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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, DIPT study participants through March 2020 with PTSD data, Uganda (n = 421)

From: Post-traumatic stress disorder among persons with HIV who engage in heavy alcohol consumption in southwestern Uganda

 

N (%) or median [IQR]

Age (years)

40 [32–47]

Sex

 Female

134 (31.8)

 Male

287 (68.2)

More than a primary education?

 No

331 (78.6)

 Yes

90 (21.4)

Married?

 No

171 (40.6)

 Yes

250 (59.4)

Religion

 Protestant

181 (43.0)

 Catholic

212 (50.4)

 Other

28 (6.7)

DUREL: intrinsic religiosity

14 [10–15]

Social desirability scale

19 [17–22]

General health status

 Excellent/Very good

219 (52.0)

 Good/Fair/Poor

202 (48.0)

AUDIT-C (continuous)

6 [4–8]

Lifetime smoking

 Never

261 (62.0)

 Ever

160 (38.0)

Lifetime drug use

 Never

367 (87.2)

 Ever

54 (12.8)

Depression (CESD ≥16)

 No

344 (81.7)

 Yes

77 (18.3)

Ever experienced an unusually frightening, horrible or traumatic event?

 No

210 (49.9)

 Yes

211 (50.1)

Probable PTSD? a

 No

334 (79.3)

 Yes

87 (20.7)

PTSD symptoms, past 1 month:

 Nightmares (=yes)

115 (27.3)

 Avoidance (=yes)

119 (28.3)

 On guard/easily startled (=yes)

91 (21.6)

 Felt numb or detached (=yes)

43 (10.2)

 Felt guilty or blamed oneself/others (=yes)

49 (11.6)

  1. a Probable PTSD? (score > =3) Respondents were considered to be having probable PTSD if they answered ‘yes’ to any 3 of the 5 questions of how the traumatic events affected them in the past month