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Table 2 Potentially traumatic events as experienced or witnessed (lifetime; N = 51)

From: Obsessive-compulsive and posttraumatic stress symptoms among civilian survivors of war

 

N (%)

Lack of shelter

50 (98.0)

Combat situation

49 (96.12)

Lack of food or water

48 (94.1)

Ill health without access to medical care

30 (58.8)

Forced separation from family member

26 (51.0)

Murder of a family member or friend

21 (41.2)

Unnatural death of a family member or friend

19 (37.3)

Murder of one or more strangers

16 (31.4)

Serious physical injury

15 (29.4)

Imprisonment

13 (25.5)

Enforced isolation from others

12 (23.5)

Being close to death

11 (21.6)

Life-threatening illness

8 (15.7)

Torture

7 (13.7)

Natural disaster

6 (11.8)

Serious accident, fire or explosion

5 (9.8)

Brainwashing

2 (3.9)

Non-sexual assault by a stranger

1 (2.0)

Non-sexual assault by family member or someone known

1 (2.0)

Sexual contact when you were younger than 18 with someone who was 5 or more years older than you

1 (2.0)

Sexual assault by a family member or someone you know

0 (0.0)

Sexual assault by a stranger

0 (0.0)

Disappearance or kidnapping

0 (0.0)