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Table 5 Association between mental health outcomes and disruptions in those who did not experience flooding in a liveable room

From: The English national cohort study of flooding and health: cross-sectional analysis of mental health outcomes at year one

Outcome

 

N

Depression

Anxiety

PTSD

Explanatory variable

 

n

aOR

(95% CI)

n

aOR

(95% CI)

n

aOR

(95% CI)

Unaffected

285

16

1.00

 

18

1.00

 

22

1.00

 

All disrupted

1099

102

1.56

(0.88–2.76)

113

1.61

(0.94–2.77)

160

2.06

(1.27–3.35)

Disruption to utilities

Disrupted but did not lose any utilitiesa

209

24

1.62

(0.81–3.24)

22

1.40

(0.71–2.75)

34

1.96

(1.08–3.54)

Disrupted and did lose a utility

623

59

1.58

(0.86–2.88)

65

1.59

(0.90–2.80)

99

2.30

(1.37–3.83)

Disruption to health and social care

Disrupted but did not lose accessa

131

16

+ 1.70

(0.79–3.66)

17

+ 1.56

(0.75–3.24)

32

3.05

(1.65–5.65)

Disrupted and lost

271

46

+ 3.28

(1.73–6.19)

44

+ 2.86

(1.55–5.27)

57

3.50

(2.01–6.10)

Disruption to communications

Disrupted but did not lose accessa

864

80

1.41

(0.79–2.52)

96

1.58

(0.92–2.72)

125

+ 1.86

(1.14–3.04)

Disrupted and lost

154

19

2.21

(1.05–4.64)

19

2.06

(1.00–4.21)

30

+ 2.95

(1.57–5.51)

Loss of access to work or education

Disrupted, did not lose accessa

160

8

** 0.72

(0.28–1.83)

13

* 1.02

(0.47–2.24)

24

1.83

(0.96–3.50)

Disrupted and did lose access

392

44

** 2.20

(1.15–4.23)

56

* 2.30

(1.27–4.17)

70

2.70

(1.56–4.67)

Loss of other access (e.g. social activities)

Disrupted, did not lose accessa

466

33

** 1.00

(0.52–1.91)

42

** 1.11

(0.61–2.02)

61

** 1.51

(0.89–2.57)

Disrupted and did lose access

443

57

** 2.53

(1.37–4.68)

57

** 2.29

(1.28–4.10)

81

** 2.98

(1.76–5.06)

Evacuation

Disrupted, not evacuated

923

90

1.49

(0.84–2.65)

97

1.49

(0.87–2.56)

131

1.80

(1.10–2.93)

Disrupted, did evacuate

176

19

1.76

(0.83–3.70)

23

1.95

(0.98–3.90)

35

3.08

(1.67–5.66)

  1. aexcludes those who responded not applicable/do not routinely access this service/utility or did not need to during the study period
  2. Significance of inter-group heterogeneity across disrupted subgroups is indicated by + at p < 0.1, * at p < 0.05 and ** at p < 0.01
  3. All comparisons made between disrupted and unaffected participants, excluding flooded participants. Adjusted odds ratios are adjusted for age, sex, pre-existing illness, deprivation, local authority, ethnicity, marital, education and employment statuses