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Table 1 Association of demographic characteristics with psychological symptoms in the SCL-90-R (n = 215)

From: Mental health among Iranian combat veterans with ankle-foot neuromusculoskeletal injuries

Item

n(%)

SCL-90-R subscales

GSI

Somatization

Obsessions-compulsions

Interpersonal sensitivity

Depression

Anxiety

Hostility

Phobic anxiety

Paranoid ideation

Psychoticism

Age(year)

  ≤ 40

5(2.3%)

1.8 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.4

1.2 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 0.2

 41–60

191(88.8%)

1.5 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

0.8 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.8

0.9 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.6

  > 60

19(8.8%)

1.5 ± 0.9

1.3 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 0.7

0.8 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

P value

 

0.609

0.834

0.287

0.814

0.961

0.620

0.356

0.907

0.718

0.683

Education

 Less than diploma

127(59.1%)

1.5 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.8

1.0 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.6

 Diploma

69(32.1%)

1.5 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.7

0.7 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 0.8

0.8 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.6

 Higher education

19(8.8%)

1.3 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.8

0.9 ± 0.9

0.8 ± 0.8

1.0 ± 0.6

 P value

 

0.408

0.038

0.043

0.045

0.204

0.065

0.078

0.359

0.214

0.066

Number of children in the family

 1–2

65(30.2%)

1.4 ± 0.6

1.2 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

0.8 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.8

0.8 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.6

 3–4

99(46.0%)

1.4 ± 0.8

1.3 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.8

0.8 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.8

0.9 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.6

  > 4

51(23.7%)

1.7 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 0.6

1.3 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 0.6

1.5 ± 0.6

1.3 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 0.5

 P value

 

0.041

0.177

0.027

0.041

0.008

0.647

0.080

0.833

0.087

0.045

Job status

 Government employee

42(19.5%)

1.3 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.8

1.0 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.8

1.0 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 0.8

0.7 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.9

0.8 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.7

 Self-employed

28(13.0%)

1.4 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.6

1.2 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.6

0.8 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.6

0.9 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.5

 Retired

50(23.3%)

1.7 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 0.6

1.2 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 0.6

1.4 ± 0.6

1.2 ± 0.5

0.9 ± 0.5

1.1 ± 0.7

1.0 ± 0.6

1.3 ± 0.5

 Unemployed

95(44.2%)

1.5 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.8

0.9 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 0.8

1.0 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.6

 P value

 

0.013

0.299

0.220

0.056

0.058

0.607

0.575

0.868

0.606

0.137