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Table 2 War-related traumatic experiences (ACEES)

From: Mental health of victims of sexual violence in eastern Congo: associations with daily stressors, stigma, and labeling

 

Total (n = 1,304)

NSV (n = 806)

Rape (n = 183)

NCS (n = 315)

OR RAPE/NSV

OR NCS/NSV

OR Rape/NCS

χ 2 /F †

Have been separated from family

284 (22.1%)

137 (17.2%)

50 (27.8%)

97 (31.2%)

1.85**

2.18**

0.85

29.38**

Have witnessed violent acts against family members or friends

172 (13.4%)

84 (10.5%)

37 (20.3%)

51 (16.9%)

2.17**

1.72**

1.26

16.29**

Had family members or friends violently killed during the war

515 (40.6%)

292 (37.3%)

96 (53.3%)

127 (41.5%)

1.92**

1.19

1.61

15.76**

Experienced pillage or setting your house on fire

592 (47.1%)

335 (43.1%)

116 (65.9%)

141 (46.4%)

2.56**

1.14

2.23**

30.15**

Experienced gunfire attacks

525 (42.3%)

276 (35.7%)

106 (59.6%)

143 (49.1%)

2.65**

1.74**

1.52

41.06**

Have seen somebody being killed

479 (38.1%)

245 (31.0%)

79 (51.3%)

155 (49.7%)

2.34**

2.20**

1.07

45.92**

Have seen dead or mutilated bodies

491 (38.4%)

250 (31.5%)

108 (59.7%)

133 (43.5%)

3.21**

1.67**

1.92*

53.79**

Have been injured during the war

113 (8.9%)

36 (4.5%)

41 (26.3%)

36 (11.5%)

7.56**

2.75**

2.74**

79.69**

Have been in prison

74 (5.7%)

6 (7.0%)

48 (26.7%)

20 (6.4%)

48.18**

9.11**

5.29**

183.22**

Have been enrolled in an armed group

48 (3.8%)

3 (.4%)

25 (16.0%)

20 (6.4%)

50.76**

18.22**

2.79*

95.73**

Have been kidnapped by an armed group

85 (6.5%)

16 (2.0%)

51 (28.0%)

18 (5.7%)

19.17**

2.99**

6.40**

165.01**

Have been forced to kill, injure or rape someone themselves

75 (5.9%)

25 (3.3%)

35 (22.2%)

14 (4.6%)

8.45**

1.42

5.96*

85.67**

Have seen someone being raped

180 (14.1%)

67 (8.4%)

56 (31.6%)

57 (18.9%)

5.08**

2.56**

1.98**

72.79**

Total traumatic exposure (mean, SD)

2.83 (2.43)

2.19 (1.90)

4.71 (3.05)

3.16 (2.45)

2.43**

1.01**

1.42**

86.62**

  1. N(%); *p < .01, **p < .001; OR: odds ratio, NSV: no sexual violence, NCS: Non-consensual sexual experience.