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Table 2 Exposure to war related traumatic events and non-war related negative life events among the study respondents (The Wayo-Nero Study)

From: Prevalence and factors associated with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder seven years after the conflict in three districts in northern Uganda (The Wayo-Nero Study)

Potential factor

Number in study (N, %)

Female (N, %)

Male (N, %)

War physical trauma no. of events

   

No event

1161 (48.4)

799 (54.1)

362 (42.1)

1 - 2 Events

788 (32.8)

555 (36.0)

233 (24.3)

3 - 5 Events

451 (18.8)

163 (9.9)

288 (33.6)

War psychological trauma no. of events

   

No event

493 (20.5)

339 (24.0)

154 (18.2)

1 - 2 Events

777 (32.4)

556 (36.4)

221 (24.1)

3 - 6 Events

1131 (47.1)

622 (39.7)

509 (57.7)

War sexual trauma no. of events

   

No event

2218 (92.4)

1368 (90.5)

850 (96.1)

1 -2

110 (4.6)

88 (5.8)

22 (2.5)

3 - 4

73 (3.0)

61 (3.8)

12 (1.4)

Cumulative no. of war traumatic events

   

None

427 (19.2)

288 (20.4)

139 (16.8)

At least one event

1934 (80.8)

1741 (31.7)

193 (21.6)

At least three events

1121 (47.2)

569 (47.9)

552 (61.6)

No. of non-war related negative life events

   

1-5

777 (32.3)

454 (30.8)

323 (35.8)

6-10

710 (29.5)

454 (29.9)

256 (28.9)

11+

919 (38.2)

612 (39.3)

307 (35.4)

Childhood trauma index

   

Low (<33th percentile)

703 (29.2)

461 (28.6)

242 (26.1)

Medium (33-67th percentile)

874 (36.3)

546 (36.5)

328 (37.6)

High (>67th percentile)

829 (34.5)

513 (34.9)

316 (36.3)

Food security in the past month

   

Enough

979 (43.1)

571 (39.7)

408 (47.3)

Not enough

1,290 (56.9)

852 (60.3)

438 (52.7)

Negative event Coping Style index

   

Low (0–3)

479 (19.9)

364 (23.3)

115 (12.7)

Medium (4–10)

705 (29.3)

453 (29.8)

252 (29.4)

High (11–20)

1222 (50.8)

703 (46.9)

519 (57.9)