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Table 2 Typing and Subtypes of traumatic events, item loading, and frequencies and percentages of occurring among IDPs. (N = 814)

From: Posttraumatic stress disorder correlates among internally displaced Yazidi population following Islamic state of Iraq and Syria attacks in Iraq

Traumatic event

1

2

3

4

5

6

N (%)

Tortured (physical or mental suffering)

0.79

     

90(11.1)

Searched

0.71

     

150(18.5)

Oppressed because of ethnicity, religion, or sect

0.67

     

514(63.3)

Exposed to combat situation

0.47

     

388(47.8)

Forced to change religion

0.45

     

335(41.4)

Disappearance, hostage or kidnapping of family member

 

0.68

    

109(13.4)

Murder or violent death of friend

 

0.64

    

216(26.7)

Murder or violent death of family member

 

0.57

    

112(13.8)

Disappearance, hostage, or kidnapping of friend

 

0.55

    

316(39)

Serious physical injury of family member or friend

 

0.45

    

64(7.9)

Witnessed video film on a known person or places, content is violence

 

0.33

    

49(6)

Forced to leave hometown

  

0.91

   

774(95.3)

Expelled from city based on ancestral origin, religion, or sect

  

0.89

   

764(94.1)

Lack of food or clean water

   

0.82

  

635(78.1)

Lacked shelter

   

0.81

  

741(91.3)

Witnessed desecration or destruction of religious shrines

    

0.76

 

124(15.4)

Witnessed shelling, burning, or razing of residential areas

    

0.76

 

102(12.7)

Witnessed rotting corpses

    

0.57

 

126(15.6)

Forced evacuation under dangerous conditions

     

0.71

765(94)

Forced to hide

     

0.60

695(85.6)

Confiscation, looting, or destruction of personal property

     

0.57

785(96.4)

  1. Types of traumatic events: 1. Trauma or persecution to self, 2. Trauma or abduction of others, 3. Forced immigration, 4. Lack of basic necessities, 5. Witnessed destruction, and 6. Coercion.