Table 3 Characteristics associated with mothers’ unmet health care needs at T3 (n = 223)
Characteristic | Perceived needs higher than the help received | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Psychological reactions (n = 223) | Physical problems (n = 222) | |||||||||||||
Unmet health care needs, n = 96 %, Mean (n/SD) | Health care needs met n = 127 %, Mean (n/SD) | P value | Cohens’ d | Cramer’s V | Unmet health care needs, n = 56 %, Mean (n/SD) | Health care needs met, n = 166 %, Mean (n/SD) | P value | Cohens’ d | Cramer V | |||||
Sociodemographic Characteristic | ||||||||||||||
Age at the time of the attack | 46.9 (5.51) | 46.8 (5.9) | 0.888 | 0.019 | 47.2 (5.22) | 46.7 (5.9) | 0.530 | 0.91 | ||||||
Non-Norwegian origin | 11.5 (11) | 5.5 (7) | 0.106 | 0.108 | 5.4 (3) | 9.0 (15) | 0.383 | 0.059 | ||||||
Financially disadvantaged | 17.7 (17) | 15.0 (19) | 0.581 | 0.037 | 17.9 (10) | 15.7 (26) | 0.700 | 0.026 | ||||||
Higher education level | 52.1 (50) | 65.4 (83) | 0.045 | 0.134 | 58.9 (33) | 59.6 (99) | 0.925 | 0.006 | ||||||
Living with a spouse or partner | 74.0 (71) | 78.7 (100) | 0.403 | 0.056 | 73.2 (41) | 78.3 (130) | 0.433 | 0.053 | ||||||
Not working full-or part-time | 15.6 (15) | 17.3 (22) | 0.736 | 0.023 | 10.7 (6) | 18.7 (31) | 0.167 | 0.093 | ||||||
Health Post-Terror Attack | ||||||||||||||
Self-perceived health (T3): | ||||||||||||||
Excellent/very good | 39.6 (38) | 54.0 (68) | .025 | 0.183 | 39.3 (22) | 50.3 (83) | 0.254 | 0.111 | ||||||
Good | 29.2 (28) | 29.4 (37) | 37.5 (21) | 26.7 (44) | ||||||||||
Somewhat good/not good | 31.3 (30) | 16.7 (21) | 23.2 (13) | 23.0 (38) | ||||||||||
Current health compared to health before the attack (T3): | ||||||||||||||
Poorer | 47.9 (46) | 28.6 (36) | .011 | 0.202 | 53.6 (30) | 31.5 (52) | 0.013 | 0.199 | ||||||
Same | 46.9 (53) | 61.9 (78) | 41.1 (23) | 60.0 (99) | ||||||||||
Better | 5.2 (5) | 9.5 (12) | 5.4 (3) | 8.5 (14) | ||||||||||
Mean posttraumatic stress symptoms score: | ||||||||||||||
Wave 1 | 1.41 (0.63) | 1.16 (0.69) | 0.010 | 0.374 | 1.54 (0.60) | 1.18 (0.68) | < 0.001 | 0.542 | ||||||
Wave 2 | 1.22 (0.60) | 0.96 (0.73) | 0.006 | 0.384 | 1.29 (0.62) | 0.99 (0.70) | 0.005 | 0.441 | ||||||
Wave 3 | 1.15 (0.67) | 0.79 (0.68) | < 0.001 | 0.536 | 1.17 (0.64) | 0.87 (0.70) | 0.003 | 0.443 | ||||||
Mean anxiety/depression score: | ||||||||||||||
Wave 1 | 1.96 (0.58) | 1.82 (0.68) | 0.129 | 0.215 | 2.11 (0.60) | 1.81 (0.64) | .004 | 0.483 | ||||||
Wave 2 | 1.80 (0.66) | 1.63 (0.68) | 0.078 | 0.251 | 1.86 (0.64) | 1.64 (0.68) | 0.036 | 0.335 | ||||||
Wave 3 | 1.79 (0.65) | 1.50 (0.65) | < 0.001 | 0.450 | 1.80 (0.62) | 1.57 (0.67) | 0.022 | 0.348 | ||||||
Social support: | ||||||||||||||
Wave 3 | 4.0 (0.90) | 4.47 (0.63) | < 0.001 | -584 | 3.86(0.93) | 4.42 (0.69) | < 0.001 | .-742 | ||||||