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Table 3 Psychological, musculoskeletal and digestive symptoms in percentages of male and female affected residents and members of the comparison group attending their FP at least once per year, one year pre-disaster (year 0) and five years post-disaster (years 1 through 5).

From: Changes in the pattern of service utilisation and health problems of women, men and various age groups following a destructive disaster: a matched cohort study with a pre-disaster assessment

Psychological symptoms

Male

Female

  

affected

comparison

affected

comparison

Pre-disaster

year 0

12,9

10,9

19,1

14,9

Post-disaster

year 1

40,8***

11,5

55,1***

18,4

 

year 2

24,6***

12,8

33,5***

16,9

 

year 3

24,0***

13,7

33,4**

20,4

 

year 4

19,0*

12,7

28,8

20,8

 

year 5

16,9

13,2

24,3

17,3

Musculoskeletal symptoms

Male

Female

  

affected

comparison

affected

comparison

Pre-disaster

year 0

23,0

19,8

29,1

23,9

Post-disaster

year 1

25,4

19,8

31,1

24,2

 

year 2

22,8

18,8

30,7

24,8

 

year 3

22,2

19,6

31,3

24,4

 

year 4

20,1

19,4

27,1

24,4

 

year 5

20,7

17,7

28,5

23,6

Digestive symptoms

Male

Female

  

affected

comparison

affected

comparison

Pre-disaster

year 0

12,2

10,1

14,9

14,1

Post-disaster

year 1

12,9

9,4

18,1

14,3

 

year 2

11,9

9,6

16,6

13,3

 

year 3

12,9

10,4

16,8

14,6

 

year 4

13,2

11,7

18,7

15,4

 

year 5

11,5

11,3

16,6

14,7

  1. * P < .05, year compared with year 0
  2. ** P < .01, year compared with year 0
  3. *** P < .001, year compared with year 0