Table 3 Associations between sociodemographic characteristics, health status and migration related factors at baseline and follow-up and use of emergency care, outpatient/specialist services and hospitalizations at follow-up

RR (CI 95 %)

ARR (CI 95 %)

RR (CI 95 %)

ARR (CI 95 %)

RR (CI 95 %)

ARR (CI 95 %)

RR (CI 95 %)

ARR (CI 95 %)

Sociodemographic factors at T1

Gender

Male (reference)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Female^A

1.09 (0.99, 1.19)

1.09 (0.99, 1.19)

1.10 (0.70, 1.73)

1.34 (0.83, 2.08)

0.84 (0.52, 1.37)

0.81 (0.50, 1.33)

0.85 (0.53, 1.36)

1.01 (0.62, 1.64)

Age (years)^B

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)**

1.04 (1.02, 1.06)**

1.01 (0.98, 1.03)

1.01 (0.98, 1.03)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)*

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)*

Education (continuous)^C

0.99 (0.99, 1.01)

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

0.93 (0.87, 1.00)*

0.95 (0.90, 1.01)

0.98 (0.91, 1.06)

0.98 (0.91, 1.06)

0.96 (0.90, 1.04)

0.98 (0.92, 1.05)

Health literacy (continuous)^D

1.01 (0.98, 1.05)

1.01 (0.98, 1.05)

0.99 (0.84, 1.18)

0.89 (0.73, 1.10)

0.95 (0.79, 1.15)

0.91 (0.74, 1.13)

1.07 (0.90, 1.27)

0.97 (0.80, 1.19)

Social support (categorical)

Low social support (reference)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

High social support^C

1.02 (0.92, 1.12)

1.00 (0.91, 1.11)

1.18 (0.72, 1.93)

1.46 (0.86, 2.47)

1.24 (0.73, 2.13)

1.35 (0.77, 2.35)

1.22 (0.72, 2.05)

1.56 (0.90, 2.70)

Health status and Quality of life at T1

Self-rated health (categorical)

Moderate to good SRH (reference)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Poor SRH^E

1.03 (0.92, 1.14)

1.05 (0.95, 1.16)

1.72 (1.06, 2.77)*

1.72 (1.06, 2.78)*

1.43 (0.83, 2.47)

1.36 (0.77, 2.43)

1.17 (0.65, 2.08)

1.05 (0.60, 1.84)

Quality of life (continuous)

Physical health (WHOQOL-BREF domain 1)^E

0.99 (0.99, 1.00)

0.99 (0.97, 1.01)

0.98 (0.90, 1.06)

0.99 (0.90, 1.08)

0.96 (0.88, 1.05)

0.96 (0.88, 1.06)

0.98 (0.90, 1.07)

0.99 (0.91, 1.09)

Psychological health (WHOQOL-BREF domain 2)^E

1.00 (0.99, 1.02)

1.00 (0.99, 1.02)

1.04 (0.95, 1.13)

1.05 (0.96, 1.15)

0.99 (0.91, 1.09)

0.99 (0.90, 1.09)

0.99 (0.90, 1.08)

1.00 (0.91, 1.11)

Social relationships (WHOQOL-BREF domain 3)^E

0.99 (0.98, 1.00)

0.99 (0.98, 1.01)

0.94 (0.88, 1.01)

0.93 (0.88, 0.99)*

1.04 (0.95, 1.13)

1.06 (0.96, 1.16)

0.94 (0.88, 1.01)

0.95 (0.89, 1.01)

Environment (WHOQOL-BREF domain 4)^E

0.99 (0.97, 1.00)

0.99 (0.97, 1.01)

0.96 (0.88, 1.06)

0.98 (0.89, 1.08)

1.03 (0.93, 1.13)

1.05 (0.94, 1.17)

0.89 (0.80, 0.99)*

0.93 (0.84, 1.03)

Migration related factors

Time since flight from Syria (continuous)^C

0.98 (0.97, 0.98)*

0.97 (0.94, 1.01)

0.97 (0.80, 1.17)

0.94 (0.80, 1.11)

0.99 (0.80, 1.23)

0.98 (0.80, 1.22)

1.01 (0.81, 1.26)

0.97 (0.79, 1.20)

No residence permit in Lebanon^C

1.12 (1.00, 1.25)*

1.10 (0.99, 1.25)

1.95 (1.06, 3.60)*

2.72 (1.39, 5.31)**

1.05 (0.62, 1.81)

1.04 (0.61, 1.79)

0.62 (0.38, 1.00)

0.74 (0.45, 1.22)

Migrating alone to Lebanon^C

0.66 (0.38, 1.13)

0.67 (0.39, 1.16)

1.25 (0.32, 4.83)

0.64 (0.24, 1.72)

1.16 (0.45, 3.01)

3.15 (0.64, 15.4)

1.31 (0.59, 2.92)

1.04 (0.54, 2.07)

Trauma exposure before resettlement in Norway^C

0.96 (0.88, 1.05)

1.05 (0.96, 1.15)

0.77 (0.48, 1.24)

1.49 (0.95, 2.32)

0.84 (0.51, 1.39)

1.16 (0.69, 1.93)

0.57 (0.34, 0.94)*

1.63 (0.98, 2.71)

Sociodemographic factors at T2

Gender

Male (reference)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Female^A

1.06 (0.97, 1.16)

1.06 (0.97, 1.16)

1.13 (0.71, 1.80)

1.28 (0.81, 2.00)

0.86 (0.52, 1.42)

0.88 (0.53, 1.46)

0.86 (0.53, 1.41)

0.96 (0.59, 1.57)

Age (years)^B

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

1.00 (0.99, 1.00)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)**

1.04 (1.02, 1.06)**

1.01 (0.99, 1.03)

1.01 (0.99, 1.03)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)**

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)**

Education (continuous)^F

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

1.02 (0.99, 1.04)

0.96 (0.90, 1.02)

1.05 (0.92, 1.19)

1.02 (0.96, 1.10)

1.11 (0.99, 1.25)

1.03 (0.96, 1.10)

1.19 (1.08, 1.31)**

Health literacy (continuous)^G

1.07 (1.03, 1.12)*

1.06 (1.02, 1.1)*

1.37 (1.08, 1.74)*

1.28 (1.02, 1.61)*

1.24 (0.96, 1.60)

1.21 (0.93, 1.59)

1.61 (1.25, 2.06)**

1.59 (1.25, 2.01)**

Social support (categorical)

Low social support (reference)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

High social support^H

1.02 (0.93, 1.12)

1.04 (0.94, 1.14)

1.69 (1.02, 2.80)*

1.82 (1.11, 2.98)*

1.82 (1.05, 3.18)*

1.83 (1.04, 3.24)*

1.75 (1.02, 3.00)*

1.83 (1.06, 3.16)*

Health status and Quality of life at T2

Self-rated health (categorical)

Moderate to good SRH (reference)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Poor SRH^I

0.99 (0.87, 1.13)

0.99 (0.86, 1.14)

2.17 (1.35, 3.47)*

1.92 (1.15, 3.20)*

1.81 (1.05, 3.13)

1.88 (1.03, 3.43)*

2.93 (1.84, 4.66)**

2.49 (1.49, 4.15)**

Quality of life (continuous)

Physical health (WHOQOL-BREF domain 1)^I

1.00 (0.98, 1.01)

0.99 (0.98, 1.01)

0.90 (0.85, 0.94)**

0.91 (0.84, 0.97)**

0.90 (0.85, 0.96)*

0.89 (0.84, 0.95)**

0.87 (0.83, 0.92)**

0.88 (0.82, 0.94)**

Psychological health (WHOQOL-BREF domain 2)^I

1.02 (1.00, 1.04)*

1.02 (0.99, 1.04)

0.87 (0.81, 0.93)*

0.89 (0.84, 0.98)*

0.94 (0.85, 1.04)

0.96 (0.84, 1.09)

0.89 (0.82, 0.98)*

0.89 (0.80, 0.99)*

Social relationships (WHOQOL-BREF domain 3)^I

0.99 (0.98, 1.01)

1.00 (0.98, 1.01)

0.91 (0.86, 0.96)*

0.93 (0.86, 1.00)

0.92 (0.86, 0.99)*

0.90 (0.86, 0.99)*

0.88 (0.83, 0.93)**

0.90 (0.84, 0.97)**

Environment (WHOQOL-BREF domain 4)^I

1.04 (1.02, 1.05)**

1.04 (1.02, 1.06)**

1.06 (0.96, 1.17)

1.08 (0.96, 1.21)

1.03 (0.93, 1.15)

1.01 (0.89, 1.15)

1.06 (0.96, 1.18)

1.06 (0.91, 1.23)