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Table 5 Fully adjusted multivariable logistic regression model for depression status, as determined through the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9)

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

PHQ-9

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Displacement Status

 HOC (Ref)

1

 

 IDP

1.1 (0.5, 2.5)

0.791

 RET

0.6 (0.2, 1.7)

0.320

Predisposing Factors

Sex

 Male (Ref)

1

 

 Female

3.2 (0.8, 12.5)

0.094

Age

  < 29 (Ref)

1

 

 30–39

6.3 (1.4, 28.6)

0.018*

 40–49

3.1 (0.6, 16.3)

0.187

 50–59

5.2 (1.0, 26.6)

0.048*

  > =60

14.9 (3.1, 71.9)

0.001*

Employed

 Yes (Ref)

1

 

 No

5.6 (0.7, 48.5)

0.118

  1. HOC Host community, IDP Internally Displaced Person, RET Returning Refugee, OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval
  2. *p value < 0.05