Factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression amongst internally displaced persons in northern Uganda

Table 3 Exposure to Traumatic Events (N = 1210)

Variables	Number of persons experiencing event			Total (%) [95% CI]
	Before living in camp	When living in camp	before and when living in camp
Trauma event experienced
lack of food or water	77	940	71	1088 (89.9) [87.9–91.7]
lack of housing or shelter	76	815	44	935 (77.3) [73.5–80.7]
unnatural death of family/friend	524	298	93	915 (75.6) [73.7–77.5]
murder of family member/friend	578	236	91	905 (74.8) [71.4–78.0]
being close to, but escaping, death	549	249	47	845 (69.8) [67.0–72.6]
ill health without medical care	176	554	57	787 (65.0) [61.8–68.2]
witnessing murder of stranger(s)	390	308	80	778 (64.3) [61.4–67.1]
tortured or beaten	469	181	29	679 (56.1) [52.4–59.8]
forced separation from family	392	133	25	550 (45.5) [42.6–48.3]
being abducted or kidnapped	370	133	21	524 (43.3) [39.8–46.9]
made to accept ideas against will	147	279	57	483 (39.9) [36.6–43.5]
serious injury	282	178	14	474 (39.2) [36.1–42.4]
forced isolation from other people	293	149	10	452 (37.4) [34.3–40.6]
being in a war fighting situation	235	85	10	330 (27.3) [24.0–30.9]
imprisonment against your will	187	101	9	297 (24.5) [22.0–27.3]
rape or sexual abuse	78	83	10	171 (14.1) [11.8–16.8]
Cumulative trauma events recorded
0–3 trauma events				103 (8.5) [7.2–10.0]
4–7 trauma events				408 (33.7) [30.8–36.8]
8–11 trauma events				425 (35.1) [32.7–37.6]
12–16 trauma events				274 (22.6) [20.0–25.6]

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