Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression of survivors 12 months after the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea

Table 4 Multivariate analysis assessing PTSD and depression and related variables 12 months after the MERS outbreak, South Korea

Variables	PTSD^a	P-value	Depression^b	P-value
Variables	adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	adjusted OR (95%CI)	P-value
Previous visit to psychiatric clinic
Yes	9.09 (1.05–78.67)	0.045	9.97 (1.53–65.11)	0.016
No (Ref)	1.00		1.00
Presence of a family member who died from MERS
Yes	–	–	12.08 (1.47–99.19)	0.020
No (Ref)	–	–	1.00
Anxiety during MERS
Yes	5.76 (1.29–25.58)	0.021	–	–
No (Ref)	1.00		–	–
MERS Stigma during MERS
High	11.09 (2.28–53.90)	0.003	–	–
Low (Ref)	1.00		–	–

MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome; PTSD, Posttraumatic stress disorder; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidential interval; Ref, reference.
^aAdjusting for presence of previous visit to psychiatric clinic, presence of a family member who died from MERS, anxiety during MERS (GAD> = 10), MERS stigma during MERS, and negative coping
^bAdjusting for gender, presence of previous visit to psychiatric clinic, presence of a family member who died from MERS, anxiety prior to MERS (GAD> = 10), anxiety during MERS (GAD> = 10), MERS stigma during MERS

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