Table 4 Characteristics of the subjects with characteristics of war, current medical conditions, and K10 Scale
From: Mental disorder and PTSD in Syria during wartime: a nationwide crisis
Characteristic | Frequency (n = 1951) | Percentage% |
Age | ||
 14–18 | 52 | 2.7 |
 19–25 | 1538 | 78.8 |
 26–45 | 333 | 17.1 |
 46–65 | 28 | 1.4 |
Gender | ||
 Male | 527 | 27.0 |
 Female | 1424 | 73.0 |
Marital Status | ||
 Single | 1617 | 83.0 |
 Engaged | 86 | 4.4 |
 Married | 217 | 11.1 |
 Divorced | 21 | 1.1 |
 Widowed | 7 | 0.4 |
Consanguinity | ||
 No | 1416 | 72.6 |
 Yes third-degree relatives | 300 | 15.4 |
 Yes fourth-degree relatives | 97 | 5.0 |
 Yes but not close relatives | 138 | 7.1 |
Medical Conditions | ||
 Negative | 1008 | 81.9 |
 Asthma | 63 | 5.1 |
 Hypertension | 23 | 1.9 |
 Diabetes | 6 | 0.5 |
 Asthma, Hypertension | 6 | 0.5 |
 Diabetes, Hypertension | 4 | 0.3 |
 Other | 121 | 9.8 |
Being distressed from the war noises | ||
 No | 407 | 20.9 |
 Yes | 1544 | 79.1 |
Educational level | ||
 Primary School | 27 | 1.4 |
 High School | 127 | 6.5 |
 University or any high institute | 1671 | 85.6 |
 Masters or PhD | 126 | 6.5 |
Type of work | ||
 At a company | 103 | 6.2 |
 Clerk or at a restaurant | 21 | 1.3 |
 Education | 104 | 6.3 |
 Freelancer | 78 | 4.7 |
 Journalism | 4 | 0.2 |
 Law | 10 | 0.6 |
 Health care | 234 | 14.2 |
 Unemployed | 1100 | 66.5 |
SES Level | ||
 Lower | 30 | 1.5 |
 Upper Lower | 483 | 24.8 |
 Middle | 1044 | 53.5 |
 Upper | 394 | 20.2 |
Losing someone due to the war | ||
 No | 697 | 35.7 |
 Yes | 1254 | 64.3 |
Changing area of living due to war | ||
 No | 977 | 50.1 |
 Yes within the same city | 429 | 22.0 |
 Yes with changing the city | 488 | 25.0 |
 Yes I had to do both | 57 | 2.9 |
Number of times changing place of living due to war | ||
 No | 977 | 50.1 |
 Once | 224 | 11.5 |
 Twice | 211 | 10.8 |
 Thrice and more | 539 | 27.6 |
Place of origin | ||
 Damascus, Rif-Dimashq, and Aleppo | 1045 | 53.6 |
 Homs and Hama | 354 | 18.1 |
 Al-Jazira region | 94 | 4.8 |
 Southern Syria | 142 | 7.3 |
 Syrian coast | 200 | 10.3 |
 Idlib | 82 | 4.2 |
 Other | 34 | 1.7 |
A relative being endangered by the war | ||
 No | 284 | 14.6 |
 Yes | 1667 | 85.4 |
Characteristic (n = 1951) | Frequency (Percentage%) | CI:95% |
Kessler psychological distress Scale (K10) | ||
 No | 376 (19.3%) | 17.5–21.0% |
 Mild | 381 (19.5%) | 17.8–21.3% |
 Moderate | 322 (16.5%) | 14.9–18.1% |
 Severe | 872 (44.7%) | 42.6–47.0% |
SPTSS items | ||
 Avoidance | 1040 (53.3%) | 51.2–55.6% |
 No Avoidance | 910 (46.6%) | 44.3–48.8% |
 Arousal | 1257 (64.4%) | 62.4–66.5% |
 No Arousal | 693 (35.6%) | 33.4–37.5% |
 Re-experience | 1150 (58.9%) | 56.9–61.2% |
 No Re-experience | 800 (41.0%) | 38.7–43.0% |
 Two or more | 1186 (60.8%) | 58.7–62.7% |
 Full SPTSS symptoms | 720 (36.9%) | 35.0–39.1% |
MSPSS Family | ||
 Low | 402 (20.6%) | 18.8–22.4% |
 Medium | 575 (29.5%) | 27.6–31.5% |
 High | 971 (49.8%) | 47.6–52.2% |
Friends | ||
 Low | 738 (37.8%) | 35.5–40.2% |
 Medium | 666 (34.2%) | 31.7–36.3% |
 High | 546 (28.0%) | 26.2–30.2% |
Significant other | ||
 Low | 511 (26.2%) | 24.3–28.3% |
 Medium | 613 (31.4%) | 29.4–33.5% |
 High | 826 (42.4%) | 40.1–44.7% |
Total MSPP | ||
 Low | 452 (23.2%) | 21.3–25.1% |
 Medium | 830 (42.5%) | 40.3–44.6% |
 High | 669 (34.3%) | 32.2–36.5% |