Table 1 Demographic data on respondents with probable psychiatric diseases among postgas explosion respondents in three study periods
Non-PTSD or MDE | Probable PTSD | Probable MDE | Probable PTSD and MDE | χ2 or t-test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | rate (%) | n | rate (%) | n | rate (%) | n | rate (%) | ||
Sexa | |||||||||
6 months (502) | 0.063 | ||||||||
Male | 195 | 72.2 | 24 | 8.9 | 14 | 5.2 | 37 | 13.7 | |
Female | 146 | 62.9 | 30 | 12.9 | 23 | 9.9 | 33 | 14.2 | |
12 months (486) | 0.081 | ||||||||
Male | 214 | 83.9 | 22 | 8.6 | 4 | 1.6 | 15 | 5.9 | |
Female | 174 | 75.3 | 28 | 12.1 | 10 | 4.3 | 19 | 8.2 | |
18 months (388) | 0.383 | ||||||||
Male | 178 | 87.7 | 13 | 6.4 | 7 | 3.4 | 5 | 2.5 | |
Female | 153 | 82.7 | 21 | 11.4 | 7 | 3.8 | 4 | 2.2 | |
Ageb (Mean ± SD) | |||||||||
6 months | 42.1 | 16.8 | 47.0 | 17.0 | 41.9 | 17.9 | 44.0 | 14.6 | 0.221 |
12 months | 42.4 | 16.5 | 44.6 | 17.5 | 45.0 | 15.8 | 45.7 | 9.7 | 0.529 |
18 months | 42.9 | 16.0 | 47.0 | 16.3 | 45.4 | 16.9 | 40.9 | 8.7 | 0.477 |
Current marital statusa | |||||||||
6 months (502) | 0.445 | ||||||||
Single | 161 | 66.3 | 24 | 11.0 | 18 | 8.4 | 40 | 14.3 | |
Married/Living together | 180 | 69.5 | 30 | 10.6 | 19 | 6.9 | 30 | 13.8 | |
12 months (486) | 0.006* | ||||||||
Single | 184 | 80.7 | 29 | 12.7 | 8 | 3.5 | 7 | 3.1 | |
Married/Living together | 204 | 79.1 | 21 | 8.1 | 6 | 2.3 | 27 | 10.5 | |
18 months (388) | 0.728 | ||||||||
Single | 152 | 83.5 | 19 | 10.4 | 7 | 3.8 | 4 | 2.2 | |
Married/Living together | 179 | 86.9 | 15 | 7.3 | 7 | 3.4 | 5 | 2.4 | |
Financial problemsa | |||||||||
6 months (502) | < 0.001* | ||||||||
Yes | 246 | 76.2 | 28 | 8.7 | 23 | 7.1 | 26 | 8.0 | |
No | 95 | 53.1 | 26 | 14.5 | 14 | 7.8 | 44 | 24.6 | |
12 months (486) | < 0.001* | ||||||||
Yes | 314 | 85.6 | 25 | 6.8 | 11 | 3.0 | 17 | 4.6 | |
No | 74 | 62.2 | 25 | 21.0 | 3 | 2.5 | 17 | 14.3 | |
18 months (388) | < 0.001* | ||||||||
Yes | 257 | 92.4 | 8 | 2.9 | 9 | 3.2 | 4 | 1.4 | |
No | 74 | 67.3 | 26 | 23.6 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | |