Impact and cultural acceptance of the Narrative Exposure Therapy in the aftermath of a natural disaster in Burundi

Table 1 Socio-demographic data and outcome assessments at pretest

		No Treatment				Narrative Exposure Therapy				Total
		M	SD	n	%	M	SD	n	%	M	SD	n	%	X ²	p	T	p
Age in years		29.8	14.9			26.3	5.8			28.2	11.7					0.87	.40
Sex	Male			2	12.5			3	23.0			5	17.2	0.07	.80
Sex	Female			14	87.5			10	77.0			24	82.7	0.07	.80
Illiteracy	No			10	62.5			8	61.5			18	62.1	0.00	.99
Illiteracy	Yes			6	37.5			5	38.5			11	37.9	0.00	.99
Education in years		3.9	2.1			3.7	2.9			3.8	2.5					0.25	.80
Marital status	Single			3	18.8			3	23.0			6	20.7	4.65	.33
	Married			6	37.5			2	15.4			8	27.6
	Divorced			1	6.3			0	0.0			1	3.5
	Widowed			1	6.3			4	30.8			5	17.2
	In relationship			5	31.3			4	30.8			9	31.0
Number of children lost	0			8	50.0			3	23.1			11	37.9	3.78	.44
	1			4	25.0			5	38.5			9	31.0
	2			2	12.5			4	30.8			6	20.7
	3			1	6.3			1	7.6			2	6.9
	4			1	6.3			0	0.0			1	3.5
Occupation before flood disaster	None			2	12.5			0	0.0			2	6.9	3.12	.54
	Student			1	6.3			0	0.0			1	3.5
	Some job			13	81.3			13	100.0			27	89.6
Occupation after flood disaster	None			1	6.3			2	15.4			3	10.3	2.25	.69
	Student			1	6.3			0	0.0			1	3.5
	Some job			14	87.5			11	84.6			25	86.2
Traumatic events		16.9	5.4	16		14.0	4.4	13		18.0	4.9	29				1.43	.17
Depression symptom severity^***		9.1	3.2	16		16.0	4.2	13		12.2	5.1	29				4.88	<.001
PTSD symptom severity ^***		20.3	5.7	16		35.9	5.7	13		27.3	9.7	29				7.29	<.001

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