Table 3 The frequency distribution of exposure to traumatic event among Somali refugees at Melkadida camp, Southeast Ethiopia, 2014(n = 831)
Trauma events | Yes N (%) | No N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
<12 month | ≥12 months | ||
lack of food or water | 264 (31.8) | 354 (42.6) | 213 (25.6) |
Unnatural death of family | 21 (2.5) | 420 (50.5) | 390 (46.9) |
combat situation | 45 (5.4) | 432 (52) | 354 (42.6) |
Murder of family/friend | 40 (4.8) | 335 (40.3) | 456 (54.9) |
Very ill without medical care | 98 (11.8) | 271 (32.6) | 462 (55.6) |
Lack of housing or shelter | 158 (19) | 335 (40.3) | 338 (40.7) |
Being close to death | 65 (7.8) | 255 (30.7) | 511 (61.5) |
Forced separation from family | 14 (1.7) | 218 (26.2) | 599 (72.1) |
Tortured or beaten | 28 (3.4) | 246 (29.6) | 557 (67) |
Forced isolation from others | 16 (1.9) | 245 (29.5) | 570 (68.6) |
Murder of stranger | 13 (1.6) | 242 (29.1) | 576 (69.3) |
Forced to accept thoughts of other | 78 (9.4) | 334 (40.2) | 419 (50.4) |
Imprisonment | 82 (9.9) | 293 (35.3) | 456 (54.9) |
Being abducted or kidnapped | 3 (0.4) | 84 (10.1) | 744 (89.5) |
Rape or sexual abuse | 2 (.2) | 51 (6.2) | 776 (93.4) |