Loss and psychosocial factors as determinants of quality of life in a cohort of earthquake survivors

Table 2 Bivariate linear regression analysis of quality of life scores (health index) of the 1988 Spitak earthquake survivors

Variables	Bivariate linear regression
	Coefficient	*p-value*
Age (years)	−0.007	<0.001
Female gender	−0.054	0.007
Length of education (years)	0.019	<0.001
Socio-economic status in 2012^a	0.016	<0.001
Earthquake related material loss^b	−0.013	0.016
Post-earthquake financial/material aid	−0.026	0.183
Post-earthquake financial/material aid to those with severe material loss	0.077	0.065
Social support score^c	0.025	<0.001
Earthquake related death in the family	−0.014	0.662
Earthquake related injury	−0.016	0.642
Number of life time stressful events	−0.024	<0.001
Number of physical illnesses in 2012^d	−0.056	<0.001
PTSD in 1991^e	−0.026	0.163
Depression in1991^e	−0.019	0.315
PTSD in 2012^e	−0.233	<0.001
Depression in 2012^e	−0.258	<0.001
Anxiety in 2012^e	−0.208	<0.001
Alcohol abuse in 2012	0.052	<0.001
Current smoker in 2012	0.068	0.005

^aSocioeconomic status: 0 = low, 1 = average, 2 = high.
^bEarthquake related material loss was reported in phase I (1990–1992). Material loss variable was divided into three levels: none to minimum loss = 0, moderate loss = 1, and severe loss = 2.
^cSocial support score range was 0–28.
^dNumber of physical illnesses range was 0–15.
^eHaving a score equal/above the selected cut-off level.

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