Table 1 Prevalence of traumatic life events according to the sex of adolescents from public and private schools in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (n=862)
From: Posttraumatic stress disorder among adolescents in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Variables | female (%) | male (%) | p.value* |
|---|---|---|---|
Being in a landslidea that badly damaged the building you were in (n = 858) | 5.9 (n = 36) | 9.8 (n = 28) | .067 |
Being in another kind of disaster, like a fire, tornado, flood or hurricane (n = 856) | 14.8 (n = 90) | 17.4 (n = 51) | .404 |
Being in a bad accident, like a very serious car accident (n = 859) | 11.3 (n = 63) | 19.8 (n = 60) | .000 |
Being in place where armed conflict (shootings) was going on around you (n = 859) | 40.9 (n = 230) | 49.2 (n = 144) | .017 |
Being hit, punched, or kicked very hard at home (DO NOT INCLUDE ordinary fights between brothers and sisters) (n = 858) | 24.2 (n = 137) | 24.2 (n = 70) | .989 |
Seeing a family member being hit, punched or kicked very hard at home (DO NOT INCLUDE ordinary fights between brothers and sisters) (n = 855) | 29.6 (n = 164) | 27.3 (n = 79) | .049 |
Being beaten up, shot at or threatened to be hurt badly in your town (n = 859) | 10.9 (n = 65) | 22.6 (n = 62) | .001 |
Seeing someone in your town being beaten up, shot at or killed (n = 853) | 41.9 (n = 229) | 44.5 (n = 135) | .442 |
Seeing a dead body in your town (n = 858) | 56.5 (n = 314) | 70.7 (n = 209) | .000 |
Having an adult or someone much older touch your private sexual body parts when you did not want them to (n = 860) | 10.2 (n = 60) | 9.6 (n = 28) | .760 |
Hearing about the violent death or serious injury of a loved one (n = 856) | 54.6 (n = 299) | 43.6 (n = 140) | .001 |
Having painful and scary medical treatment in a hospital when you were very sick or badly injured (n = 859) | 13.8 (n = 81) | 21.9 (n = 65) | .003 |
Other traumatic situations (n = 851) | 22. (n = 117) | 23.7 (n = 64) | .692 |