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Table 4 Logistic regression analyses of the adjusted association between the selected risk factors and the outcome measure psychopathology probable. The OR is adjusted for the effect of sex

From: Mental health among children seeking asylum in Denmark – the effect of length of stay and number of relocations: a cross-sectional study

Risk factors

Psychopathology probable

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

P*

 

(n/N)

(%)

   

4–16-year-old children (a)

Length of stay

     

0–12 months

(4/35)

11.4

1.0

  

13–91 months

(82/211)

38.9

5.5

(1.8–16.3)

0.002

Number of relocations

     

0–3 relocations

(9/47)

19.1

1.0

  

4–13 relocations

(77/199)

38.7

3.0

(1.4 – 6.7)

0.006

11–16-year-old children (b)

Length of stay

     

0–12 months

(1/16)

6.3

1.0

  

13–91 months

(61/91)

67.0

30

(3.8 – 237)

0.001

Number of relocations

     

0–3 relocations

(4/18)

22.2

1.0

  

4–13 relocations

(58/89)

65.2

6.7

(2.0 – 22.2)

0.002

  1. (a) Based on teacher-responded SDQs for the 4–16-year-old children.
  2. (b) Based on teacher-responded SDQs for the 11–16-year-old children and the self-reported SDQs for the 11–16-year-olds.
  3. * A Wald significance-test at a 5% level was used.