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Table 4 Factors associated with high psychological distress: Adjusted and Unadjusted Odds Ratios

From: Factors influencing psychological distress during a disease epidemic: Data from Australia's first outbreak of equine influenza

  

Unadjusted OR

Adjusted OR

  

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

Gender

Male

1.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Female

1.11

0.87

1.42

0.418

-

-

-

-

Age category

< 24

1.00

-

-

-

1.00

   
 

25–34

0.73

0.52

1.03

0.072

0.68

0.48

0.97

0.032

 

35–44

0.79

0.58

1.07

0.131

0.74

0.54

1.02

0.066

 

45–54

0.67

0.49

0.92

0.012

0.63

0.46

0.88

0.006

 

55–64

0.42

0.28

0.63

< 0.001

0.34

0.23

0.52

< 0.001

 

65+

0.31

0.13

0.73

0.008

0.28

0.11

0.67

0.005

Number of children

0

1.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

1

1.20

0.95

1.52

0.127

-

-

-

-

 

2

1.03

0.81

1.30

0.814

-

-

-

-

 

3

0.86

0.57

1.29

0.464

-

-

-

-

 

4+

0.66

0.35

1.25

0.202

-

-

-

-

Education qualifications

University/Tertiary

1.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

TAFE/Vocational

1.00

0.81

1.24

0.983

-

-

-

-

 

HSC

1.17

0.90

1.52

0.233

-

-

-

-

 

School certificate

1.34

1.04

1.73

0.025

-

-

-

-

 

None

1.63

0.94

2.83

0.081

-

-

-

-

Australian State/Territory

Other

1.00

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Vic.

1.57

1.10

2.25

0.013

-

-

-

-

 

Qld.

2.83

2.00

4.00

< 0.001

-

-

-

-

 

NSW

2.22

1.61

3.06

< 0.001

-

-

-

-

EI control zone

White Zones

1.00

-

-

-

1.00

-

-

-

 

Green Zones

1.53

1.14

2.05

0.005

1.53

1.13

2.07

0.005

 

Amber Zones

1.85

1.38

2.47

< 0.001

1.83

1.36

2.46

< 0.001

 

Red Zones

2.01

1.58

2.55

< 0.001

2.00

1.57

2.55

< 0.001

 

Purple Zone

1.61

1.26

2.07

< 0.001

1.53

1.19

1.97

0.001

Income horse-related

No

1.00

-

-

-

1.00

-

-

-

 

Yes

2.19

1.80

2.67

< 0.001

2.23

1.82

2.73

< 0.001

  1. Other = NT; ACT; Tas., SA and WA; Age < 24 = Under 16 and 16–24; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to adjust the ORs for the factors listed in the table.
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