Intersections between polyvictimisation and mental health among adolescents in five urban disadvantaged settings: the role of gender

Table 2 Prevalence of mental health indicators and other outcome measures, by gender within each city

Mental health and other outcome measures	Baltimore W%, n			Delhi W%, n			Ibadan W%, n			Johannesburg W%, n			Shanghai W%, n
Mental health and other outcome measures	Male N = 276	Female N = 195	P	Male N = 250	Female N = 250	P	Male N = 233	Female N = 232	P	Male N = 273	Female N = 224	P	Male N = 235	Female N = 220	P
Poor or fair health	4.1, 11	10.1, 18	<0.001	9.7, 26	15.4, 38	0.31	4.4, 10	3.2, 8	0.16	13.8, 36	11.0, 23	0.30	5.2, 16	16.8, 29	0.08
Posttraumatic stress
Scores ≥13^a	26.5,71	30.6,65	0.46	17.4,30	27.4,75	0.01	27.9,55	22.2,53	0.34	47.6131	58.5134	0.15	22.2,50	30.5,61	<0.001
Depression
Scores ≥11^b	32.4,79	27.3,60	0.06	20.7, 49	14.5, 46	0.21	28.9, 56	40.2, 73	<0.001	37.2106	46.1, 94	0.04	27.1,50	33.5, 74	0.01
Suicide
Suicidal thoughts	16.0,46	26.9,45	0.04	14.0,33	8.0,22	0.08	23.8,43	19.0,47	0.63	32.7,77	39.3,86	0.19	19.4,29	37.6,63	<0.001
Plans	6.4,24	13.9, 26	0.09	4.0,9	2.7,6	0.11	18.4,34	14.2,34	0.54	19.5,40	24.6,49	0.33	6.0,8	11.2,21	0.01
Attempts	4.8,23	7.4,14	0.07	4.1,8	1.8,5	0.12	18.9,31	14.1,33	0.59	11.9,26	10.1,29	0.20	2.5, 3	6.0,11	<0.001
Alcohol use	N = 70	N = 52		N = 9	N = 1		N = 36	N = 18		N = 169	N = 87		N = 142	N = 97
Heavy alcohol use	48.2,35	41.1,20	0.54	4.9, 1	0.0, 0	0.83	61.0, 16	10.8, 2	0.01	55.6,91	38.0, 38	0.04	42.1,67	42.3,37	0.99
Sought mental health services in past 12 months	1.2, 4	2.8,7	0.01	1.6, 3	1.4, 4	0.04	0.8, 1	0.0, 0	0.14	0.2, 1	0.3, 2	0.04	1.8, 3	0.6, 2	0.01

W% weighted percentage, n number of cases, N sample size
^aPosttraumatic stress disorder checklist-civilian version used for diagnosing posttraumatic stress
^bThe short 10-item version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Heavy alcohol use assessed among current drinkers

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