Table 2 Participants’ sociodemographic/personal characteristics, and their associations with a higher risk of developing PTSS four months following Beirut’s blast
Characteristics | Total N = 519a | No Riska n = 291 (56%) | Risk of PTSSa n = 228 (44%) | p-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 0·28 | |||
Female | 297 (57%) | 156 (55%) | 141 (60%) | |
Male | 222 (43%) | 128 (45%) | 94 (40%) | |
Age | 0·002 | |||
≤ 30 years | 380 (73%) | 228 (80%) | 152 (64·5%) | |
> 30 years | 139 (27%) | 63 (20%) | 76 (35·5%) | |
Married | 0·01 | |||
Yes | 138 (26·5%) | 65 (22·5%) | 73 (32%) | |
No (single, divorced, widowed) | 381 (73·5%) | 226 (77·5%) | 155 (68%) | |
Residency location | 0·98 | |||
Beirut | 310 (60%) | 169 (58%) | 141 (62%) | |
Outside Beirut | 209 (40%) | 115 (42%) | 94 (38%) | |
Personal income per month | 0·19 | |||
< 1·000·000 LBP | 113 (22%) | 72 (25%) | 41 (18%) | |
1·000·000 LBP—2·999·999 LBP | 305 (59%) | 171 (59%) | 134 (59%) | |
≥ 3·000·000 LBP | 101 (19%) | 48 (16%) | 53 (23%) | |
Job profile | 0·002 | |||
Attending physician | 74 (14%) | 33 (11%) | 41 (18%) | |
Clinical fellow (PGY > 3) | 45 (9%) | 23 (8%) | 22 (10%) | |
Resident (PGY-2 and PGY-3) | 100 (19%) | 67 (23%) | 33 (14%) | |
Intern (PGY-1) | 72 (14%) | 42 (15%) | 30 (13%) | |
Medical student | 94 (18%) | 60 (22%) | 34 (13%) | |
Registered nurse | 134 (26%) | 59 (21%) | 75 (32%) | |
Specialty (if physician, fellow, resident or intern) (n = 291) | n = 151 | n = 140 | 0·005 | |
Internal Medicine | 86 (29·5%) | 47 (31%) | 39 (28%) | |
Surgical specialties | 84 (29%) | 40 (26%) | 44 (31%) | |
Anesthesia + Emergency medicine | 40 (14%) | 18 (12%) | 22 (16%) | |
Pediatrics | 24 (8%) | 16 (11%) | 8 (6%) | |
Psychiatry | 8 (3%) | 8 (5%) | 0 (0%) | |
Radiology | 10 (3%) | 4 (3%) | 6 (4%) | |
Other | 39 (13·5%) | 18 (12%) | 21 (15%) | |
Hospital working at: | 0·001 | |||
American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) | 174 (33·5%) | 112 (38·5%) | 62 (27%) | |
Hôpital Notre Dame des Secours (NDS) | 92 (17·7%) | 57 (19·5%) | 35 (15·5%) | |
Hôtel-Dieu de France (HDF) | 65 (12·5%) | 40 (14%) | 25 (11%) | |
Saint George Hospital University Medical Center | 33 (6·4%) | 16 (5·5%) | 17 (7·5%) | |
LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital | 29 (5·6%) | 14 (5%) | 15 (6·5%) | |
Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui (LHG) | 13 (2·5%) | 4 (1%) | 9 (4%) | |
Mount Lebanon Hospital (MLH) | 8 (1·5%) | 2 (0·5%) | 6 (2·5%) | |
Other | 105 (20·3%) | 46 (16%) | 59 (26%) | |
Willingness to migrate | 391 (75·3%) | 205 (70·5%) | 186 (81·5%) | 0·004 |
Personal history of PTSD | 58 (11·2%) | 18 (6%) | 40 (17·5%) | < 0·001 |
Overall seeking a professional mental health provider | 65 (12·5%) | 22 (7·5%) | 43 (19%) | < 0·001 |
Seeking a professional mental health provider | 0·006 | |||
With personal history of PTSD | 20 (31%) | 2 (9%) | 18 (42%) | |
Without personal history of PTSD | 45 (69%) | 20 (91%) | 25 (58%) | |
Overall psychiatric medications intake | 40 (7·7%) | 20 (7%) | 20 (9%) | 0·4 |
On any psychiatric medications | 0·003 | |||
With personal history of PTSD | 10 (25%) | 1 (5%) | 9 (45%) | |
Without personal history of PTSD | 30 (75%) | 19 (95%) | 11 (55%) |