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Table 3 Conditional prevalence of PTSD on the worst traumatic event

From: Gender differences in response to war-related trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder – a study among the Congolese refugees in Uganda

 

Subjective worst traumatic experiences

Conditional Prevalence of PTSD

Males

Females

Males

Females

Worst traumatic events endorsed by the participants

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Experiencing a natural disaster

0(0.0)

1(0.6)

0(0.0)

1(100)

Experiencing a serious accident

1(0.7)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

Suffering from a life-threatening illness

0(0.0)

2(1.1)

0(0.0)

2(100)

Being close to a combat situation

1(0.7)

3(1.7)

1(100)

3(100)

Being close to crossfire or shootings

3(2.2)

5(2.8)

1(33.3)

4(80)

Being close to a bomb or grenade attack

1(0.7)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

Experiencing a dangerous flight

0(0.0)

1(0.6)

0(0.0)

1(100)

Being deprived of food

0(0.0)

2(1.1)

0(0.0)

1(50)

Being harassed by armed personnel

5(3.6)

4(2.2)

4(80)

3(75)

Being forced to pay taxes by armed personnel

1(0.7)

0(0.0)

1(100)

0(0.0)

Being a victim of robbery or looting by armed personnel

15(10.8)

9(5.1)

10(66.7)

7(87.5)

Witnessing torture of others by armed personnel

2(1.4)

0(0.0)

2(100)

0(0.0)

Being severely tortured by armed personnel

19(13.7)

0(0.0)

2(100)

0(0.0)

Seeing someone who was severely injured by armed personnel

1(0.7)

1(0.6)

1(100)

1(100)

Being injured by a weapon or a gun

10(7.2)

3(1.7)

9(90)

2(66.7)

Witnessing someone who was abducted

4(2.9)

3(1.7)

4(100)

3(100)

Being abducted by force

11(7.9)

1(0.6)

10(90.9)

1(100)

Witnessing rape

2(1.4)

0(0.0)

2(100)

0(0.0)

Experiencing Sexually assault

0(0.0)

1(0.6)

0(0.0)

1(100)

Being raped

2(1.4)

71(40.4)

2(100.0)

70(97.2)

Seeing People with dead bodies

13(9.4)

18(10.1)

9(69.2)

16(88.9)

Witnessing a killing or murder of someone

46(33.1)

51(28.7)

42(91.3)

49(96.1)

Fighting in a combat

2(1.4)

0(0.0)

2(100)

0(0.0)

Being socially excluded by a family member

0(0.0)

1(0.6)

0(0.0)

1(100)

Being assaulted by a weapon from a family member

1(0.7)

1(0.5)

1(100)

0(0.0)

Being sexually assaulted by a community member

1(0.7)

0(0.0)

1(100)

0(0.0)