Table 2 Prevalence of war-related traumatic events among the Congolese refugees

Witnessed harassment by soldiers

314

97.2

139

98.6

175

96.2

1.73

Experiencing dangerous flight

313

96.9

137

97.2

176

96.7

.06

Witnessing looting by soldiers

311

96.3

137

97.2

174

95.6

0.54

Seeing dead bodies

311

96.3

136

96.5

175

96.2

0.02

Close to crossfire/shootings

309

95.7

133

94.3

176

96.7

1.08

Seeing someone being injured by a weapon

308

95.4

132

93.6

176

96.7

1.71

Experiencing torture by soldiers

306

94.7

135

95.7

171

94

0.51

Experienced harassment by soldiers

290

89.8

129

91.5

161

88.5

0.79

Close to burning houses

287

88.9

131

92.9

156

85.7

4.15**

Being victim of robbery by soldiers

281

87

123

87.2

158

86.8

0.01

Forced to pay taxes by soldiers

275

85.1

125

88.7

150

82.4

2.44

Abduction witnessed

275

85.1

113

80.1

162

89

4.49**

Close to grenade/bomb attack

263

81.4

116

82.3

147

80.8

0.12

Seeing someone being tortured by soldiers

247

76.5

120

85.1

127

69.8

10.37**

Witnessing murder

242

74.9

100

70.9

142

78

2.13

Sexual assault experienced

216

66.9

83

58.9

133

73.1

7.24*

Witnessed sexual assault

210

65

81

57.4

129

70.9

6.30**

Witnessing rape of a woman by soldiers

196

60.7

66

46.8

130

71.4

20.18***

Having been imprisoned

136

42.1

75

53.2

61

33.5

12.62***

Being injured by a weapon

131

40.6

61

43.3

70

38.5

0.76

Experiencing rape

123

38.1

21

14.9

102

56

57.06***

Abduction experienced

94

29.1

48

34

46

25.3

2.9

Fighting in the combat

31

9.6

20

14.2

11

6.0

6.07**