There was a dose-response relationship between age groups and mental distress with a risk of high-level distress decreasing with age [OR = 1.94; 95% CI: 1.70, 2.22 for age group 15-24 years, OR = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.36 for age group 25-54 yeand, and OR = 0.89; 95% CI: 0.78, 1.03 for age group 55-69 years].
It continues: "There would be a high level of distress and anger from victims [or relatives of victims] of his crimes if the interview were … broadcast".
Best predictors of a high level of distress were: intrusive thoughts about the disease, trait-anxiety, health complaints and problems with sleeping.
A post traumatic stress disorder diagnosis requires that the patient exhibit "an assortment of disabling symptoms, including re-experiencing the trauma, avoiding reminders of it, having a high level of distress and emotional arousal".
With the potentially high fatality and infectivity, high level of distress in the public is expected.
These comprise socio-demographical factors, previous history of LBP, strenuous work and high level of distress.
Thus, initially, they have in common high level of distress [ 6- 8].
Lone, unemployed mothers were twice as likely to report a high level of distress compared with other groups.
Thus the symptoms of hopelessness and worthlessness seem more central to psychological distress and more sensitive to high levels of distress, which may make them more suited to differentiate high levels of distress from very high levels of distress (especially, in women in the case of hopelessness).
Further, it is not clear if disability in youth is independent of or directly correlated with distress, nor do we have evidence about the characteristics of individuals with high levels of distress but low levels of impairment or vice versa.
Mastekaasa [ 25] showed that high levels of distress are associated with greater risk of subsequent job loss relative to low distress.
