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Table 5 Factors associated with poor physical health of fishermen using post-trafficking services in Cambodia and Thailand (n = 275)

From: “Because if we talk about health issues first, it is easier to talk about human trafficking”; findings from a mixed methods study on health needs and service provision among migrant and trafficked fishermen in the Mekong

 

Dizzy spells (n = 83)

Feeling completely exhausted (n = 81)

Headaches (n = 78)

Memory problems (n = 66)

Poor SAH (n = 74)

Reporting = > 3 areas of pain (n = 80)

 

Unadjusted OR

Unadjusted OR

Unadjusted OR

Unadjusted OR

Unadjusted OR

Unadjusted OR

Ever seriously injuredb

3.39 (1.97–5.86)

3.06 (1.77–5.28)

3.13 (1.80–5.43)

2.26 (1.28–3.99)

2.34 (1.35–4.05)

2.28 (1.33–3.88)

Hours worked/dayc,d

1.62 (1.01–2.61)

1.09 (0.70–1.71)

1.11 (0.71–1.73)

1.43 (0.83–2.45)

1.78 (1.05–3.00)

0.87 (0.56–1.35)

Occupational Health Risk scorec

1.25 (0.93–1.69)

1.38 (1.02–1.88)

1.12 (0.82–1.51)

1.14 (0.83–1.57)

1.40 (1.02–1.92)

0.86 (0.64–1.17)

Long-haul fishinge

2.40 (1.25–4.60)

1.50 (0.81–2.76)

3.06 (1.51–6.19)

3.57 (1.61–7.90)

2.80 (1.38–5.66)

1.49 (0.81–2.74)

Violencea

 Less severe

1.69 (0.69–4.09)

1.66 (0.68–4.03)

1.91 (0.81–4.46)

1.42 (0.54–3.74)

3.13 (1.27–7.72)

1.50 (0.66–3.41)

 More severe

3.27 (1.65–6.45)

3.04 (1.53–6.01)

2.36 (1.21–4.63)

2.78 (1.34–5.76)

3.41 (1.61–7.20)

1.80 (0.95–3.41)

Living situation scorec

1.80 (1.15–2.82)

1.68 (1.07–2.61)

1.40 (0.90–2.18)

1.79 (1.10–2.89)

2.42 (1.49–3.93)

0.96 (0.62–1.47)

Ever detained by immigration authoritiesf

1.47 (0.87–2.48)

2.12 (1.25–3.59)

1.99 (1.17–3.40)

4.14 (2.30–7.43)

1.83 (1.06–3.14)

2.16 (1.27–3.66)

Symptomatic of any MHDg

9.67 (4.42–21.15)

3.43 (1.85–6.36)

5.47 (2.72–10.99)

6.33 (2.88–13.92)

6.66 (3.14–14.11)

9.00 (4.11–19.68)

Post-trafficking concerns

 Post-trafficking concern scorec

1.14 (1.01–1.28)

1.18 (1.05–1.34)

1.20 (1.06–1.36)

1.09 (0.96–1.24)

1.22 (1.08–1.38)

1.07 (0.95–1.20)

 Financial concernsh

1.21 (0.65–2.24)

1.73 (0.89–3.34)

2.04 (1.02–4.08)

2.06 (0.98–4.32)

2.17 (1.06–4.42)

1.72 (0.89–3.33)

 Family health problemsi

1.08 (0.64–1.82)

1.52 (0.90–2.57)

1.15 (0.68–1.96)

0.57 (0.32–1.01)

1.29 (0.75–2.20)

1.20 (0.71–2.02)

 Guilt or shamej

1.17 (0.68–2.02)

1.23 (0.71–2.12)

1.50 (0.86–2.59)

0.82 (0.45–1.49)

2.08 (1.20–3.60)

0.86 (0.49–1.50)

Spent > 6 months in trafficking

1.83 (0.94–3.53)

1.38 (0.73–2.61)

2.07 (1.04–4.14)

2.78 (1.25–6.19)

1.89 (0.94–3.79)

3.81 (1.72–8.41)

  1. areference group: no violence
  2. breference group: not injured
  3. crescaled on interquartile range distance
  4. damong those who specified hours (n = 180)
  5. ereference group: short-haul fishing
  6. freference group: not detained by immigration authorities
  7. greference group: not symptomatic of any MHD
  8. hreference group: no financial concerns
  9. ireference group: no family health problems
  10. jreference group: no guilt or shame
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