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Table 4 Psychosocial Well-being Among Former Lord's Resistance Army Abductees

From: Returning home: forced conscription, reintegration, and mental health status of former abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda

 

Not Abducted

Abducted

Abducted

   

< 1 day

1–7 days

8 days – < 1 month

1 – < 6 months

>6 months

Symptoms of Depression

       

Total

481

373

160

77

55

36

45

 

(25.9%)

(40.4%)

(38.6%)

(39.5%)

(47.0%)

(35.3%)

(47.4%)

Men

125

146

38

34

29

17

28

 

(14.0%)

(27.8%)

(20.0%)

(28.8%)

(35.8%)

(24.6%)

(41.2%)

Women

355

227

122

43

26

19

17

 

(36.8%)

(57.3%)

(54.7%)

(55.8%)

(72.2%)

(57.6%)

(63.0%)

Total Symptoms for PTSD

       

Total

938

613

259

126

83

70

75

 

(50.6%)

(67.1%)

(62.7%)

(65.3%)

(72.8%)

(70.7%)

(79.8%)

Men

306

274

73

57

51

42

51

 

(34.6%)

(52.6%)

(38.8%)

(48.7%)

(63.8%)

(61.8%)

(75.0%)

Women

630

338

185

69

32

28

24

 

(65.2%)

(86.4%)

(82.6%)

(90.8%)

(94.1%)

(90.3%)

(92.3%)

Cluster: Reexperiencing

1,351

763

334

161

108

79

81

 

(71.3%)

(81.5%)

(79.0%)

(82.6%)

(90.0%)

(78.2%)

(83.5%)

Cluster: Avoidance/numbing

861

563

233

118

77

62

73

 

(45.5%)

(60.4%)

(55.3%)

(59.6%)

(65.3%)

(61.4%)

(77.7%)

Cluster: Hyperarousal

1,079

676

299

141

87

75

74

 

(56.8%)

(72.5%)

(71.0%)

(71.6%)

(73.7%)

(74.3%)

(77.1%)

Relationship with family and community, Mean (S.D.)

12.01

12.26

12.4

12.26

12.04

12.03

12.08

 

(2.01)

(1.88)

(1.78)

(1.74)

(1.94)

(2.09)

(2.19)