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Table 7 Factors associated with an improvement of at least five points in somatic difficulties

From: Mental health and psychosocial support for families of missing persons in Sri Lanka: A retrospective cohort study

Variable

OR (95%CI)§

p-value*

Ethnicity (cOR)

 Sinhala

Ref

 Tamil

1.99 (1.52; 2.61)

< 0.001

 Muslim

1.80 (1.03; 3.13)

0.038

Status (cOR)

 Civilians

Ref

 MiA

0.56 (0.41; 0.76)

< 0.001

 LTTE

1.15 (0.86; 1.55)

0.349

 Unknown

0.86 (0.65; 1.13)

0.272

Gender of beneficiary (cOR)

 M

Ref

 F

1.40 (1.05; 1.87)

0.023

Family relationship (cOR)

 Mother

Ref

 Father

0.65 (0.46; 0.91)

0.012

 Spouse

0.85 (0.68; 1.08)

0.180

 Siblings

0.89 (0.66; 1.19)

0.428

 Daughter/son

0.63 (0.37; 1.09)

0.099

 Other

1.14 (0.67; 1.92)

0.632

Category severity pre-MHPSS (aOR)

 Normal

Ref

 Mild

6.68 (4.96; 8.24)

< 0.001

 Moderate

10.55 (7.79; 14.28)

< 0.001

 Severe

24.44 (16.81; 16.82)

< 0.001

Economic status (aOR)

 Destitute

Ref

 Poor

0.95 (0.64; 1.41)

0.782

 Moderate

0.82 (0.54; 1.24)

0.236

 Well-off

1.27 (0.72; 2.24)

0.409

  1. *p-values from Wald Test
  2. § cOR: Crude OR; aOR: Adjusted OR, only reported if substantially different from the cOR, adjusted for the other variables in the table