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Table 2 Estimated mental health and personal EVD exposure characteristics

From: Fear, distress, and perceived risk shape stigma toward Ebola survivors: a prospective longitudinal study

Characteristics (n = 1008) a

Time 1

Time 2

Time 3

Unweighted Percent (95% CI)

Weighted Percent (95% CI)

Unweighted Percent (95% CI)

WeightedPercent (95% CI)

Unweighted Percent (95% CI)

Weighted Percent (95% CI)

Mental health

 Depression score, mean

1.38 (1.35, 1.42)

1.39 (1.30, 1.48)

1.40 1.37, 1.43)

1.43 (1.34, 1.51)

1.31 (1.27, 1.33)

1.35 (1.27, 1.42)

 Anxiety score, mean

1.29 (1.26, 1.33)

1.29 (1.21, 1.38)

1.31 (1.28, 1.34)

1.31 (1.22, 1.40)

1.18 (1.17, 1.20)

1.20 (1.17, 1.22)

 Posttraumatic stress symptom score, mean

0.18 (0.16, 0.21)

0.20 (0.15, 0.24)

0.25 (0.22,0.27)

0.26 (0.20, 0.33)

0.15 (0.13, 0.17)

0.18 (0.12, 0.23)

Personal exposures to EVD

 Someone in the community (n = 1001)

41.5 (38.40, 44.60)

44.4 (34.60, 54.28)

16.1 (13.7, 18.43)

18.4 (12.44, 24.31)

12.6 (10.3, 14.98)

15.2 (7.0, 23.52)

 Neighbor (n = 1003)

17.5 (15.20, 19.93)

19.8 (13.14, 26.59)

12.8 (10.62, 14.89)

14.5 (8.96, 20.11)

9.0 (6.98, 11.01)

11.1 (4.70, 17.68)

 Friend (n = 1002)

9.2 (7.44, 11.05)

10.3 (5.78, 14.83)

6.2 (4.62, 7.70)

6.9 (3.93, 9.77)

1.7 (0.77, 2.60)

2.1 (2.57, 3.91)

 Non-household family member (n = 1001)

8.7 (6.10, 10.51)

10.8 (6.02 15.5)

5.9 (4.35, 7.36)

6.1 (3.69, 8.49)

5.46 (3.85, 7.07)

6.2 (1.89, 10.58)

 Household member (n = 1001)

5.3 (3.93, 6.73)

6.6 (2.69, 10.45)

2.4 (1.45, 3.43)

3.0 (1.65, 4.27)

1.9 (0.95, 2.88)

2.0 (0.51, 3.50)

  1. a Survey results are representative of the adult household-based population of the Western Urban and Western Rural districts of Sierra Leone from April 2015 to April 2016. Equal allocation sampling design was based on 16 households per EA, sampling weights were based on the population of each EA to allow generalization to the Western Urban and Western Rural districts of Sierra Leone from which the EAs were sampled