Assessment of reproductive health and violence against women among displaced Syrians in Lebanon

BMC Women's Health

Table 4 Exposure to violence and stress score ^# with various health outcomes among Syrian women

		Menstrual irregularity	Severe pelvic pain	RTI symptoms	Self-rated health
		(n = 409)	(n = 409)	(n = 409)	(n = 452)
Variable:	N (%) or mean (range)	β (SE)	β (SE)	β (SE)	β (SE)
Exposure to any conflict violence^†	139 (30.8%)	0.58 (0.27)*	0.68 (0.26)**	0.53 (0.25)*	0.08 (0.23)
Stress score^‡	0^# (−3.28, 0.94)	0.32 (0.11)**	0.17 (0.11)	0.12 (0.11)	0.30 (0.11)**

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
^†Models are adjusted for: region, age, education, marital status, and anemia; menstrual irregularity model is additionally adjusted for food insecurity; RTI model is additionally adjusted for months in Lebanon; self-rated health is additionally adjusted for food insecurity, hypertension, and cigarette smoking.
^‡Models are adjusted for: region, age, education, and marital status; model of self-rated health is additionally adjusted for food insecurity, cigarette smoking, and anemia.
^#Stress score created using Anderson-Rubin method in SPSS which gives a variable with mean 0 and SD 1.

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