Table 3 Reported lifetime potentially traumatic events (PTE) among 426 adults entering HIV care in Cameroon, stratified by mental health symptoms
| Â | Total | Depression | PTSD | Anxietya | Hazardous Alcohol Use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall (n = 426) N (%) | Yes (n = 87) N (%) | No (n = 339) N (%) | Yes (n = 67) N (%) | No (n = 359) N (%) | Yes (n = 83) N (%) | No (n = 341) N (%) | Yes (n = 166) N (%) | No (n = 260) N (%) | |
PTE during childhood | |||||||||
 Any | 231 (54.2) | 64 (27.7) | 167 (72.3) | 51 (22.1) | 180 (77.9) | 57 (24.8) | 173 (75.2) | 92 (39.8) | 139 (60.2) |
 None | 195 (45.8) | 23 (11.8) | 172 (88.2) | 16 (8.2) | 179 (91.8) | 26 (13.4) | 168 (86.6) | 74 (37.9) | 121 (62.0) |
Violent PTE (adulthood) | |||||||||
 Any | 251 (58.9) | 62 (24.7) | 189 (75.3) | 50 (19.9) | 201 (80.1) | 58 (23.2) | 192 (76.8) | 100 (39.8) | 151 (60.2) |
 None | 175 (41.1) | 25 (14.3) | 150 (85.7) | 17 (9.7) | 158 (90.3) | 25 (14.4) | 149 (85.6) | 66 (37.7) | 109 (62.3) |
PTE in childhood and violent PTE (adulthood) | |||||||||
 Any | 164 (38.5) | 50 (30.5) | 114 (69.5) | 43 (26.2) | 121 (73.8) | 47 (28.8) | 116 (71.2) | 65 (39.6) | 99 (60.4) |
 None | 262 (61.5) | 37 (14.1) | 225 (85.9) | 24 (9.2) | 238 (90.8) | 36 (13.8) | 225 (86.2) | 101 (38.5) | 161 (61.5) |
Witnessing violent PTE (adulthood) | |||||||||
 Any | 256 (60.1) | 58 (22.7) | 198 (77.3) | 48 (18.8) | 208 (81.2) | 56 (22.0) | 199 (78.0) | 107 (41.8) | 149 (58.2) |
 None | 170 (39.9) | 29 (17.1) | 141 (82.9) | 19 (11.2) | 151 (88.8) | 27 (16.0) | 142 (84.0) | 59 (34.7) | 111 (65.3) |
Accident related PTE | |||||||||
 Any | 153 (35.9) | 37 (24.2) | 116 (75.8) | 25 (16.3) | 128 (83.7) | 33 (21.7) | 119 (78.3) | 68 (44.4) | 85 (55.6) |
 None | 273 (64.1) | 50 (18.3) | 223 (81.7) | 42 (15.4) | 231 (84.6) | 50 (18.4) | 222 (81.6) | 98 (35.9) | 175 (64.1) |
Death of a child | |||||||||
 Any | 147 (34.5) | 28 (19.0) | 119 (81.0) | 27 (18.4) | 120 (81.6) | 28 (19.2) | 118 (80.8) | 57 (38.8) | 90 (61.2) |
 None | 279 (65.5) | 59 (21.1) | 220 (78.9) | 40 (14.3) | 239 (85.7) | 55 (19.8) | 223 (80.2) | 109 (39.1) | 170 (60.9) |
War | |||||||||
 Any | 146 (34.3) | 36 (24.7) | 110 (75.3) | 33 (22.6) | 113 (77.4) | 33 (22.6) | 113 (77.4) | 60 (41.1) | 86 (58.9) |
 None | 280 (65.7) | 51 (18.2) | 229 (81.8) | 34 (12.1) | 246 (87.9) | 50 (18.0) | 228 (82.0) | 106 (37.9) | 174 (62.1) |
Other (specified) | |||||||||
 Any | 115 (27.0) | 26 (22.6) | 89 (77.4) | 22 (19.1) | 93 (80.9) | 23 (20.2) | 91 (79.8) | 52 (45.2) | 63 (54.8) |
 None | 311 (73.0) | 61 (19.6) | 250 (80.4) | 45 (14.5) | 266 (85.5) | 60 (19.4) | 250 (80.6) | 114 (36.7) | 197 (63.3) |
 PTE count (median/IQR) | 4 (2–5) | 5 (3–6) | 3 (2–5) | 5 (4–7) | 3 (2–5) | 5 (3–6) | 3 (2–5) | 4 (3–6) | 4 (2–5) |
 Lower 75th | 326 (76.5) | 53 (16.3) | 273 (83.7) | 39 (12.0) | 287 (88.0) | 55 (16.9) | 270 (83.1) | 118 (36.2) | 208 (63.8) |
 Upper 25th | 100 (23.5) | 34 (34.0) | 66 (66.0) | 28 (28.0) | 72 (72.0) | 28 (28.3) | 71 (71.7) | 48 (48.0) | 52 (52.0) |