Secondary distress in violence researchers: a randomised trial of the effectiveness of group debriefings

BMC Psychiatry

Table 4 Association between end-line emotional distress and various factors

Elevated end-line emotional distress	Unadjusted OR (N = 48)			Adjusted OR (N = 48)
Elevated end-line emotional distress	UOR	95% CI	P	AOR	95% CI	P
Elevated baseline emotional distress^a	10	2.26;44.02	0.002	16.1	2.82;92.7	0.002
Personal trauma history, lifetime
Intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence^b	2.43	0.64;9.14	0.188	0.86	0.15;4.76	0.86
Paid work experience (≥ 5 years)^b	0.95	0.27;3.33	0.94	1.14	0.26; 5.03	0.85
Referred primary trauma cases, past 5 week^b
0 to 7 cases	1			1
8 to 41 cases	1.01	0.27;3.73	0.97	0.67	0.14, 3.24	0.62
Perceived primary trauma cases, past 5 weeks^b
0 to 2 cases	1			1
3 to 20 cases	0.46	0.13;1.64	0.23	0.89	0.19;4.11	0.88
Perceived organisational support^c, past 5 weeks^b	0.17	0.03;0.87	0.03	0.09	0.01;0.69	0.02
Coping mechanisms^b
Support of family and friends	1.07	0.30;3.77	0.91	2.6	0.43;15.62	0.29
Personal belief in God	0.28	0.07; 1.13	0.07	0.21	0.03; 1.26	0.09
Spending time alone/music/television	2.9	0.79; 10.6	0.1	2.57	0.55; 11.9	0.22
Medication to alleviate symptoms of stress	11.6	2.71; 50.07	0.001	18.9	2.76; 129.27	0.003

^aModelled separately, adjusted for age, sex and participation in control or debrief group.
^bModelled separately, adjusted for sex, participation in control or debrief group and baseline emotional distress.
^cComposite perceived levels of organisational support (agree with 3/5 statements)

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