Table 4

Persistence of reactions to critical incidents as predictors of high depressive symptoms

	Total	High depressive symptoms		RR^*	OR^†
	No	No	%	(95% CI)	(95% CI)
Physical reactions
None	99	15	15.2
Any	93	36	38.7	2.6 (1.5 to 4.3)	3.5 (1.8 to 7.1)
Not persisting after one night	178	42	23.6
Persisting after one night	14	9	64.3	2.7 (1.7 to 4.4)	5.8 (1.9 to 18.3)
Not persisting after 1 week	182	43	23.6
Persisting after 1 week	10	8	80.0	3.4 (2.3 - 5.1)	12.9 (2.6–63.2)
Distressing feelings
None	21	5	23.8
Any	170	46	27.1	1.1 (0.5 to 2.5)	1.2 (0.4 to 3.4)
Not persisting after one night	85	19	22.4
Persisting after one night	106	32	30.2	1.4 (0.8 to 2.2)	1.5 (0.8 to 2.9)
Not persisting after 1 week	120	30	25.0
Persisting after 1 week	71	21	29.6	1.2 (0.7 to 1.9)	1.3 (0.7 to 2.4)
Disturbed sleep
None	75	13	17.3
Any	121	40	33.1	1.9 (1.1 to 3.3)	2.4 (1.2 to 4.8)
Not persisting after one night	110	19	17.2
Persisting after one night	86	34	39.5	2.3 (1.4 to 3.7)	3.1 (1.6 to 6.0)
Not persisting after 1 week	159	34	21.4
Persisting after 1 week	37	19	51.4	2.4 (1.6 to 3.7)	3.9 (1.8 to 8.2)
Irritability
None	109	23	21.1
Any	86	29	33.7	1.6 (1.0 to 2.6)	1.9 (1.0 to 3.6)
Not persisting after one night	142	30	21.1
Persisting after one night	53	22	41.5	2.0 (1.3 to 3.1)	2.6 (1.3 to 5.2)
Not persisting after 1 week	169	39	23.1	2.2 (1.4 to 3.5)	3.3 (1.4 to 7.8)
Persisting after 1 week	26	13	50.0
Social withdrawal
None	93	16	17.2
Any	102	36	35.3	2.1 (1.2 to 3.4)	2.6 (1.3 to 5.1)
Not persisting after one night	140	25	17.9
Persisting after one night	55	27	49.1	2.7 (1.8 to 4.3)	4.4 (2.2 to 8.8)
Not persisting after 1 week	170	37	21.8
Persisting after 1 week	25	15	60.0	2.8 (1.8 to 4.2)	5.4 (2.2 to 3.0)

↵* Probability of high depressive score when the reaction criterion occurs/Probability of high depressive score when criterion does not occur.
↵† Probability of high depressive score when the reaction criterion occurs/Probability of low depressive score when the criterion occurs.