Table 2 Prevalence of reported lifetime potentially traumatic events among 426 adults entering HIV care in Cameroon
Event | Yes N(%) |
|---|---|
Traumatic events in childhood | |
 Seeing people hitting or harming one another in your family as a child | 182 (42.7) |
 Physical assault or abuse as child | 108 (25.4) |
 Sexual assault or rape as child | 34 (8.0) |
Violent traumatic events in adulthood | |
 Physical assault or abuse in adult life from an intimate partner | 178 (41.8) |
 Physical assault or abuse in adult life from someone other than an intimate partner | 100 (23.5) |
 Sexual assault or rape as adult | 111 (26.1) |
Witnessing violent traumatic events | |
 Seeing someone physically assaulted or abused | 176 (41.3) |
 Seeing someone seriously injured or killed | 191 (44.8) |
Accident-related traumatic events | |
 Natural disaster (e.g. hurricane, earthquake, flood) | 63 (14.8) |
 Serious accident or fire at home or job | 118 (27.7) |
Other traumatic events | |
 War | 146 (34.3) |
 Losing a child to death | 147 (34.5) |
 Other traumatic event (individually specified) | 115 (27.0) |