1)

0.042*

Age

  < 29

Reference

 

 30–39

−2.9 (− 6.2, 0.3)

0.078

 40–49

− 5.9 (− 9.5, − 2.3)

0.001*

 50–59

− 9.6 (− 13.7, − 5.6)

< 0.001*

  > =60

− 18.2 (− 23.1, − 13.3)

< 0.001*

Education

 No school

Reference

 

 Grade 1–5

1.8 (− 3.5, 7.1)

0.504

 Grade 6 to O/L

3.2 (−2.0, 8.4)

0.222

 Passed O/L and beyond

9.0 (3.4, 14.6)

0.002*

Monthly Family Income

  < 5000

Reference

 

 5000–9999

4.1 (0.8, 7.4)

0.015*

  > =10,000

3.5 (−0.3, 7.3)

0.072

Employment Status

 Yes

Reference

 

 No

−3.4 (−7.1, 0.2)

0.065

Debt

 No

Reference

 

 Yes

- 5.6 (− 8.5, −2.7)

< 0.001*

Dietary Intake

 More than 3 portions

Reference

 

 Less than or equal to 3 portions

−5.1 (− 7.6, − 2.5)

< 0.001*

Migration Experience

Number of Displacements

 Never / One time

Reference

 

 2 times

−1.6 (−4.6, 1.4)

0.290

 3 or more times

−3.7 (−7.0, − 0.5)

0.022*

Health Care Access

Measles Vaccination

 Yes

Reference

 

 No

− 1.4 (− 4.3, 1.4)

0.330

 Don’t Know

−6.0 (− 9.5, − 2.5)

0.001*

Social Environment

Aware of Alcoholism

 No

Reference

 

 Yes

1.6 (−2.8, 6.0)

0.469

Alcoholism * Displacement Status (Interaction terms)

 No * HOC

Reference

 

 Yes * IDP

11.3 (5.1, 17.5)

< 0.001*

 Yes * REF

1.2 (− 4.8. 7.2)

0.698

Aware of Drug Addition

 No

Reference

 

 Yes

−8.8 (−12.7, − 4.9)

< 0.001*

Physical Environment

Number of People at Home

 2 persons or less

Reference

 

 3 persons

−3.9 (− 8.1, 0.3)

0.065

 4 persons

−1.1 (− 5.1, 2.9)

0.588

 5 or more

0.1 (−3.8, 3.9)

0.979

  1. HOC Host community, IDP Internally Displaced Person, RET Returning refugee, CI Confidence Interval, O/L Ordinary Level
  2. *p value < 0.05