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What is an odds ratio? An odds ratio (OR) is a measure of association between an exposure and an outcome. The OR represents the odds that an outcome will occur given a particular exposure, compared to the odds of the outcome occurring in the absence of that expo-sure. Odds ratios are most commonly used in case-control stud-
Explaining odds ratios. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Aug;19 (3):227-9. Author. Magdalena Szumilas 1. Affiliation. 1 Research Associate, Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, IWK Health Centre & Dalhousie University, Maritime Outpatient Psychiatry, Halifax, Nova Scotia. PMID: 20842279. PMCID: PMC2938757.
- Magdalena Szumilas
- 2010
Aug 1, 2010 · What is an odds ratio? An odds ratio (OR) is a measure of association between an exposure and an outcome. The OR represents the odds that an outcome will occur given a particular exposure, compared to the odds of the outcome occurring in the absence of that exposure.
- Magdalena Szumilas
- 2010
- Distribution of The Main Stressor
- Associations Between The Major Stressor and Age
- Major Stressor and Mental Health
- Adolescents’ Mental Health and Demographic Factors
- Limitations
The present study investigated the main stressors of adolescents and their associations with demographic correlates and mental health such as depression and suicidal ideation and attempt. In this study, the proportion of adolescents who worried about their schoolwork/career was the highest among all stressors assessed (approximately 55%). This find...
The different distributions of the source of stress according to age are interesting findings of this study. Conflicts with parents was a major stressor predominately in the lowest age group (ages 12–13) and decreased linearly with age. These are consistent with other findings reporting the peak frequency of family conflict in early adolescence, wh...
In the present study, the distribution of the major stressor according to the severity of stress differed. Compared to adolescents having none to a little stress, a higher proportion of adolescents who experienced more severe stress reported conflict with parents and peers and family circumstances as their major stressors. Furthermore, the odds rat...
Associations between demographic correlates and mental health outcomes are another major finding of the present study. Previous studies reported dramatically increasing prevalence of depressive mood as adolescents age, particularly in girls [30,31,32]. Another study suggested that middle-to-late adolescence (ages 15–18) is a critical period of vuln...
The KYRBS questionnaire investigated various aspects of adolescents’ health in a nationwide population of adolescents. Thus, items assessing each psychological construct are simplified and do not include a validated multiple-item scale. This might result in a lack of detailed information. For example, depressed mood, suicidal ideation, and attempt ...
- Kyoung Min Kim
- profuture@naver.com
- 2021
Apr 14, 2011 · This chapter contains an overview of statistical methods for categorical data in general and binary outcomes in particular, with an emphasis on the odds ratio and its applications in psychiatry. Illustrations from a number of study designs common in psychiatry are approached using contingency tables and the methods that arise from their analysis.
- Garrett M. Fitzmaurice, Garrett M. Fitzmaurice, Caitlin Ravichandran, Caitlin Ravichandran
- 2011
Aug 1, 2010 · To identify diseases significantly associated with ALS, we used the odds ratio, a statistical measure widely employed in epidemiological studies. The odds ratio assesses the likelihood of an...
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Aug 1, 2010 · This article breaks down the odds ratio by reviewing the concepts and calculations of probability and odds, and discusses how to interpret an odds ratio, and how these ratios can be useful in real-world applications.
