Factors predicting symptoms of somatization, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, self-rated mental and physical health among recently arrived refugees in Germany

Nesterko, Yuriy; Jäckle, David; Friedrich, Michael; Holzapfel, Laura; Glaesmer, Heide

doi:10.1186/s13031-020-00291-z

Conflict and Health

Table 3 Linear regression models predicting symptoms of somatization, depression, anxiety and PTSD

From: Factors predicting symptoms of somatization, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, self-rated mental and physical health among recently arrived refugees in Germany

	Somatization (N = 484)				Depression (N = 483)				Anxiety (N = 481)				Symptoms of PTSD (N = 479)
	B	SE	95% CI	β	B	SE	95% CI	β	B	SE	95% CI	β	B	SE	95% CI	β
Age	−.01	.04	−.09–.07	−.01	−.02	.04	−.10–.05	−.03	−.04	.04	−.12–.04	−.05	−.06	.11	−.29–.17	.03
Sex¹	−2.77	.65	−4.05 – −1.48	−.19***	− 1.39	.62	− 2.60 – -.17	−.10*	− 2.07	.65	−3.35 – -.79	−.14**	− 2.88	1.89	−6.60 – .84	−.07
University degree²	.81	.64	−.44–.2.06	.06	.19	.60	−.99–1.36	.02	−.02	.63	−1.26 – 1.22	−.001	1.55	1.83	−2.06 – 5.15	.04
Partnership³	.67	.67	−.64–1.98	.05	1.31	.63	.08–2.55	.10*	1.13	.66	−.17–2.43	.08	2.01	1.92	−1.77 – 5.78	.05
Parenthood⁴	−1.25	.76	−2.75 – .25	−.09	−.83	.72	−2.25 – .58	−.06	−1.32	.76	−2.81 – .18	−.09	−1.37	2.21	−5.71 – 2.97	−.03
Global Peace Index	1.00	.76	−.49–2.50	.06	−.23	.71	− 1.63 – 1.18	−.01	−.02	.75	−1.50 – 1.46	−.001	−.88	2.18	−5.17 – 3.41	−.02
Flight duration	−.06	.10	−.25–.13	−.03	.10	.09	−.08–.27	.05	.05	.10	−.14–.24	.02	.48	.28	−.06–1.03	.08
Accompaniment during the flight⁵	−.43	.68	.1.76–.91	−.03	.22	.64	−1.03 – 1.48	.02	.59	.67	−.74–1.91	.04	−.05	1.95	−3.89 – 3.79	−.001
Number TE^a	.06	.10	−.13–.26	.03	.16	.09	−.03–.35	.09	.20	.10	−.001–.39	.11*	.34	.29	−.24–.91	.06
Interpersonal TE⁶	−1.09	.89	−2.85 – .66	−.07	−.71	.84	−2.37 – .94	−.05	−.95	.89	−2.70 - .80	−.06	−5.22	2.59	−10.31 – -.14	−.11*
Information Family⁶	1.86	.62	.64–3.08	.13***	2.15	.59	.99–3.30	.17***	2.30	.62	1.09–3.52	.17***	7.82	1.80	4.29–11.35	.20***
Support in Asylum procedure⁷	.34	.70	−1.04 – 1.71	.02	.23	.66	−1.06 – 1.52	.02	.59	.69	−.77–1.95	.04	2.78	2.02	−1.18 – 6.74	.06
Support in Family Reunion⁷	−.99	.75	−2.46 – .49	−.06	.12	.71	−1.29 – 1.51	.008	.46	.75	−1.01 – 1.93	.03	.08	2.17	−4.19 – 4.34	.002
Support in Health Care System⁷	3.38	.70	2.00–4.77	.24***	1.96	.66	.65–3.26	.15**	2.18	.70	.81–3.56	.16**	5.48	2.03	1.49–9.47	.14**
R²	.141				.110				.136				.135
Adjusted R²	.115				.084				.110				.109
F	5.492***				4.153***				5.224***				5.188***

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001; ¹female = 1, male = 2; ²yes = 1; no = 2; ³partnership = 1, no partnership = 2; ⁴children = 1, no children = 2; ⁵unaccompanied = 1, accompanied = 2 ⁶yes = 1, no = 2; ⁷yes = 1, no = 0; ^aTraumatic events

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